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Fantastic success in the UK Bebras Challenge 2018!

In the last few weeks girls in years 9-13 have been participating in the UK Bebras Challenge. This is a fun challenge that tests computational thinking skills. More info about the challenge is available here.
We have just found out that the pupils who took part in this challenge put in an amazing performance. Congratulations to Sienna, Rebecca and Kira who were best in school in their different age categories. 24 girls in total gained distinctions which is a tremendous achievement. Many girls have also found out that their scores placed them in the top 10% nationally. This means that they are now invited to participate in  the invitation only TCS Oxford Computing Challenge, organised by Hertford College, Oxford. Congratulations and good luck go to Sienna, Katherine, Amy, Sabrina, Biba, Ksenia, Rebecca, Phoebe, Helena, Katie, Sasha B, Saavi, Elena, Anahita, Izzy, Tilly, Toni, Jessie, Sasha, Rose, Abigail, Juliet, Eloise, Manuela, Lalita, Rebecca, Lottie, Alice, Anna and Kira.
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IET Faraday Challenge Day for Year 8

A huge well done to our year 8 team that represented Wimbledon High School in the IET Faraday Challenge Day 2018. Maria, Zoe, Maddie, Cordelia, Priya and Alisha competed against teams from Tolworth Girls’ School and Hollyfield School to creatively solve a problem posed to them by the challenge day leader. As other schools are yet to compete in the challenge the exact nature of the task is top secret, but it was all to do with the James Webb Telescope. Well done to all involved – it was a fabulous day and a great opportunity to work with girls from other schools and develop teamwork and problem solving skills.

 

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Primary & Secondary Engineer Leaders Award 2018

Many congratulations to the following students from Wimbledon High who won in their age categories and had the chance to have their ideas on display at Kingston University as part of the Primary Engineer and Secondary Engineer Leaders Award– London Public Exhibition:

  • Greta N – Year 5 Winner
  • Vivienne O – Year 5 Winner 
  • Emily F – Judges’ Highly Commended Year 8
  • Antonia B –Distinction – Shortlisted Year 8
  • Lily O – Judges’ Highly Commended Year 1
  • Hope D – Year 1 Winner 

Those chosen for display at Kingston University are in the top percentile and as such have achieved an astonishing result as the competition was tough this year over 1,934 entries in London alone and 37,000 nationwide!
Hope, Greta and Vivienne had the chance to attend the awards ceremony at Kingston University on 5th July which was a fantastic way for them to showcase their brilliant ideas and collect their well deserved awards. Congratulations to all involved.

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