Principals’ Blog

Apr 8, 2022 | News

SCHOOL COUNCIL We had our first meeting of the 2022 School Council this week. At the meeting we: welcomed and inducted our new members elected new executives, Louise Schirmer PRESIDENT, Clement Yeung VICE PRESIDENT, Rebecca Newboult TREASURER, Jasma Sutaria SECRETARY...

Principals’ Blog

Mar 25, 2022 | News

STUDENT LEADER BADGE PRESENTATION It was an assembly of celebration earlier this month as our Year Six student leaders and Student Representative Council members received their badges. A big thank you to Nick Staikos MP who came along to share this special event. The...

Principals’ Blog

Mar 11, 2022 | News

DISTRICT SWIMMING, LAWN BOWLS AND RUGBY We must thank the committed staff who work so hard to provide a positive and enjoyable experience for our sports stars! We have just had the women’s rugby team working with our students to discover new talents. We also had our...

Principals’ Blog

Feb 25, 2022 | Principals' Blog

YEAR LEVEL INFORMATION NIGHTS AND THREE-WAY CONFERENCES The information nights even though remote were an opportunity to explain areas of curriculum we focus on, learn about what areas you can support your child with and begin this year’s learning journey as a...

Principals’ Blog

Feb 11, 2022 | Principals' Blog

Welcome to our first school newsletter for the year. Our newsletters at McKinnon are shared fortnightly on Fridays via Compass. They are packed full of celebrations and news from around the school and are an important communication link. Our start this year has been...

Principals’ Blog

Dec 15, 2021 | Principals' Blog

What another extraordinary year this has been with many of us excited to see the year end and looking forward to a fresh 2022. While this time last year we were hoping for a year of normality it is important to take stock of the wonderful things we have been able to...

Principals’ Blog

Nov 26, 2021 | Principals' Blog

PYP Evaluation Completed This Week This week McKinnon Primary School has been completing the final stages of our International Baccalaureate (IB) Evaluation. Each IB World School is regularly evaluated to ensure that the standards and practices of its IB programme are...

Principals’ Blog

Nov 12, 2021 | Principals' Blog

COVID Update It is absolutely terrific to have everyone back at school. It’s lovely to hear the laughter and the noise of play, as the children enjoy being able to socialise with their friends and learn together with them and their teachers in the classroom. This has...

Principals’ Blog

Oct 29, 2021 | Principals' Blog

2022 ENROLMENTS and DEPARTURES Have you got a foundation child you still need to enrol? Great news we are ready to accept that enrolment now, please send to the office as soon as possible. If you are planning on leaving Mckinnon Primary in 2022, it would be greatly...

Principals’ Blog

Oct 15, 2021 | Principals' Blog

Return to School – Wellbeing and Social Supports It is normal for parents and students to have a variety of emotions about returning to school. While it is a time we have been looking forward to, feelings such as excitement and nervousness for example, can be very...
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