National Youth Science Forum

The Science Faculty would like to congratulate, Year 11 students, Ruby Moir and Tamsin Sleigh on their selection for the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF). The academic performance and success with several selection panels has now provided them with the opportunity to learn from Australia’s leading scientists when they will attend the 2020 National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January.

Ruby Moir

During the two-week program held at The Australian National University, Ruby and Tamsin will visit research and laboratory facilities in an area of scientific interest, work and talk with practising scientists and engineers about their work and participate in a range of science forums, debates and seminars.

NYSF offers an outstanding opportunity for sponsors such as CSRIO, CSL, ANSTO and ANU to connect with Australia’s best and brightest science students.

Tamsin Sleigh

A special thank you to Michelle Libreri, past St Catherine’s student and successful NYSF applicant, who mentored both Ruby and Tamsin.

Education Perfect Science Championships

During August, interested students were tested on all elements of Science from the Australian Curriculum. They gained points by answering questions and as they reached certain thresholds they earned certificates. Ms Vu encouraged students with their involvement in the Science Education Perfect Competition with over fifty thousand questions answered and 20% of students receiving an award. St Catherine’s was placed third in the 101-250 student category (out of 320 schools).

Congratulations to Chloe (Coco) Butterfield, Jessica Paterson and Xiang (Helen) Yu who received an Emerald award placing them in the top 1%; Zenan (Amy) Chen, Angelina Chumbley and Wing Man (Cecilia) Lau received a Silver Award placing them in the top 5%; Saffron Scheele and Rhea Werner who both received a Bronze Award placing them in the top 10%; Qingyu (Eva) Liang, Olivia Monkman-Straub, Amy Ding, Qing Chun (Joanna) Yang, Catherine Karas and Paula Chen received a Credit Award placing them in the top 20% of the competition.

Olympiad Examinations

Emily Dziedzic

In August this year over 5000 students registered for the Australian Science Olympiad Examinations in Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry and Physics. Designed to challenge top performers, students from schools across Australia registered to sit the two-hour examination. These challenges are the first stage of the selection process for the Australian teams competing at the International Science Olympiads.

Tingquan (Gloria) Meng

Congratulations to Emily Dziedzic and Tingquan (Gloria) Meng who received a Distinction Certificate, placing them in the top 20%.

This year Australian Science Innovations introduced the Junior Science Olympiad Exam designed to take science students in years 7 to 10 to the next level. The exam was based on general science content (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) and assumed students have a good knowledge of the Australian Curriculum. Like her Year 11 counterparts, Rhea Werner completed this two-hour examination on Teams with Ms Jackson-McRae.

Rhea Werner

Congratulations to Rhea who received a Distinction certificate for her performance.