Enrichment News
Bebras Challenge
56 students participated in this online competition as part of Maths Enrichment in Week 2. This is OLHOC’s seventh year to participate in the Bebras Challenge and we have achieved our best results ever! Congratulations to ALL the students who participated for a superb effort:
Excellence (135/135)
Luis Estrada & Aiden Kim (Year 4)
Jace Adcock, Jayveer Singh, Floyd Duncan (Year 6)
Ollie Oastler (Year 6)
High Distinction
Ashton Draper (Year 3)
Logan Barden (Year 5)
Aedrick Canlas (Year 5)
Rory Hunter & Akain Pathirana (Year 5)
Emily Hillier & Ruby Andrews (Year 6)
Avery Lee (Year 6)
Thomas Timings, Keynen Palmer, Broc Bertuna (Year 6)
Distinction
Luke Woodward, Max Armstrong, Beau Taylor (Year 4)
Martin Oraya, Johnathan Beal, Sayul Naotunna (Year 4)
Janam Pokharel, Xavier Abeleven, Jaxon Hillier (Year 4)
Liam Markham (Year 5)
Charlie Rillstone & Finn Cripps (Year 5)
Malcolm Wilcox & Lucas Killeen (Year 5)
Willow See Kee, Abbey Mollineaux, Lynn Takahashi (Year 6)
Credit
Walter Irvin & Leo Karalus (Year 3)
Emma Kim & Lisa Takahashi (Year 3)
Aaleyah Padua, Rayani Dinadayura & Zara Wharton (Year 3)
Stella Townson & Olivia Lee (Year 3)
Cienna Doody & Savannah Watson (Year 4)
Mitchell Carlsen & Harley Arthurson (Year 4)
Tilly Agioritis & Bailee Wells (Year 4)
Abigail Dobinson, Lamana Mast, Megumi Hirase (Year 5)
Hana Okino (Year 5)
Patrick Donaldson (Year 5)
Merit
Xeryus Stoehr & Josaia Daganayasi (Year 3)
The school will once again provide an opportunity for high achieving students in Grades 3-6 to participate in these assessments if they wish. Any child is eligible, but the tests are designed for students wishing to extend themselves academically.
The assessments will be conducted in Weeks 4-7 of Term 3 as indicated below. Exact dates and times will be determined once we know how many students have registered. The cost per test is $20.95 including GST.
| ICAS Digital Technologies | (Week 4) 4 Aug –8 Aug 2025 |
| ICAS English | (Week 5) 11 Aug – 15 Aug 2025 |
| ICAS Science | (Week 6) 18 Aug – 22 Aug 2025 |
| ICAS Spelling Bee | (Week 6) 18 Aug – 22 Aug 2025 |
| ICAS Mathematics | (Week 7) 25 Aug – 29 Aug 2025 |
You can check out the style of questions being asked with Practice tools - scroll down to Tool #3 Sample Tests.
Please indicate your interest in purchasing one or more of these assessments by emailing Mrs Williams (awilliams2@cns.catholic.edu.au) and she will provide you with further information for accessing the Parent Payment System.
Alison Williams
Enrichment Teacher