McKinnon goes to France - French Exchange 2017
After hosting their French exchange partners in their homes, it was time for the 22 students to travel to France and experience life as a French teenager. The group consisted of 20 Year 10s, 2 Year...
View ArticleYear 12 Camp
As the last ever camp together as a whole year level, the Class of 2017 were ready to make the most of it. We departed without a hitch on Monday the 6th of February and arrived at the Phillip Island...
View ArticleAshley Hunter - 2017 National Inline Speed Skating
The racing was held in Adelaide this year from Monday 16 January to Sunday 22 January, with only one rest day being on the Thursday. Road was from 16-18 January, the track was from 20-21 January and...
View ArticleBig Band Sunsets 2017
Welcoming new members to the band, the Senior Stage Band kicked off 2017 with a stellar performance at the Big Band Sunset Jazz Festival in Mordialloc. By the time we arrived, the festival was already...
View ArticleSenior Girls Cricket
The girls lost the toss and batted first. A rough start with an early run out, but then Jemma Owen (Year 11) and Zoe Manning (Year 11) pieced together a 50 run partnership. Jemma retired after hitting...
View ArticleSenior Boys Cricket
The Senior Boys cricketers managed to finish 2nd at the recent Kingston District Division. After breezing through the first three games against Brighton, Sandringham and Bentleigh, the boys came up...
View ArticleIntermediate Girls Cricket
The girls had a great win today. McKinnon won the toss and went into bat in difficult conditions; the outfield was wet and it was raining. McKinnon's energy and positive expectations were a stand out...
View ArticleIntermediate Boys Cricket
The Intermediate Boys cricketers had a very successful day taking out the Kingston District division on Monday.Ably lead by Victorian Under 16 Captain Miles Sellenger (Year 10), the boys went...
View ArticleNCSS Challenge
The National Computer Science School (NCSS) was held in Sydney from 3 January for 10 days. We stayed at the Women’s College at the University of Sydney. We moved between the residential college, the...
View ArticleUp close with a Crocodile
On Friday 24 February, students taking Unit 1 VCE Biology participated in an up close, hands on, enthralling animal incursion with Reptile Encounters. For the past few weeks students have been learning...
View ArticleLawn Bowls
Congratulations to our Junior and Senior Lawn Bowls teams that won the Kingston Division Lawn Bowls Championships held on Monday 27 February at McKinnon Bowls Club. The Senior Team consisted of James...
View ArticleSwimming Carnival
Tuesday 28 February saw Melbourne put on a stunning day for our annual McKinnon Swimming Carnival. Sunshine ensured that the day kicked off with a mighty display of costumes from our Hollywood Heroes...
View ArticleSenior Singers – World day of Prayer
Senior Singers – World day of Prayer Friday 3 MarchWell done to the Senior Singers, under the direction of Ms Blanka West, for their performance at the World Day of Prayer at the Salvation Army Chapel....
View ArticleVCE Formal
The 9th of March 2016, was the night of nights for the Year 11’s and 12’s, the McKinnon Secondary College Formal, held at Brighton International.The gentleman were sophisticated and the ladies were...
View ArticleYear 7 Camp
Congratulations to our Year 7 students on a most successful camp. The students energetically and enthusiastically participated in all activities. They encouraged each other and as a group were...
View ArticlePi Day - Reciting Competition
On Tuesday 14 March, McKinnon celebrated Pi Day with the annual Pi Reciting Competition. We had class champions from all Mathematics classes battle it out to recite as many decimal places of the...
View ArticleFrench Film Festival
The French Film Festival is currently running in Melbourne and the two Year 10 French classes made the most of the opportunity by attending a student screening of "Un sac de billes" on Friday 17 March...
View ArticleHouse Music Festival
An amazing nights’ entertainment was had on Tuesday 21 March with the House Music Festival. The House Music Festival was an incredible night and thank you to all staff, students (past and present),...
View ArticleWiFi Networking at Etihad Stadium
The Year 11 IT students are currently studying the topic of computer networks with a particular focus on wireless capabilities. To help them gain an understanding of how large venues cope with...
View ArticleIntermediate Round Robin
On the Thursday 23 March, Term 1 Kingston Inter Round Robin took place at a variety of venues across Melbourne. Winners of the Kingston Division progress into Southern Metro Finals during next term....
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