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Primary School Oliphant Science Awards Success

23 Oct 2025
Primary School Co-curricular

This year’s Oliphant Science Awards saw an incredible 4,099 students from 145 schools across South Australia enter a total of 3,143 projects. Concordia College proudly contributed 59 (St John's Campus), 10 (St Peters Campu) and six (Concordia Campus) entries, with ten prize winning and five highly commended projects.

The Oliphant Science Awards give students the chance to shine outside of the classroom and to see how science connects with the real world. The competition encourages problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity. Throughout the process, students became young scientists—asking big questions, testing ideas, experimenting, observing and carefully documenting their discoveries. Each student showed a strong commitment to exploring science in meaningful and imaginative ways.

A special congratulations to Jayden 3TS, who, along with his category placing, achieved second place in the prestigious Department for Education Young Scientist Award.

These achievements highlight the dedication of our young scientists and the enthusiasm with which they explore the world around them. Congratulations to all students who participated and represented Concordia with pride in this statewide celebration of science and innovation.

Adriana Weling, Rachel Saunders, Trevor Burmeister and Nicolle Jakube

Below are the prize winners and highly commended projects from our Primary School campuses.

Prize Winners
  • Jayden 3TS – St John’s Campus: Second place Department for Education Young Scientist Award R–4
  • Jayden 3TS – St John’s Campus: First place, 3–4 Photography
  • Luke 1OL – St Peters Campus: First place, R-2 Programming, Apps and Robotics
  • Darcy 2/3KW – St Peters Campus: First place, R–2 Scientific Inquiry
  • Leah 2BM – St John’s Campus: Second place, R–2 Posters
  • Charlotte 2BM – St John’s Campus: Second place, R-2: Programming, Apps and Robotics
  • Xavier 5EH – St John’s Campus: Third place, 5 –6 Models and Inventions
  • Kelly 3TS – St John’s Campus: Third place, 3–4 Science Writing
Highly Commended
  • Jayden 3TS – St John’s Campus: 3–4 Games
  • Jane 4MR – St John’s Campus: 3–4 Photography
  • Darcy 2BM – St John’s Campus: R–2 Games
  • George 1JL – St John’s Campus: R–2 Multimedia
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