Senior Round Robin
On the Monday 27 March, the Kingston Term 1 Senior Round Robin took place at a variety of venues across Melbourne. Winners of the Kingston Division progress into Southern Metro Finals during next term....
View ArticleSenior Girls Tennis
On a scorching, windy 38 degree Monday morning, seven keen tennis players (along with James Johnson completing work experience) headed out to Bentleigh Recreation to play the matches of their lives...
View ArticleYear 9 Urban Project (9UP)
BYTES is compulsory subject for Year 9 students that focuses on developing skills that may not be taught explicitly in other subjects. BYTES builds skills in communication, team management, planning,...
View ArticleSSV State Swimming and Diving Championships
Twenty students were successful in qualifying for the SSV State Swimming and Diving Championships. A fantastic achievement and the most students McKinnon has ever had at this event.Will Sharp had an...
View ArticleGrok Web Competition
Congratulations to the students who completed the Grok Web Competition that ran in March. It was great to see some of our new Year 7s rising to the challenge and doing particularly well. Here is what...
View ArticleVocal Night
On Thursday 27 April, the first Vocal Night of the year was held. The night kicked off with a great performance from the Choir, who sang 'Alle, Alle, Alle', a Jamaican folk song, and 'The Edge of...
View ArticleModel UN Conference
On Thursday 27 April McKinnon hosted the Model UN where a number of schools attended McKinnon to debate the topic of Zero Hunger: Ending Global Poverty and Addressing Universal Food Security. Students...
View ArticleMcKinnon Cross Country
On Wednesday 3 May McKinnon held its Cross Country House Carnival around the local streets of downtown McKinnon.Australia was our theme and we raised over $1700 for the Cathy Freeman Foundation which...
View ArticleEqual Opportunity Sports Day
On Thursday 4 May, McKinnon competed in the Equal Opportunity Sports Day.With three games of Girls Football played, which is a substantial increase from last year, it is easy to see the direct impact...
View ArticleString Night
Congratulations to the large number of string students who attended the String Night on Thursday 4 May in the Alan Lawrence Lecture Theatre to a highly appreciative audience.The night concluded with an...
View ArticleYear 7 Girls Tennis
The Year 7 Girls Tennis team were pumped up and ready to play against Mentone in the first round. All their effort paid off as they won 5-1 in sets. In the second round the team had a bye which meant...
View ArticleIntermediate Round Robin
On Monday 8 May Kingston Division held its Intermediate Round Robin. Well done to all the teams who participated on the day and the winners who go on to a Preliminary Final in Term 3.Thanks to all the...
View ArticleBig Data Challenge
The Big Data Challenge was a wonderful opportunity provided to us by the Accounting Faculty at the school. A group of ten Year 12 students, including myself, went to Monash University for the day to...
View ArticleSenior Round Robin
On Thursday 18 May the Kingston Division Senior Round Robin was held across various venues in surround suburbs. Congratulations to all the teams who played. Congratulations also to the winners who will...
View ArticleYear 11 Studio Art
On Thursday 4 May, both Year 11 Studio Arts classes went to the NGV to learn about a variety of different artist’s use of materials and techniques through a floor talk with an Art educator, who showed...
View ArticleVinnies College Conference Day
Congratulations to Lucia Roohizadegan of Year 11 for her involvement in the 'Vinnies College Conference Day' in The Abbotsford Convent earlier this month. Lucia said that it was “a thrilling...
View ArticleSenior Music Concert
On May 17th, McKinnon’s more experienced musicians gathered in the hall to present the first of our ensemble concerts for 2017. It was a very busy night for many individual student performers as well...
View ArticleAll-Schools Road Relay
On Saturday 20 May, McKinnon’s elite Cross-Country runners competed in the All-Schools Road Relay Championships at Albert Park Reserve.The All-schools competition involves students from all private...
View ArticleSenior Girls Tennis
So our journey continued... We were down to the last eight in the state and pretty excited.We travelled to Boroondara to play our State Tennis Finals on Monday 22 May. Starting off in Pool B, we began...
View ArticleKingston Cross Country
On Wednesday 24 May McKinnon completed in the Kingston Division Cross Country Event at Karkarook Park with outstanding results and dominance.Team SummaryIndividuals Qualifying for SMR: 59Team’s...
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