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SCHOOL COUNCIL We had our first meeting of the 2021 School Council this week. At the meeting we: welcomed and inducted our new members elected new executives, Natasha Hosein PRESIDENT, Louise Schirmer VICE PRESIDENT, Wayne Kitney TREASURER, Clement Yeung SECRETARY...

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

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District Swimming, Gymnastics and Rugby We must thank the committed staff who work so hard to provide a positive and enjoyable experience for our sports stars! This week we have had our gymnastics program running, along with visitors from the women’s rugby team,...

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Welcome to the end of week four! Who would have believed the level of agility that was still required during 2021. However, the staff have been extraordinary, the students remarkably resilient and the cooperation and support of the parents has been extremely helpful....

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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 for our school. Our start this...

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What an extraordinary year this has been with many of us glad to see it coming to an end! Hopefully things will be more normal in 2021. Please be assured that at the beginning of the next school year we will send communication out regarding any organisation that is...

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  SRC FEEDBACK Our SRC group have been working hard to collect their class’ thoughts and ideas with the use of a suggestion box. The representatives then present these ideas to all the representatives to work out what they can take action on, examples of this has...

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BOOK WEEK Our school celebrations for Book Week 2020 got off to a great start last week. The school was decorated from the office area to the classrooms which made us all feel it was a special time. In the library we had a display of all of the shortlisted books which...

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WORLD TEACHERS DAY A very big thank you to our wonderful parents who provided such a delicious and thoughtful World Teacher’s Day morning tea for all the staff at McKinnon Primary. There was such a variety of different foods and treats we all felt very special. The...

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Crazy Hair/Hat or Sock Day! Our students absolutely surprised us with the unique and creative ensembles on show for our first day back onsite. We thank parents and students for their support of this day which added to the excitement and appreciation of being back at...
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