National Science Week Activities
National Science Week is a collection of events large and small staged by individuals and organisations that when, taken together, make up one of Australia’s largest festivals.This year at McKinnon...
View ArticleWINTER CONCERT TICKETS
The Winter Concert will be held the 7pm August 29 at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton. This concert is a showcase of the work that the students in the core ensembles have been...
View ArticleMELINA AYRES: A STAR THAT CONTINUES TO SHINE
Our 2017 McKinnon Athlete of the Year Melina Ayres has capped off a memorable year with a nomination for Football Federation Australia Young Footballer of the Year. January 2018 has proven to be a...
View ArticleBig Band Bash '18 - "New York, New York"
Friday 14 September 7pm - School HallBookings at: https://www.trybooking.com/XOMZParents and friends are invited to McKinnon Music Department’s celebration of contemporary ensembles, featuring Stage...
View ArticleEthics Olympiad
The Ethics Olympiad and Critical and Creative Thinking Senior Student Seminar -- July 25, 2018A collaborative reflection by students Myles Kelemen, Jack Mills and Leeor RoseWe, the McKinnon “Senior...
View ArticleGlen Eira Youth Orchestra
Senior Stage Band - Glen Eira Youth Orchestra 5th August, 2018Each year the Glen Eira Youth Orchestra and our Senior Stage Band join forces to provide an evening of vast musical experiences. This year,...
View ArticleA Special Science Week Visit
On Tuesday 14th August, McKinnon Secondary College played host to three former pupils who gave up their time to come back to school to mentor our Year 10 Biology students.The visitors were Professor...
View ArticleKingston Lawn Bowls
Congratulations to Peta Segbedzi (Captain) Arianne Lindsay (Lead) and Leevi Stein who are the 2018 Kingston Division Junior Lawn Bowls Champions!The Senior competition was also played in fine spirits...
View ArticleCuckoo Restaurant Excursion
‘Wurst’, ‘Sauerkraut’, ‘Schweinebraten’, ‘Pommes’, ‘Kuchen’, ‘Pfannkuchen’, and more, were loaded onto students’ plates at the Cuckoo Restaurant on the annual excursion on 1st August. Students also...
View ArticleYear 7 Visit Melbourne Zoo
On Friday 26 October, the Year 7s boarded buses and headed to Melbourne Zoo to continue our work on Classification in Science. In small groups, we walked through the Zoo finding information on various...
View ArticleMcKinnon Table Tennis
SENIOR MIXED TABLE TENNISCongratulations to the Senior Mixed Table Tennis Team who became Kingston Champions on Monday 7 May 2018.The next round, the Southern Metropolitan Region Finals, was held on...
View ArticleYear 11 Music Night
On November 1, all the Unit 2 Music students, joined by some of their colleagues from Year 10 Music, came together to perform one of their pieces from their Performance Exam repertoire. These varied...
View ArticleYear 7 Girls Table Tennis SMR Finals
Congratulations to the Year 7 Girls Table Tennis team, consisting of Azumi Hosako, Alessia Frantzis, Valeria Camacho Acevedo and Amy Wilkins, for representing McKinnon Secondary College at the Table...
View ArticleArts Show - Opening Night
Our annual Arts Show was held on Thursday 8 November in our new, revamped and beautified Arts courtyard, which is now flanked by the newly completed Senior building.Our extremely professional master of...
View ArticleUnternehmen Deutsch - Enterprise German
On Friday 9 November 2018, Year 10 German students celebrated their participation in this national project initiated by the GOETHE INSTITUT AUSTRALIEN.This program connected German businesses with...
View ArticleYear 7 Robotics
The Year 7s have been learning about robotics and how to create programs for the Lego Mindstorm EV3. Students worked in pairs to solve a series of challenges to improve problem-solving, critical...
View ArticleACEL Victoria Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award
On Monday 12 November, 2018 I was invited to a ceremony where I was announced the recipient of The Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award for 2018. A highlight of the Australian Council for...
View ArticleYear 8 Girls Tennis
On Thursday 22 November, the Year 8 Girls (as School Sport Victoria Regional Champions), set off to play in the State Finals against schools from across the state. We were down to the last eight with...
View ArticleYear 7 Girls Super 8s Cricket - State Finals
Congratulations to our Year 7 Girls Super 8s cricket team who participated in the SSV State Finals on Tuesday 27 November. On the day the girls participated in three matches against Bairnsdale SC,...
View ArticlePresentation Night
Presentation Night is a celebration of our students’ talents and hard work in their academic pursuits, music, sport and the arts during 2018. The students being presented with awards on the evening...
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