Joe starts school at Melbourne High 2016
Joe started school at Melbourne High on the 28th of January along with 300 other young men. Being the uncool parents, we followed our son to school… catching the 903 bus to Oakleigh and...
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Uniform Day
Today we set off for Bob Stewart, the suppliers of uniforms for a number of schools across Melbourne, including Melbourne High. After dealing with some work emails we departed for Kew. Cecilia, Joe’s cousin...
Rowing Tryouts – Day 2
Day two of the rowing tryouts and in keeping with the notion of personal bests we shaved 15 minutes off our journey from Oakleigh South to the powerhouse rowing club on the banks of...
Joe receives results from Melbourne High entrance exam
When Joe was eight or nine we discussed schooling and through the conversation we suggested that Melbourne High was one of the best schools in Melbourne. Joe set it in his mind that when...
The Essington boys and girls are playing well…
Apologies for not posting the videos of the games earlier, but things have been a little busy. The Under 16 Girls continue to shine in their games and the boys although having lost a...
Essington Middle School Debating Team Shines!
Our young middle years debating team consisting of Rose, Joe and Kaylee were presented with an enormous finals challenge – presenting their debate in no less than the main chamber of Parliament House. We...
Basketball – U16 Essington Boys and Girls 17 April victories
Both the boys and girls under 16 teams played out a close game against their opposition and walked away winners. Close games are great, but for senior citizens it really gets the heart rate...
Good matches by Essington U16 boys and girls Friday night – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons
The boy’s game was against Palmerston Pumas and it was a tight game right up until the end. I have been really pleased with the sportsman like behaviour between the teams of late and...
Essington do very well in the (Basketball NT) BNT Challenge – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons
During the Easter break in Darwin there was a basketball competition called the basketball Northern Territory challenge. The competition went from Friday to Sunday, 5 April 2015. The Essington School had a number of...
Essington U16 Boys – Another victory – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons
Played against the Palmerston Predators and in a low scoring match took out the points. Good to see Yanni back and Erik joined us a little later after playing a footy match where he...