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ICAS science resultsThere were many pleasing results in the ICAS science examthis year. Students at SSCBC received 10 Distinctioncertificates and 69 Credit certificates. Congratulations to thefollowing students:List of Distinction winners:Year 7 Imogen Biggins, Deaglan Godwin, ChintanMistray, Valentino Selvarajah, Zhe Ming WuYear 8 Finlay MackenzieYear 9 Dominic WongYear Inura De Zoysa, Igor Nievaart, Justin Zhou10List of Credit winners:Year 7 Byron Brake, Karina Bui, Sarina Chew, KyraDrysdale, Nadav Edelstein, Alex Enticknap, DanielFazzolare, Elsa Fredriksson, Jada Gordon-Lea’aetoa, Daniel Ho, Abe Joannou, Hyeon TaeKim, Riku Kojo, Eric Lee, Aaron Mai, ElleMcConnell, Stella Morison, Angus Murray, TimOwe-Young, Nikola Sazos, Roisin Sullivan, OnurTanglay, Suugloria Tun, Aiden Yap, Mariana Yu,Michelia Yu, Harry ZhaoYear 8Year 9Year10John Bottomley, Denise Chan, Anthony Chau,Harry Chen, Poppy Duwenbeck, Rabie Eid, SamuelEyeson-Annan, Sharon Fong, Sabbina Kang, QinellLi, Matthew Liang, William Lu, Joshua Ning, WayneQie, Louis Regan, Charlie Stokes, Ned Taranto,Anna ZolotarevaSteffi Chieng, Amelia Covre, Hayden Drake, SamipPokharel, Jahin Rashid, Michael Schlesinger,Sebastian Schwarz, Annabelle Tian, Benjamin Yang,Melissa YuBrendan Boyd-Weetman, Tristen Feng, JustinKocbek-Malepa, Mark Liu, Allan Lu, ElizabethMorison, Maya Mursi, Barry Pham, Shive Prema,Thomas Qiu, Jahan Sekhon, Isidora Simovic,Dineshi Walgamage, Cuting WuAustralian Brain Bee Challenge State FinalsInura De Zoysa was one of ten year 10 students whocompleted in round one of the Australian Brain BeeChallenge (ABBC) at SSCBC earlier this year. Students wererequired to learn a complex neuroscience booklet thatwould challenge undergraduate science students! Of the1300 students who took part in round one of the ABBCacross NSW the top 6% were invited to attend round 2 inthe National BrainInura was one of the 80 students from 34 schools across theState to compete to be State champion, who wouldultimately represent NSW in the National Brain BeeChallenge. Inura competed gallantly at the University ofWestern Sydney earlier this term and did the school proud.Well done Inura!Extension and Enrichment Activities forstudents outside of school hoursYears 9 and 10 science students can participate in ‘TheScience Experience’ which is run by the Science SchoolsFoundation Inc. The 2-3 day program costs $110 perstudents and students can enrol online at:www.scienceexperience.com.au . MacquarieUniversity and Sydney University are running programsin the Summer Holidays (entries close 28 October) andUTS Sydney is running a program on 4-6 December.We encourage all interested science students to apply.The Scientia Challenge Program run through GERRIC atthe University of New South Wales, which is designedfor gifted and talented high school students in Years 7-10. The program features a range of workshops from anumber of academic disciplines taught over three days.The courses are developed and presented byacademics of the University of New South Wales, whoare considered the leaders in their fields. The coursesare not vocational in nature; rather, they are designedto stimulate the interests of gifted students. The levelof difficulty in the courses is aimed at Years 11 and 12,thus providing a rigorous and challenging program forgifted students. The program also provides theopportunity for gifted students to socialize with likemindedchildren of similar interests. For moreinformation and how to apply seehttp://gerric.arts.unsw.edu.au/for-giftedstudents/scientia-challenge-7-10/The Science Gifted and Talented Discovery Programrun through the University of Sydney. The aim of theprogram is to provide talented high school sciencestudents (in Years 9 and 10) with additional challengesand stimulation in the areas of biology, chemistry andphysics.The workshop also gives students an on-campusexperience. It provides them with the opportunity toengage with University teaching staff and currentresearchers, access first-class facilities and makefriends with people who have a mutual interest inscience. The program runs twice a year for three daysin the July and October school holiday period. Formore information and how to apply seehttp://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/gifted/index.shtml or email uise.atkins@sydney.edu.au.Please don’t hestitate to contact me at school on 9810-0471 (ext. 113) if you have any questions or concerns.Mr Balla-GowHead Teacher Science