Congratulations to five pupils who have excelled in the annual UK Bebras computational thinking challenge, achieving gold awards. All pupils in the Lower School, Year 9 and GCSE Computer Science were put forward for the challenge which asks them to solve a series of puzzles in 40 minutes. The competition takes place online and the questions focus on computational and logical thinking.
Bebras is an international challenge that started in Lithuania in 2004 and has grown into a worldwide event. The UK became involved in Bebras for the first time in 2013, and the number of participating students has increased from 21,000 in the first year to more than half a million over the last two years!
Internationally, nearly 2.5 million learners took part in 2020 despite the disruptions to schools.
Head of Computer Science, Dr Lays Valim, said: "It brings me immense pride in seeing that our ongoing commitment to enable and encourage our pupils, is yet again met by them with hard work and drive to do their very best."
Well done to these top scoring pupils who were presented with Gold Bebras certificates in the Whole School Assembly before the Christmas break.
| Juniors 10-12 | Intermediates 12-14 | Seniors 14-16 |
| Luka Suyatin 140 (Best in School) | N Thornber 141 (Best in School) | Benjamin Hutt 146 (Best in School) |
| Henry Taphouse 136 (Distinction) | ||
| Erik Gierakowski 133 (Distinction) |
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