SCHOOL NEWS

GREAT VIC BIKE RIDE (GVBR)

This year's was the greatest Great Vic Bike Ride ever. We rode for 8 days and spent over 30 hours on the bike. In total we rode 695km which is an outstanding achievement for all the students, teachers and parents that participated in the ride. There was almost 110 students that went on the ride this year and everyone enjoyed it and we all felt accomplished after the ride.

 

We started our journey off in Robe, South Australia, where we relaxed in the town for a while before the start of our 8 days on the bike. We rode 88km to the town of Millicent and then continued our journey to Mt Gambier which we rode 89km to. We cruised into our 111km day to Portland and then through to Port Ferry in which we rode 86km.

 

We then had a rest day in the beautiful town of Port Ferry where we could explore and enjoy the town. The last four days were the hardest as we had to tackle Lavers Hill and a few other rolling hills. On the last day we rode 75km to Torquay in the cold and rainy weather in which we pushed through to succeed.

 

It felt amazing to complete the ride as the atmosphere at the finish line was buzzing. There were people everywhere to congratulate you on completing the ride and the feeling of finishing was great. We had to say farewell to the new friends we made on the ride and say a big thanks to all the staff and parents that came along on the ride. It was a terrific time and many memories will be cherished forever. It was an amazing and successful 10 days full of hard work and fun.

 

Alanah Harcourt (Year 9) and Isabelle Sheldrake-Brown (Year 9)

MINECRAFT COMPETITION

This year marked the first Minecraft Competition at McKinnon Secondary College. The competition took place on Friday 29 November from 3:30pm to 5:00pm (open only to Year 7s and 8s this year). We opened places for 56 competitors and places were filled within 2 days! The competition consists of unlocking as many advancements in the game as possible in 90 minutes. Each unlocked advancement earned points for your team. 28 teams competed in our computer rooms A3 & A4 and the energy and teamwork in the room was enjoyable to see.

A big congratulations to Atish Ramu & Sean Teerapakawong of Year 7 for scoring an unbelievable 306 points and winning our first Minecraft competition. All teams competed with great energy and expertise. It was so great to see so many students turn up and compete, we hope to make it even bigger next year!

 

Cameron Chan, Sam Neal, Ben Rohrich & Blake Seufert

Event Organisers