Victorian Coding Challenge 

Craig Van Der Valk

Teacher - Mathematics, information systems

CCP - MakerSpace

Victorian Coding Challenge Stage 1

Well done to the many  BSC students participated in the Victorian Coding Challenge Stage1.  In Stage 1 students received a virtual kit with a series of fun and engaging coding tasks. Students participated in these tasks via a user-friendly online platform – accessible from school or home. The challenges  required them to apply coding and algorithmic thinking in order to solve interesting problems. 

Victorian Coding Challenge Stage 2

Winners  are Grinners!

Congratulations to Alessandro Mortimer and Xavier Cohen progressed to Stage 2 of the coding challenge and competed against other students across Victoria in the Year 9 & 10 category. The students won equal first prize and their work was considered unique and quite detailed. 

Both students have demonstrated sustained interest in programming and technology which prepared them for the competition. In past years they have also contributed to school productions with their robotics projects, and 3D printing knowledge.

The VCC is open to all students in Years 5-10 from government schools in Victoria. Sandro and Xavier were able to tackle the problem set by the competition organisers in an innovative way, utilising non-standard systems with a bit of artificial intelligence and some distributed computing.

Additional time was made available to both students to work on their solution during their Digital Technology elective, and the students also made use of co-curricular program time when attending the Makerspace CCP.

BSC congratulates Xavier and Alessandro on their enthusiasm and passion for technology, and on a well-deserved and hard-earned win.

Xavier Cohen & Alessandro Mortimer

Year 11

During this challenge we used a variety of problem solving, programming and maths skills to complete set tasks. We enjoyed working on the project as a team and applying the skills we have been taught in class to real world problems. We would like to thank our teachers for providing us with the support and time to work on the project. We would also like to thank the Mathematical Association of Victoria for creating such a great challenge.