Digital Technologies
NCSS Challenge
More than 17,000 students from around the world participated in the NCSS Challenge 2019. They competed for 5 weeks, learning to code by solving interesting and engaging problems.
The results of the competition have now been released, and three Year 7 students from St Bede’s came in at the top of the leaderboard with Perfect Scores! Congratulations to Jude Cornish, Rory Tuke and Ryan Comas.
Computer science skills are critical, whether you want to cure cancer, solve global warming or unlock the secrets of the universe. It’s really good to see our students solve problems through coding.
The NCSS Challenge is a collaboration between Grok Learning, The University of Sydney and the Australian Computing Academy.
“The future is built with code, and it’s wonderful to see so many students getting involved,” said Dr. Nicky Ringland, co-founder of Grok Learning and one of AFR's 100 Women of Influence 2018.
“The NCSS Challenge is a key force in transforming Australian students from tech consumers, in to tech creators.”
St Bede's Students and their level of achievement
| Name | Year Level | Certificate |
| Ryan Comas | Year 7 | Perfection |
| Jude Cornish | Year 7 | Perfection |
| Rory Tuke | Year 7 | Perfection |
| Tom Gregory | Year 7 | High Distinction |
| Lucas Shaw | Year 7 | High Distinction |
| Jack Harris | Year 7 | High Distinction |
| Cian Gill | Year 7 | Distinction |
| Thomas McKeown | Year 7 | Merit |
| Liam Parsons | Year 8 | Participation |
| Sam Stolp | Year 7 | Participation |
| Ashtyn Jansen Van Rensburg | Year 7 | Participation |
| Robbie Leonard | Year 7 | Participation |
| Tim Griffin | Year 7 | Participation |
| Ryan Carroll | Year 8 | Participation |
| Nick Vella | Year 8 | Participation |
| Christopher Banducci | Year 7 | Participation |
Mark Comas
Digital Learning Leader