St. Julian’s Hosts its First International Computing Competition
During the Computer Science Education Week, on Wednesday, 6 December, St Julian’s School hosted the very first STICC (St. Julian’s International Coding Competition). This is a CAS project organised by our Year 13 Computer Science students, who have been working on setting up the system, writing challenges and creating marketing materials such as the STICC logo, website, and posters.
We welcomed 18 Computer Science students from four different schools on Wednesday:
- Park International School
- St. Dominic’s International School
- TASIS Portugal
- and United Lisbon International School
Students worked in teams, each having access to only one computer. They were presented with seven challenges of increasing difficulty and had two hours to solve as many as possible. The programming languages allowed were either Python or Java.
Seeing many young, talented coders enjoying problem-solving, working collaboratively, and coming up with solutions was fantastic. We were impressed with the level of engagement, collaboration, and coding skills they demonstrated. While all teams did an amazing job, one team clearly stood out and emerged as the friendly competition winner. Congratulations to the "ulis-ib" team from the United Lisbon International School!
We look forward to coming together again next year to continue sharing our passion and love for problem-solving within and beyond St. Julian’s.
Thank you to the Year 13 STICC team, Mr Brooke and Mr Machemer, as well as the Communication, Events and Tech Support teams for the help that made it possible to run such a successful day!
Ms Petra Csóbanka, Head of Computing
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