Student Leadership

Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee

Students from Years 3–6 recently participated in the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee as part of our House Competition. Students completed an online challenge consisting of 30 spelling words, with results determined by accuracy and completion time. Every student who participated also earned a point for their House.

Congratulations to our class champions:

Year 3: Maanvi Reddy, Yashvi, Arin, Harris, Mateo Demoncheaux, Alice Li, Jenson Lu, Sharav P and Bridget Lim.
Year 4: Nathaniel Chishanga, Lily Mousavi, Samrudh Dantu, Brendan Wong, Rithvik Venkatapuram, Leana Ngo, Meha Prakashkumar, Viyann Karthik, Kiara Kinger, Franklyn L’alesi, Theodore Cifersons and Eva Pandey.
Year 5: Rivansh Ahuja, Samuel McClure, John Bushiri, Raghav Velkur, Meenakshi Chandrasekhar, Mila Lei, Rihan Verma, Emma, Francisco, Kanav Dutta, Kyla Kigotho and Sam Wilson.
Year 6: Rachit, Rinad, Ambar, Ronil, Lulu, Jialin, Ricky, Nicholas, Sydelle and Johnathan.

A special congratulations to the following students who achieved outstanding results and progressed to the State and Territory Round:

Year 3: Arin G – 27/30
Year 4: Kiara Kinger – 29/30, Eva Pandey – 28/30, Theodore Cifersons – 28/30 and Viyann Karthik – 28/30
Year 5: Meenakshi – 27/30, Kanav – 27/30 and Brantley – 26/30
Year 6: Ricky – 26/30 and Johnathan – 26/30

Well done to every student who participated. We were incredibly proud of the enthusiasm, determination and impressive spelling skills demonstrated throughout the competition!

Tournament of Minds

On Sunday August 23rd a group of seven Year 6 students had the opportunity to represent Saltwater at the Tournament of Minds. Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem-

solving program for multi-aged teams of

students who work together to solve a

demanding, open-ended Long-Term

Challenge. The team must also participate in

an unseen Spontaneous Challenge® on

Tournament Day. The program has Primary

and Secondary divisions.

Tournament of Minds’ aim is to enhance the

potential of our youth by developing diverse

skills, enterprise, time management, and the

discipline to work collaboratively within a

challenging and competitive environment.

As a team they decided to do the Language Literature, we created a play from the theme Reels to Radio, which is about creating an original, modern radio play series that could captivate today's youth, replacing the quick-fix nature of short-form social media with the compelling magic of storytelling.