Competitions

From time to time ECAWA hosts competitions and challenges to assist teachers to provide interesting, motivating and educationally sound activities for their students, so if you have an idea for such an activity that you’d like ECAWA coordinate, please let us know!

Other Competitions

The competitions listed here are not managed by ECAWA so please verify all details, including dates and conditions, with the competition organisers, to be sure that the event is suitable for you and your students.

If you know of other competitions that may be of interest to members please email the details to secretary@ecawa.wa.edu.au

What’s happened to the competitions?

Competitions are very motivating for many (but not all) students, and have become a valuable resource for teachers at all levels, and in many subject areas.

The STEM subjects and the cross curricular nature of STEM particularly lends itself to competitions as a focus of a Term or Semester project, but where have the competition gone?

While we were “getting through” the restrictions of the pandemic so many of the competitions closed down for a year – and haven’t yet returned.

Thankfully our local Gamechanger Awards seem to be growing and developing, and Young ICT Explorers is back.

If you know of other competitions that may be of interest to ECAWA members please email the details to secretary@ecawa.wa.edu.au

The Game Changer Awards

Check out the Game Changer Awards – inspiring STEM innovation in WA Schools.

The Game Changer Awards are over for 2024 and the wonderful winners will be on the website soon.

Make sure that you go to https://www.gamechangerawards.com.au/ as soon as you can and subscribe to receive messages about next year’s competition.

See https://www.gamechangerawards.com.au/

Updated November, 2024

Bebras Challenge

The Bebras Australia Computational Thinking Challenge is an international student challenge whose goal is to promote computational thinking for teachers and students (ages 8-17 / school years 3-12).

Bebras is aligned with and supports Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curricula across Australia. Bebras Australia is run by CSIRO under the Digital Careers program, funded by the Australian Government.

The Bebras Challenge is a great way to get students interested and participating in information and communication technology (ICT) which could lead to an interest in pursuing a career in the exciting ICT industry!

See https://www.bebras.edu.au/ for details and dates of the next round of the competition

Bebras Challenge 2025 Dates:

- Round 1 –
- Round 2 –

Updated October, 2024

Young ICT Explorers – YICTE

Young ICT Explorers (YICTE) is an open ended technology and innovation competition for Primary and High school students in school years 3 – 12 in Australia, where students enter technology related projects for the chance to win fantastic prizes and show case their ideas to the world.

The results of the 2024 competitions should be on the website later in Term 4.

Watch their website for information about 2025 plans and be ready!

See https://www.youngictexplorers.net.au/