Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO)

Our OzCLO students did exceptionally well this year. We had a record number of 64 students from Years 9 to 12 competing who had to decipher and translate languages. We also had a record number of 64 students from Years 9 to 12 participating in the Australian Linguistics and Computational Olympiad (OzCLO). Well done to our students who took on the challenge to decipher and translate Welsh, Mongolian, Cippus Abellanus, Lopit, Ndebele and Pitjantjatjara within a time limit of 2 hours only.

We are very proud of Year 9 students Esther Ward, Harry Hillyard, Josh Bryden and Venetia Edwards who won the State Junior Division and came third overall in both Junior and Senior Divisions. They were invited to represent Western Australia in the National Competition.

The results are as follows:

Gold:

Esther Ward, Harry Hillyard, Josh Bryden, Venetia Edwards – 1^st place

Justine Paul, Jaimee Klaassen, Madison Oesterheld, Beth Archibald

Gayathri Egodage, Tatum Botha, Panashe Mtabeni, Evie Henderson

Emma Winton, Jenna Simkiss, Alex Chua, Lara Campbell

Silver

Adam Giltrow, Alex MacKerron, Jaden Hopkins, Alyssa Read

Emily Dobra, Zoe Woolgar, Caitlin Mathews Markey, Morgan Moon

Mackenzie Perkins, Holly Seitz, Bellise Driesen, Eve Wakeb

Bethwyn Clement, Catriona Hanssen, Grace Kelly, Josephine Odude

Bronze

Jake Battle, Emma Sabatini, Isobel Millward, Paris Johnson

Phillip Potgieter, Euan Mackerron, Tilly Coles-Dyke, Olivia Morrell

Matthew McKay, Noah Vermeulen, Dylan Morrison, Reinhardt van der Walt

Tyla King, Chamudi Egodage, Xanthe Bouloudas, Josh Morris

Milan Urbani, Benji Oommen, Dylan Punnen, James Krug

Taya Dardengo, Emily Penhale, Isabel Gray, Sebastian Perkins

Leigh Kimber, Cara Britz, Jessica Giltrow, Jake Mawson

Creative Edge Competition

On Saturday 30 March, 10 of our students participated in the Creative Edge challenge at Curtin University. This program is an exciting problem-solving event that requires both critical and creative thinking. Students received three separate unseen challenges and each challenge required them to use different thinking processes to present their most creative solution.

The students that participated were: Jake Battle, Bellise Driesen, Hukambir Kohli, Matthew McKay, Isobel Millward, Josephine Odude, Lunae Pienaar, Emma Sabatini, Holly Seitz and Eve Wakeb.

Sonja van Aswegen

Head of Secondary Learning Enhancement