Academic Participation & Performance Awards 2023

Junior School and Secondary School students at Caulfield Grammar are supported to follow their passions and strengths by participating in a diverse range of external academic and co-curricular opportunities each year.

 

Following is a snapshot by campus of some of the many local, state, national and international experiences students participated in, and achieved in, throughout 2023.

Wheelers Hill Junior Campus

• • Associate in Music Australia – Violin (1)

• • Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC)

• • Boroondara Eisteddfod – 2^nd Place (1)

• • Brisbane International Youth Music – PRESTO Competition –1^st Place (1)

• • Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards – Shortlisted (1)

• • Ethics Olympiad – 10^th Place

• • Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition – 1^st Place (Year 9 category)

• • Monash Youth Music Festival – 2^nd Place (2), HM (1)

• • New Century School Music Competition – 1^st Place (1), HM (1)

• • Pearl River Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition – 1^st Place (1)

• • Science Talent Search (STS) – Major Bursaries (3), Minor Bursaries (4)

• • Ringwood Eisteddfod – 2^nd Place (1)

• • Vic. Flute Guild – Leslie Barklamb Scholarship – 1^st Place (1)

• • Vic. Junior Da Vinci Decathlon Competition – 1^st (Overall State Champions), 1^st (Science), 1^st (Cartography), 1^st (Ideation), 1^st (Mathematics), 1^st (Creative Producers), 2^nd (Art & Poetry), 2^nd (English), 3^rd (Engineering), 3^rd (Code Breaking)

• • Young ICT Explorers of Victoria Awards – 2^nd Place (Years 3–4 Division)

• • 3MBS Melbourne Radio ‘Got Talent’ Performance (1)

Malvern Campus

• • Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) Certificates – Flute (3), Oboe (1), Piano (9), Violin (1)

• • Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) – High Distinction (2), Distinction (9), Credit (9), Proficiency (1)

• • Australian Maths Trust Challenge – Distinction (8), Credit (12), Proficiency (7), Participation (4)

• • Australian Maths Trust Enrichment Competition – Distinction (5), Credit (1), Participation (8)

• • Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad (APSMO) – 1^st (2), Top 10% (6), Top 25% (3)

• • Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge – Honour Roll (4), High Distinction (15), Distinction (13)

• • Ethics Olympiad – Honourable Mention

• • Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition – Winner’s Concert performance (1)

• • Science Talent Search (STS) – Minor Bursaries (3), Distinction (4), Merit (5)

• • Victorian Junior Da Vinci Decathlon Competition – Years 5–6 – 1^st (Legacy), 1^st (Code Breaking), 2^nd (overall), 2^nd (Science), 2^nd (Creative Producers), 3^rd (Cartography), 4^th (Engineering), 4^th (Art & Poetry), 4^th (English), 3^rd (Mathematics), 4^th (Ideation)

Wheelers Hill Secondary Campus

• • American Protégé Strings Competition – 2^nd Place (1)

• • Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA) – Piano (1^st)

• • Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad – High Distinction (4), Distinction (2), Credit (4), Participation (4)

• • Australian International Model Solar Car Challenge (AIMSC) – 3^rd Place

• • Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC) Senior Contest – Participation (1)

• • Australian Maths Competition (AMC) – Prize (2), High Distinction (11), Distinction (85), Credit (121), Proficiency (87), Participation (40)

• • Australian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad (APSMO) – Top 10% (17), Top 25% (10), Participation (44)

• • Australian Percussion Eisteddfod – 1^st Place (1)

• • Bach Competition – Finalist (1)

• • Bernstein Australia Piano Competition – 2^nd Prize (1)

• • Boroondara Eisteddfod – 1^st Place (1), 3^rd Place (1), HM (1)

• • Boroondara Eisteddfod – Contemporary Vocal Solo Open Age (1^st prize)

• • Bratislava International Youth Music Festival – Combined Chamber Strings & Bradford Trio (Gold), Combined Kreisler Strings (Silver)

• • Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Victoria (CLASAX) – Clarinet Ensemble (2^nd)

• • Computational Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition – High Distinction (1), Distinction (10), Credit (20), Participation (17)

• • Eisteddfod by the Bay – 2^nd Place (1), 3^rd Place (1)

• • French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad – Participation (1)

• • Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, Poland – Distinction (1)

• • Generations in Jazz – Division 2 Superband (2)

• • IMC2 Mathematical Modelling Competition – Participation (8)

• • Licentiate in Music, Australia (LMusA) – Cello (1), Piano (2), Violin (1)

• • Maths for Young Australians Challenge – High Distinction (2), Distinction (14), Credit (23), Participation (14)

• • Maths Games Day – 2^nd Place (8), Participation (32)

• • Monash Youth Music Festival – Bradford Trio (1st Place), Solo Section (1^st Place)

• • Mulgrave Country Club Scholarship – Citizenship (1), Leadership (1)

• • National History Challenge Awards (Victoria) – Category Indigenous History (Silver Award), Category Museum Exhibit (Silver Award), Year 10 Category (Silver Award)

• • Paris Music Competition Australia Region – Gold (1)

• • Plain English Speaking Awards – Victorian Champion (1), runner-up National Champion (1)

• • Polish Music Competition, Australia – 1^st Place (1)

• • ProgComp – Participation (2)

• • Ringwood Eisteddfod – Bradford Trio (1^st Place), Hopkins Trio (HM)

• • Royal South Street Society Eisteddfod – 1^st Place (3), 2^nd Place (1), HM (1)

• • SAGSE (Scholarships for Australian-German Student Exchange) – Scholarship recipients (2)

• • School Mathematics Competition – Outstanding (1), Merit (4)

• • School Maths Olympics – Participation (1)

• • Suma Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, Vienna – Combined Chamber Strings (3^rd Place)

• • The Age School Summit – Panellist

• • Top Class Performance – All That Jazz

• • Uni of Melbourne School Mathematics and Statistics Comp – Top prize (1)

• • Upschool Entrepreneur Educator of the Year Award

• • Victorian Together For Humanity Youth Summit – Year 8

• • 3MBS ‘Got Talent’ Performance (1)

Caulfield Campus

• • Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympics (AIMO) – High Distinctions (2), Distinctions (2), Credit (5), 32 participants

• • Australian Maths Competition – Prizes (1), High Distinctions (11), Distinctions (41), Credits (151), 397 participants

• • Australian Mathematical Olympiad (AMO) – Bronze (1), Honourable Mention (1)

• • Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC) Senior Contest – Participation (1)

• • Australian Maths Trust Challenge – High Distinctions (4), Distinctions (10), Credit (13), 25 participants

• • Boroondara Eisteddfod – MS Chamber Choir (1^st Place), Guitar Ensemble (HM)

• • Bratislava International Youth Music Festival – Combined Chamber Strings (Gold), Combined Kreisler Strings (Silver)

• • Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Victoria (CLASAX) – Senior Ensemble Section (1^st)

• • Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition – High Distinction (4), Distinction (18), Credit (57), 156 participants

• • DAV 2023 Intermediate Online Public Speaking Competition – Finalist (1)

• • Generations in Jazz – Division 2 Superband (2)

• • German exchange to Göttingen – Participation (1)

• • Kangourou Sans Frontières (KSF) Mathematics Comp – High Distinction (3), Distinction (13), Credit (20), 50 participants

• • Licentiate in Music, Australia (LMusA) – French Horn (1)

• • Suma Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, Vienna – Combined Chamber Strings (3^rd)

• • Uni of Melbourne School Mathematics Comp – Outstanding Award (2), Merit Award (3), 106 participants

• • Victorian Schools’ Music Festival – Just Groovin’, Wind Ensemble (Gold), Hyde Band, Symphony Orchestra (Silver)

• • Victorian Together For Humanity Youth Summit – Year 8