In August this year, over 5,000 students registered for the Australian Science Olympiad Examinations in Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, and Chemistry and Physics. Designed to challenge top performers, students from schools across Australia registered to sit the two hour examination. These challenging examinations are the first stage of the selection process for the Australian teams competing at the International Science Olympiads.

The competition is coordinated by Australian Science Innovations, a not-for-profit organisation that runs the Big Science Competition and the Australian Science Olympiad Competition, to encourage students to study Science and consider Science as a career.

Congratulations to Indiana Wilde (Year 11) who received a Distinction Certificate, placing her in the top 20 per cent and Romy Cantwell (Year 11) who received a Credit Certificate, placing her in the top 30 per cent.