In Term 1, students from St Patrick’s College were invited to participate in the annual Education Perfect Language World Championships. Just under 1,900 schools worldwide participated in this competition and 167 students represented our College, where 208,000 students worldwide participated.

This year we achieved amazing results. Some of the statistics include:

• 86^th overall globally out of 1,894 schools
• 60^th overall in Australia out of 1,231 schools
• 18^th overall in NSW out of 343 schools
• 16^th overall in Japanese out of 1,133 schools
• 2^nd overall in Japanese in NSW

Our students have achieved fantastic results.

Credit – achieving 500 points – These are for students who achieved 500+ points
Year 8 - Diadem A, Stella A, Isabelle H, Sophie H, Addison N, Chloe R, Steffanie S, Angelea V
Year 9 – Mbali J, Sienna T
Year 10 – Stephanie F, Maham K

Bronze – achieving 1000 points – These are for students who achieved 1000+ points
Year 8 – Emmalynn D, Ashley J, Ava M, Lexi V
Year 9 – Abigail B, Jade F, Caitlin R, Abbey R
Year 11 - Charlotte F, Madison M, Lucy O

Silver – achieving 2000 points – These are for students who achieved 2000+ points
Year 8 - Charlotte D
Year 11 - Annabella N

Gold – achieving 3000 points – These are for students who achieved 3000+ points
Year 8 – Jordana N
Year 10 – Ella W

Emerald – achieving 5000 points – These are for students who achieved 5000+ points
Year 8 - Alexis N
Year 9 - Renae L, Sarah M, Hannah Y

 Elite – achieving 10000 points – These are for students who achieved 10000+ points
3^rd Place – Candice M of Year 11 with 10,069 points
2nd Place – Marina P of Year 10 with 14,780 points
1^st Place – Olivia L of Year 11 with 15, 469 points

I would like to give special mention to Olivia L of Year 11 for the effort she put into this competition. For four out of the seven days of this competition, she was first in the world in Japanese and her final ranking in Japanese was 11^th in the world. Congratulations to Olivia for her hard work in this competition in both 2020 and 2021.

The Education Perfect Language World Championships is a competition we have participated in for the past nine years. We look forward to participating in the years to come to give students the opportunity to embrace languages and language learning.

Julian Nash - Japanese Language Teacher/LOTE Coordinator