Pupils celebrate success in Computational Thinking Challenge

In the second week of November, all of the girls in Years 2, 4 & 6 took part in the ‘Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge 2020’ during their Computer Science lessons, the result for which have just been released. This is an online competition run by Oxford University, which involves solving complex problems against the clock, using computational thinking skills such as algorithm design, pattern recognition, logic and abstraction.  Our girls competed in their respective age categories against schools from all over the UK (241,348 students in total) and the competition also ran in over 50 other countries across the world.

This is the first year that St. Mary’s Junior School has taken part in the competition and we are absolutely delighted with the results that our girls have achieved compared to other schools in Cambridgeshire and the country as a whole:

Year 2

Year 4

Year 6

In addition to results at a school level, the girls have also received certificates for their individual performances, with the ‘Merit’ and ‘Distinction’ categories for exceptional performances being achieved by well over three-quarters of the girls in the older two age groups and over half of the girls in Year 2, as follows:

Many congratulations to Catherine C. (95%), Charlotte C. & Gayatri K. (82%) and Diya S. (92%) for achieving the highest scores in their Age Groups and being awarded ‘Best In School’ certificates.

We are also delighted to announce that eight of our Year 6 girls achieved scores in the top 10% nationally and have been invited to participate in the online Oxford University Computing Challenge 2021 in February next year.

The girls worked extremely hard during the challenge and demonstrated not just their computational thinking skills, but also enthusiasm, determination and perseverance.  They should all be extremely proud of what they have achieved.