Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence News
Rostrum: Voice of Youth – Voice of Youth is a national public speaking competition where students need to speak in front of an audience, including judges, about a certain topic for eight minutes. Our only representative, Jason Partridge, gave an impressive speech on the topic, 'Make Every Step Count'. Congratulations to Jason for his State Heat win. He will now go on to the finals in early May. We wish you all the best!
Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) – On 16 March a group of Year 10 students competed in Round 1 of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge. Students had to study a large book containing facts about the human brain for a month and then do an online quiz.
Congratulations to Elsa Tan, Olivia Alderton, Jackson White and Shania Cura, who were ranked the top four (in order) in our school.
They have been invited to compete in the State finals against other schools at UWA in early June. This means they have another large book to study about the brain between now and June. Good Luck!
Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) competition – On 27 March a small group of Senior students came in early to sit the CAT competition. The CAT competition is an online problem-solving competition that seeks to identify a student’s computer programming potential. On completion of the competition a few students were heard saying that the competition was easy. We eagerly await the results.
NAPLAN workshop – Year 9 Mathematics extension students have been gaining knowledge, tips and tricks to aid them in enhancing their NAPLAN results. Workshops will continue during term time on a Tuesday afternoon until students sit the Numeracy section of NAPLAN in week 2.3.
In Term 2 look out for:
- Australian Geography competition (Years 8 and 9)
- Tournament of Minds (Years 7 – 10)
- ECO-challenge (Year 7)
- Young Journalist Award: Voices of Hope (Years 7 – 9)
- Shaun Tan Award for Young Artists
And plenty more…
Mrs L Cardenia (Academic Excellence Coordinator)