On Wednesday 4 March our College participated in the OzCLO (Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad) competition for the fourth year in a row. It was great to see the enthusiasm of our students as we entered 10 teams. Thirty-eight students from Years 9 to 12 participated in a live competition, completing a series of challenges within a time limit of 20 minutes. Teams used their problem solving and language skills to decode challenges of the ancient Babylonian, modern Dutch and Sami (Lapland) languages, among others.
LOTE prefect Jelinna Santiago contributed to the success of our OzCLO teams through her guidance of Year 9 students, providing great advice on tackling problems and recruiting senior students.
She reflected on this year’s competition, writing:
"This year's OzCLO participants were so enthusiastic! I am glad that so many of my fellow language lovers were keen to learn and make new friends. On competition day, we created a positive atmosphere and supported each other to overcome challenges. I'm so happy how the day turned out and grateful for this new and exciting experience."
The following students’ participation is commended:
Year 12: Joel Bogojevic, Shelby Dewar, Amie Edwards-Tesselaar, Ryan Finette, Alesha Gray, Ashley Herrod, Casey Parker-Turner, Jelinna Santiago, Beccy Snell, Riley Swankie, Lochlann Tipping, Riley van Bockel, Lachlan Van Der Klift, Meghan Wobbes
Year 11: Hana Bainbridge
Year 10: Marisa Lopez Garza
Year 9: Elena Atanasovski, Olivia Barre, Stephen Cameron, Sam Carrington, Holly Chapman-Attwood, Michael Douthwaite, Olivia Gallo, Jett Lang, Olivia Licciardi, Tomas Majdancic, Carissa Manger, Mariano Martinez, Mitchell Mazzarella, Schemaiah Perera, Edgerrin Peters, Ben Richardson, Aaliyah Roberts, Frankie Salomone, Mariz Sewiha, Jasmine Steele, Amber Usenich, Alice Vardy, Josh Wolski.
Thank you to Mr Michael Modini and Mrs Gail Preston who continue to support our students by supervising the event. In particular, a big thank you to Mr Modini for training the students to be well prepared for the live competition.
(Please note: the photos included in this article were taken prior to the Federal Government’s announcement on Sunday 15 March 2020 regarding social distancing.)
