SCHOOL NEWS

YEAR 10 IMMUNISATIONS

Year 10 immunisations will be taking place on Friday 12 May.

Immunisation cards have been distributed to students. These cards need to be completed and returned to the school Health Centre by Monday 27 March.

You must return your student’s card to the school, even if you do not wish them to receive the immunisation at this time.

The Year 10 immunisation will be: Meningococcal ACWY

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/meningococcal-disease-immunisation

Please feel free to contact us via email healthcentre@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au if you have any questions or concerns surrounding the immunisations taking place.

Thank you in advance.

McKinnon SC Health Centre

2023 VICTORIAN YOUNG LEADERS: GLOBAL YOUTH FORUM

Last week, a group of enthusiastic Year 9 students started a co-curricular learning program funded and supported by the Victorian Department of Education and Training and delivered by Asia Education Foundation, Asialink at the University of Melbourne.

The Victorian Young Leaders: Global Youth Forum is an interactive three-part learning program designed to deepen students’ understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. Students are introduced to guest speakers who bring awareness to the importance of collaboration and are able to interact with peers from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region exploring different global perspectives. They apply their knowledge and skills to discuss real world issues and build their skills in public speaking.

On Tuesday and Friday last week, students were introduced to the themes of global citizenship, identity, culture and purpose of being an active, informed global citizen via Zoom conferences. They learned about the Sustainable Development Goals and further investigated global and local issues in gender equality (SDG 5), quality education (SDG 4) and reduced inequality (SDG 10). They heard from experts who support education across the Asia-Pacific, critically considered the different situations in other countries and debated with their peers (within Australia but also in India, Indonesia, Japan and China) issues in education and schooling in the current global context.

The goal of this program is to develop a program led by students, with a clear focus on improving education in a local context. The student group has already set a clear goal to improve disadvantaged students’ education and wants to achieve this goal within this year.

I am very much looking forward to seeing their work continue in Term 2.

Students will attend the third day of the program (at Melbourne University) in Semester 2, introducing their program.

Congratulations to all students involved in these forums for their excellent contributions and interest: Abby Butterworth, Maleesha Dharmadasa, Audrey Gelberg, Shaun Kwong, Avani Kulkarni, Sokratis Linardos, Ava Mclaughlin, Frankie Noble, Sofina Pang, Julia Song, Sabrina Vitiello and Sherry Wu.

Andrea Fowler

Global Citizenship Coordinator

WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY FUNDRAISER

Eseosa Olaye, Year 8 Student - Mismatched socks day at East Campus on Tuesday 4 April.

MCK CHESS CLUB

Victorian inter-school chess zonal qualifier

On Tuesday 4 April, the school chess squad, consisting of Steve Le (Year 11), Tim Nicolaides (Year 11), Peter Nguyen (Year 12), Jonathan Kui (Year 11), Howie Nguyen (Year 10), Ben Green (Year 11), Alex Do (Year 9) and Aaron Todes (Year 9), traveled to Brighton Grammar School to compete in the Victorian inter-school chess competition (Term 1 zonal qualifier).

Competing against 38 other teams (over 240 participants), the McKinnon SC team came 4th overall and only 0.5 point outside of the top 3. It was an all-round great performance with all squad players scoring 4 or more points out of 7.

The individual results were:

Alex Do (9G) 5.5 pts (15th overall)
Steve Le (11H) 5 pts (30th overall)
Aaron Todes (9B) 5 pts (32nd overall)
Howie Nguyen (10L) 5 pts (36th overall)
Tim Nicolaides (11K) 5 pts (37th overall)
Jonathan Kui (11H) 4.5 pts (52nd overall)
Peter Nguyen (12I) 4 pts (64th overall)
Ben Green (11E) 4 pts (89th overall)

Note: Individual overall placing is out of 241. The fantastic result also means that the McKinnon SC chess team has qualified for the State Final later in the year.

McK Chess Grand Prix MAIN CAMPUS (update)

Meanwhile, the McK Chess GP Rapid & Blitz event at the MAIN CAMPUS has concluded recently. The top four players in each division competed in the play-off for this first GP event on Friday 17 March and the final place getters were:

Master Div: 1st Steve Le (11H), 2nd Tim Nicolaides (11K), 3rd Aryan Jayanty (12F) & 4th Howie Nguyen (10L);
Challenger Div 1: 1st Rohan Baker (10A), 2ndRoshan Jivanjee (11G), 3rd Siqiao Huang (12F) & 4th Nathan Wen (7J);
Challenger Div 2: 1st Seou Ham (7N), 2nd Martin Curnow (7C), 3rd Eliya Chiorny (7G) & 4th Itay Volnerman (7R).

To follow the McK Chess GP, please go to the official website.

McK Chess Grand Prix EAST CAMPUS (update)

Thank you to everyone who signed up to the McK Chess GP event at the EAST Campus. The tournament reached its capacity within 72 hours of the registration form going live! This shows the tremendous amount of enthusiasm for chess at the East Campus this year. Entrants will receive more information about the competition just before the start of next term. The competition is expected to run for six weeks in early Term 2. Stay tuned.

Weekly lunchtime session

Come join us for some social or practice games on the Wednesdays at the Main Campus (Room A07 & A08) and on the Thursdays at the East Campus (Room V2.6). McK Chess Club is totally free for everyone and no signup is required. Simply show up and play!

Important note: No food is allowed inside. Also, the club usually won’t begin until 10-15 mins into the 1st half of lunch, so please eat your lunch first then come to the chess club.

Sandy Law

McK Chess Club