2019 Winter Concert Programme
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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 31st July. Students also...
View ArticleBig Band Bash '19 - Heroes vs Villains
Big Band Bash '19 - Heroes vs VillainsFriday 13 September 7pm - School HallBookings at: https://www.trybooking.com/BERIZParents and friends are invited to McKinnon Music Department’s celebration of...
View ArticleIntermediate Round Robin
On Wednesday 21 August the Kingston Term 3 Inter Round Robin took place at a variety of venues across South East Melbourne. Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team who won through to the Southern...
View ArticleKevin Rudd Down Ball Competition
The continuation of our internal tournament resulted in a down ball competition on Tuesday 27 August between the Honorable Kevin Rudd (ex-Prime Minister of Australia) and our own Ashley Hunter  (Year...
View ArticleWinter Concert
What an amazing event this was on Wednesday 28 August at Monash University. The standard of musicianship was extraordinary as all groups and soloists lifted to ensure that this showcase night was of a...
View ArticleYear 7 Maths Probability Project
Our Year 7 students have been very busy completing a Probability project. Many pairs of students created colourful and well-engineered objects to spin or roll.Below are some photos together with a few...
View ArticleYear 7 Girls Netball SMR
After coming first in the Kingston Division Netball Championships the Year 7 Girls A and B teams competed at the Southern Metropolitan Netball Finals on Friday 16 August.The A team had a tough start...
View ArticleYear 7 Badminton SMR
On Wednesday 21 August, the Year 7 Badminton teams headed to the Southern Metro Regional Finals at Springers Leisure Centre after their triumph at district level. The girls and boys teams practiced...
View ArticleRMIT Drone Incursion
Mr Munro’s Year 9 coding class had a visit from two RMIT students recently, who were presenting activities using drones.One half of the group were constructing drones using lego, with propellers...
View Article2nd in the Language Perfect World Championships!
While we were unable to defend our language perfect world championship, second in the world is a huge effort from our students! Well done to all the students and staff that participated.There were some...
View ArticleVCE Legal Studies Incursion
VCE Legal Studies students had the opportunity to hear Magistrate Ayres talk at an incursion at McKinnon Secondary College on Friday 6 September. Please find below some comments from the students on...
View ArticleYear 8 Medieval Day
On Tuesday 8 October 190 Year 8 History students went back in time to the Medieval era. Medieval Day involves Year 8 History students dressing up in costumes and competing in various Medieval...
View ArticlePhysics Excursion to the Australian Synchrotron
We visited The Australian Synchrotron, which we found out to be the largest in the southern hemisphere. It was a fascinating experience and we learned a lot about the uses and the important nature of...
View ArticleYear 10 Environment and Sustainability Excursion
On Wednesday 10 October, our Year 10 environmental class went on an excursion to Deakin University, where we learnt about the Environmental and Science programs that are offered there. We got to test...
View ArticleWomen in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) Program
Earlier this year, Monash University invited 212 female Year 10 students (53 teams from 45 schools) to attend a series of one-day workshops to learn about connected technology and the 'Internet of...
View ArticleYear 12 Valedictory Dinner
The Year 12 Valedictory Dinner was held at the Crown last Wednesday evening. A wonderful celebration marking a milestone achieved by these young people.Parent support is one of the secrets to the...
View ArticleSMR Athletics
On Thursday 10 October, forty-three McKinnon students descended on Casey Fields for the SMR Athletics Finals.We had a good start to the day with McKinnon students receiving ribbons on the podium in a...
View ArticleState Athletics
Following on from SMR, a week later on Friday 18 October our students competed at the State Finals at Lakeside Stadium.The students all performed exceptionally well and we had some amazing...
View ArticleSurvivor Maths
On Tuesday 22 October, the Year 8s competed in the maths survivor challenge. It was an enjoyable challenge that tested our maths skills. We worked in our survivor groups and tried to complete 30...
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