Tournament of Minds
Encyclopedia
The Tournament of Minds is a school
competition
program available throughout Australia
, New Zealand
, Hong Kong
and Singapore
. Teams of students work to solve problems in a number of disciplines, including: applied technology, language
and literature
, mathematics
and engineering
, and social sciences. The program runs through the third school term, commonly commencing on the first week back at school.
Secondary School
Secondary School
Secondary
Secondary
Secondary
Secondary Division
Secondary Division
Secondary Division
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
competition
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...
program available throughout Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. Teams of students work to solve problems in a number of disciplines, including: applied technology, language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, and social sciences. The program runs through the third school term, commonly commencing on the first week back at school.
2009
Primary School- Applied Technology Sherbourne Primary School
- Maths Engineering Caningeraba State School
- Language Literature Tacking Point Public School
- Social Sciences St Francis Xavier Primary School
Secondary School
- Applied Technology Esperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Esperance, a regional centre southeast of Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
- Maths Engineering Good Shepherd Lutheran CollegeGood Shepherd Lutheran CollegeGood Shepherd Lutheran College is a Prep to Year 12 campus that serves the families of the Noosa district. It is located in Noosaville.-History and development:...
- Language Literature Alrossy Anglican School
- Social Sciences Nagle Catholic College
2008
Primary School- Applied Technology Illaroo Road Public School (NSW)
- Maths Engineering Stirling East Primary School (SA)
- Language Literature Eagle Junction State School (QLD)
- Social Sciences Esperance Primary School (WA)
Secondary School
- Applied Technology The Friends' School (Tasmania)
- Maths Engineering Bomaderry High School (NSW)
- Language Literature Walford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for Girls is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for girls, located in Hyde Park, South Australia.The school is non-selective and caters for approximately 720 students from ELC to Year 12, including 70 boarders....
(SA) - Social Sciences Nagle Catholic College (WA)
2007
Primary- Applied Technology Illaroo Road Public School (NSW)
- Maths Engineering Riverside Primary School (Tasmania)
- Language Literature Garran Primary School (ACT)
- Social Sciences Hartwell Primary School (Victoria)
Secondary
- Applied Technology Emmaus CollegeEmmaus College (Burwood)Emmaus College is a Coeducational Catholic secondary college which serves the middle, eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. The school has a Junior Campus in Vermont South and a VCE campus in Burwood. It has a population of around 1200 students and slowly growing. Emmaus College is a member...
(Victoria) - Maths Engineering Queenwood School for GirlsQueenwood School for GirlsQueenwood School for Girls is an independent, non-denominational, Christian day school, located in the suburb of Mosman, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(NSW) - Language Literature Esperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Esperance, a regional centre southeast of Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(WA) - Social Sciences St Edmunds CollegeSt Edmunds College, IpswichSt Edmund's College is a Catholic, secondary day school for boys', located in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The school is member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region along with Marist College Ashgrove, Iona College , Padua College, Villanova College, St Patrick's...
(QLD)
2006
Primary- Maths Engineering Boroondara Park Primary School (VIC)
- Language Literature Eden Hills Primary School (SA)
- Social Sciences St Francis Xavier Primary School (WA)
Secondary
- Maths Engineering Esperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Esperance, a regional centre southeast of Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(WA) - Language Literature Walford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for Girls is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for girls, located in Hyde Park, South Australia.The school is non-selective and caters for approximately 720 students from ELC to Year 12, including 70 boarders....
(SA) - Social Sciences Mt St Patrick College (QLD)
2005
Primary- Maths Engineering Stirling East Primary School (SA)
- Language Literature St Monica's Parish School (SA)
- Social Sciences St Paul's Primary School (WA)
Secondary
- Maths Engineering St Catherine's SchoolSt Catherine's School, ToorakSt Catherine's School is an independent, non-denominational, Christian day and boarding school for girls, located in Toorak, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
(VIC) - Language Literature Ipswich Grammar SchoolIpswich Grammar SchoolIpswich Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Ipswich, a city situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia...
(QLD) - Social Sciences Smith's Hill High SchoolSmith's Hill High SchoolSmith's Hill High School is the only academically selective school in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the heart of Wollongong city.120 year 6 students get offered a place at the school for the next year after sitting a test.-History:...
(NSW)
2004
Primary Division- Maths Engineering Turner School (ACT)
- Language Literature Telegraph Point Public School (NSW)
- Social Sciences Sacred Heart School (ACT)
Secondary Division
- Maths Engineering John XXIII College (WA)
- Language Literature John Paul CollegeJohn Paul College (New South Wales)John Paul College is a private secondary school located in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. The college has strong Catholic roots, being named after the late Pope John Paul the Second....
(NSW) - Social Sciences Walford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for GirlsWalford Anglican School for Girls is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for girls, located in Hyde Park, South Australia.The school is non-selective and caters for approximately 720 students from ELC to Year 12, including 70 boarders....
(SA)
2003
Primary- Maths Engineering Esperance Primary School (WA)
- Language Literature Queanbeyan Public School (ACT)
- Social Sciences Esperance Primary School (WA)
Secondary Division
- Maths Engineering Trinity College North (SA)
- Language Literature St Bede's CollegeSt Bede's College (Mentone)St Bede's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary school for boys, located in Mentone, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1938, it is administered by the De La Salle Brothers and named after St. Bede the Venerable, a Benedictine monk and priest who spent his life teaching and writing in the...
(VIC) - Social Sciences Bede Polding CollegeBede Polding CollegeBede Polding College is a co-educational Catholic high school in South Windsor, New South Wales, Australia offering education from Year 7 to Year 12. It is a Diocesan high school serving the greater Hawkesbury region and the parishes of Windsor and Richmond. The school opened in 1986 with 110...
(NSW)
2002
Primary Division- Maths Engineering St Brigid's CollegeSt Brigid's CollegeSt Brigid's College is an independent Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls in Lesmurdie, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.The campus consists of a girls high school for years 8-12 and a coeducational junior school for years K-7, sporting grounds, and boarding facilities for 137...
(WA) - Language Literature Queanbeyan Public Schoo] (ACT)
- Social Sciences Eagle Junction State School (QLD)
Secondary Division
- Maths Engineering Loreto College (SA)
- Language Literature Wilderness SchoolWilderness SchoolWilderness School is an independent, non-denominational Christian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Medindie, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia....
(SA) - Social Sciences Esperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High SchoolEsperance Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Esperance, a regional centre southeast of Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(WA)