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This year, as part of the Stuartholme’s extension programs for gifted students, we have entered three teams in the Australian division of the Future Problem Solvers International Program.

Future Problem Solving, an international competition for gifted students, aims to foster creative, critical, and futuristic thinking skills in students with the ultimate goal in every competition of developing innovative solutions to issues and challenges that the world is likely to face in the future. This year, students have investigated Infectious Diseases, Toxic Substances and Philanthrocapitalism, which is the Qualifying Round topic.

Our Future Problem Solving teams have been hard at work since March and on Monday they participated in the qualifying round for the Australian Championships which will be held in Melbourne in October.

The following students are involved:

Year 8
Lara Carter, Anna Coman, Lara Trevor, Alessa Wiltshire

Year 9
Sophia Buller, Jayde McCarthy, Revelle Rolfe
Lily Alessandra, Annalise Barnes, Kathryn Capstick, Grace Deeran

Michael Elliott has been working with a group of Year 7 students; Darcy Mansul, Annaliese McGahan, Alex O’Brien, Stella Tapper, Lillian Tiernan, Nel Tiernan, Grace Tupicoff and Jessica Welch, preparing them for their entry into the competitive program in 2019.