Challenging the World

Tournament of Minds is a problem solving programme for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. They are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following disciplines:

• Science Technology
• Engineering Mathematics
• Social Sciences
• Language Literature

Tournament of Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to demonstrate their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way.

 Tournament of Minds is not only a worthwhile investment in the education of our youth, but is also an integral part of our collective future.

Last weekend, St Bede's College competed in the regional competition at St Andrew's College. We entered a team in the Secondary Engineering/Mathematics section.  Students are given six weeks to prepare a solution to a long term problem. There is no correct answer and students are judged on their research, team work and creative approach to problem solving. The St Bede's College team were the only team in this division, but had to score high enough to compete at a national level. Their presentation was exceptional and as such won the award for Engineering/Mathematics and have been invited to attend the national competition on the 23rd September. A big congratulations to Harrison Tyson, Lewis Meates, Andrew Lee, Seamus Lohrey, Steven Little, Owen Kirwan and Luke Morrison.