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 – 2nd Place (1)
- Brisbane International Youth Music – PRESTO Competition –1st Place (1)
- Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards – Shortlisted (1)
- Ethics Olympiad – 10th Place
- Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition – 1st Place (Year 9 category)
- Monash Youth Music Festival – 2nd Place (2), HM (1)
- New Century School Music Competition – 1st Place (1), HM (1)
- Pearl River Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition – 1st Place (1)
- Science Talent Search (STS) – Major Bursaries (3), Minor Bursaries (4)
- Ringwood Eisteddfod – 2nd Place (1)
- Vic. Flute Guild – Leslie Barklamb Scholarship – 1st Place (1)
- Vic. Junior Da Vinci Decathlon Competition – 1st (Overall State Champions), 1st (Science), 1st (Cartography), 1st (Ideation), 1st (Mathematics), 1st (Creative Producers), 2nd (Art & Poetry), 2nd (English), 3rd (Engineering), 3rd (Code Breaking)
- Young ICT Explorers of Victoria Awards – 2nd 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) – 1st (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 – 1st (Legacy), 1st (Code Breaking), 2nd (overall), 2nd (Science), 2nd (Creative Producers), 3rd (Cartography), 4th (Engineering), 4th (Art & Poetry), 4th (English), 3rd (Mathematics), 4th (Ideation)
Wheelers Hill Secondary Campus
- American Protégé Strings Competition – 2nd Place (1)
- Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA) – Piano (1st)
- Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad – High Distinction (4), Distinction (2), Credit (4), Participation (4)
- Australian International Model Solar Car Challenge (AIMSC) – 3rd 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 – 1st Place (1)
- Bach Competition – Finalist (1)
- Bernstein Australia Piano Competition – 2nd Prize (1)
- Boroondara Eisteddfod – 1st Place (1), 3rd Place (1), HM (1)
- Boroondara Eisteddfod – Contemporary Vocal Solo Open Age (1st 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 (2nd)
- Computational Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition – High Distinction (1), Distinction (10), Credit (20), Participation (17)
- Eisteddfod by the Bay – 2nd Place (1), 3rd 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 – 2nd Place (8), Participation (32)
- Monash Youth Music Festival – Bradford Trio (1st Place), Solo Section (1st 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 – 1st Place (1)
- ProgComp – Participation (2)
- Ringwood Eisteddfod – Bradford Trio (1st Place), Hopkins Trio (HM)
- Royal South Street Society Eisteddfod – 1st Place (3), 2nd 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 (3rd 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 (1st 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 (1st)
- 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 (3rd)
- 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