Students from Years 10 and 11 recently demonstrated outstanding skill and enthusiasm in a series of national and international computer science competitions, achieving exceptional results across both programming and computational thinking challenges.
Students participated in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, an international competition that assesses logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and problem-solving without requiring prior programming knowledge. The challenge encourages students to think like computer scientists and apply computational thinking skills to real-world-style problems. Our students performed at a high level, achieving a range of awards.
Notable achievements in Bebras include:
Distinction Award
Lam Nguyen – Year 11
Nathan Samuel – Year 10
Credit Award
Rory Hams – Year 11
Aaron Zhou – Year 11
Merit Award
Mitchell Mayman – Year 11
Hana Truswell – Year 11
Students also competed in the Grok Academy Python.Comp competition, entering both the Beginner and Intermediate divisions. This competition focuses on developing practical programming skills using Python, requiring students to apply logic, problem-solving, and coding techniques to a variety of increasingly complex tasks. Our students again performed exceptionally well, earning a range of high-level awards including several Perfect Scores.
Notable achievements in Python.Comp include:
Intermediate – Perfect Score
Mitchell Mayman – Year 11
Eijaz Situmorang – Year 11
Daniel Yea – Year 10
Intermediate – High Distinction
Kingsley Compton – Year 10
Rory Hams – Year 11
Edessa Maingit – Year 11
Lam Nguyen – Year 11
Finn Reynolds – Year 11
Barsam Mohammad Shahi – Year 10
Sam Tavazoei – Year 11
Erin Wong – Year 10
Keith Wu – Year 11
Aaron Zhou – Year 11
Intermediate – Distinction
Leo Zamoldinov – Year 11
Beginners – Perfect Score
Mikhail Kolganov – Year 10
Maxim Kostyunin – Year 10
Salvador Navarro Del Castillo – Year 10
Darsh Patel – Year 10
Mia Schumacher – Year 10
Gyanvi Shekhar – Year 10
Kaito Tsuiki – Year 10
Andre Wilson – Year 10
Beginners – High Distinction
Popi Ho – Year 10
Abhay Manjesh – Year 10
Parth Singh – Year 10
Beginners – Distinction
Winter Cadzow – Year 11
Beginners – Credit
Natalie Layton – Year 10
Fletcher Moss – Year 10
These results reflect the students' dedication, resilience, and growing expertise in computer science. Competing in both challenges required not only strong technical ability but also perseverance and a willingness to tackle unfamiliar and complex problems.
Congratulations to all students involved for their hard work and excellent achievements. We look forward to seeing their continued success in future competitions and their ongoing development as confident and capable problem-solvers.
Paul Carr
Teacher Computer Science/Mathematics