MEMORABILIA 

We are looking for photos of the school from the 1950s to the present time. Photos of the original buildings, assembly hall, students in uniform, teachers, etc.

At the moment we have enough uniforms, both girls' and boys', summer and winter, as well as sports uniforms over the years.

Any special items, such as the prefects' spoons of the mid-1960s would be appreciated.

Please phone Melanie Lynch on (03) 8520 9092 or email thistle@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au  to arrange delivery.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A RECOLLECTION

This photo was taken by Mr Reg Good, father of John Good (Class of 1960) and Jenny (Good) Cooke (Class of 1965). 

Thanks to Allan Day who commented on our Facebook post earlier in the year with a reflection on the time the photo was taken. 

My understanding it was the first year at the present location (1954). Prior to this the students were divided some attended Mordialloc High. (My self) Others attended Hampton High. 

The buildings had not been completed, 1954. Most attended half day each day. The following year attendances were repeated due to Brighton High buildings not completed. 

That would be Eric Rice at the Microphone. This was our Australian way to Celebrate John Landy breaking the four minute mile. Some of the teachers Eric Shade, Mr. Channon (head master ) Miss Ball, Mr. Martin, Tom Wells. 

I was one of the originals

Allan Day

Class of 1959 (The Originals)

Jenny (Good) Cooke recalls her  father knew Allan Day’s father when they worked on working bees, mowing the grass in the school grounds and trimming shrubs, etc.  

We won a schools garden comp in the 50s or 60s – also noted in principal’s reports of the time.

THE FIRST YEAR OF MCKINNON HIGH SCHOOL

motto 'Wisdom and Service'

Most of the McK.H.S. cohort sent to Mordialloc High School travelled by train and after alighting at Mordialloc Station then walked almost a mile, via the banks of Mordialloc Creek, to our allocated relocatable classrooms for the first six months of 1954.

These rooms were furnished with individual desks for students and at the front for teachers, just a blackboard.

There was no fraternisation with the local Mordialloc High School students, as our start and finish times were deliberately offset.

As I recall, classes finished around noon each day and then everybody went home for lunch.

Mordialloc High was close to the beach, so one day, for a Physical Education class, we went swimming in Port Phillip Bay.

Although much of my memory of attending school for those first six months has faded, look back on those days fondly.

Students attending the last half of 1954 were comfortably ensconced in brand new classrooms which included two science rooms, a Reception office, an office for the Principal, Mr. Channon, a Staff room and toilets for students at the West end of the school.

In 1955 McKHS played host to a cohort from Brighton High School, until their school was built.

As Rod Fawns discovered recently, only about one in nine students in Vic who entered year 7 in the mid fifties remained to finish year 12.

Phillip Taig

Class of 1959 (The Originals)