20 November 2019

Holy Rosary School, Kensington, has been awarded with the Peter Craig School Award (non-government primary school category) in the 2019 Science Talent Search.

The Peter Craig award recognises the high quality of entries submitted over the range of sections in the competition – from Working Models, Science Photography and Posters/Scientific Charts to Experimental Research, Video Production, Computer Programs, Games and Creative Writing. Holy Rosary’s entries for the 2019 Science Talent Search were selected from the school’s Science Fair held earlier this year.

Holy Rosary School was awarded 12 bursaries, including seven major and five minor. The major bursaries are spread across Years F–6 and include a Year 3/4 class who entered as a group.

Congratulations to the following schools with significant results:

• Genazzano FCJ College, Kew: two major and five minor bursaries
• Parade College, Bundoora: four major and 10 minor bursaries
• Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Oakleigh: two major and nine minor bursaries
• Santa Maria College, Northcote: three major and nine minor bursaries
• St Kevin’s College, Toorak: five major and four minor bursaries.

These schools also received bursaries in 2019:

• Avila College, Mount Waverley
• Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Toorak
• Mercy College, Coburg
• Nazareth College, Noble Park North
• Our Holy Redeemer School, Surrey Hills
• Sacré Cœur, Glen Iris
• Sacred Heart College, Kyneton
• Xavier College, Kew.