Tournament of Minds
SCEGGS just competed in Tournament of Minds International Final (TIF), in Canberra, in the Secondary STEM division for NSW.
We placed third…so we can tell people we placed third in the world!
It was a tough field with fierce competition between seasoned facilitators but we learned so much about the whole program and the way skills are critiqued. Ms Hung and I are so proud of the way the girls handled themselves: grace personified. These girls had a fantastic time and they were also studying every chance they got! Before the opening ceremony all the teams gathered outside Parliament House to badge swap. This is quite a social experience and there were many deals made to gain vintage or large badges.
Please congratulate the following girls on their creativity, teamwork…and international success!
- Georgia Tsangaris (Year 9)
- Bianca Hardge (Year 9)
- Scarlett White (Year 7)
- Ruby Peters (Year 7)
- Rachel Li (Year 7)
- Evelyn Li (Year 7)
- Zara Grace (Year 7)
You may find these young women applying for courses at Australian National University in due course; they really enjoyed the campus where we competed. We look forward to more teams representing NSW in future years. Next year the international final will be in Melbourne.
Veronica Schwedes
TOM Secondary School Facilitator
