CyberFirst Girls Competition Celebration

On Monday lunchtime we marked the conclusion of the annual CyberFirst Girls Competition with a little celebration event. All 30 participants were presented with certificates and the final team scores were announced. The winning team from Wellington were ‘Beautiful Ducks’ who scored a whopping 4810 points. Whilst they were not successful in winning the national event and scooping prizes of laptops each, they did bag themselves a chocolate orange and a big round of applause! Well done girls, you were brilliant. I should also mention team ‘Logic Labs’ who came a close second with 4388 points, well done!

I have been so impressed with the drive and commitment shown by these young coders. The computer science rooms were a buzz with energy for the 10 days the competition ran, many of the teams meeting up every lunch break to try to solve a few more puzzles each day. I know that a number of the girls worked hard in their own time at home as well. The challenges were not easy, you can have a look at some examples here. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberfirst/girls-competition-example-challenges

I could not be prouder of the girls who joined in this event. In the process they have developed their teamwork, leadership, resilience, problem-solving, communication skills and independence. CyberFirst is designed to identify and nurture a diverse range of talented young people into a cyber security career. Here at school, we hope that through participation in this scheme, more girls will be encouraged and inspired to take Computer Science at GCSE as a first step on that journey.

A list of all our participants in the 2024 CyberFirst Competition

1st place Team
Beautiful Ducks: Ella Chan, Mia Chan, Alina Yeun, Megan Sek
2nd place Team
Logic Labs: Belle Gill, Elodie Sui, Christy Ho, Evelina Niezgoda

Runners up:
Amy Armstrong
Charlotte Brown
Sophie Mudd
Gaille Yeung

Mishka Mangarole
Averie Tse
Kelly Tse

Chloe Bell
Isa Bishop
Imogen Leckenby
Connie Stephenson

Lily Crowe
Genna Leung
Danica Miller
Summer Smith

Katie May Beswick McNicholls
Lea Booth
Millie Slaney

Tilly Baker
Alesha Gubas Hertzog
Lexi Hancock
Lily Harvey

Mrs Cook