Ten of our students participated in the 2024 Global Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER) held in North Carolina from July 25-31. They won the world championship and ranked fifth in the International Junior Botball Challenge.  In the International Botball Challenge, they secured the seventh place and received the Judge’s Choice Award.

The award-winning students are as follows:

International Junior Botball Challenge:

- World champions: Ik Lok Hang, Wu Iak Cheng, Wu Nok Hang

- Fifth place winners: Chan Si Hon, Tang Cheng Him

International Botball Challenge:

Seventh place & Judge’s Choice Award winners: Loi Kin Teng, Chan Seong Ieong, Lao Hou Ioi, Luk Si Long, Cheng Keng Hei

The International Botball Tournament is an educational robotics initiative derived from MIT robotics competitions.  The event requires students to solve practical engineering problems within a fixed timeframe and with limited resources.

The 38th China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest was held in Tianjin from July 25 to 29.  The competition was co-hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Women's Federation, and the Tianjin Municipal Government.  Multiple teams from our school were selected by the Education and Youth Development Bureau to participate in the event.  Pui Ching students won a total of one first prize, three second prizes, four third prizes, and five special awards, making us the top award winner in Macao. Among the award winners, Lao Chit, Hon Pok Man and Lei Wang Hei were the only team from Macao to receive a first prize.  Congratulations to our young scientists!

Members of our school's drone training course were invited to participate in the 2024 Hong Kong Inter-School Drone Soccer Tournament. In the intense competition, our students demonstrated excellent tactical cooperation, precise operational skills, and innovative abilities in modifying the soccer drones. In the end, our teams stood out among the sixteen participating teams and emerged as the champion and second runner-up. The award winners are as follows:

Championship team:

Secondary 5C: Hoi In

Secondary 3F: Leong Wan Hou

Secondary 2A: Ieong Kit Ian

Secondary 3F: Wong Chon Him

Secondary 3F: Lam Pak Hei

Bronze medal-winning team:

Secondary 1A: Lai Ian Meng

Secondary 1F: Hong Chi Ian

Secondary 2A: Leong Hoi Cheng

Secondary 1F: Lei Chon Long

Secondary 1F: Kou Pui Ka

Instructor and supervising teacher: Ng Chan Wa

The Macao Productivity and Technology Transfer Center held the awards ceremony on July 1 for the 4^th Macao Secondary School Python Problem Solving Competition.  Pui Ching students Lei In Iat and Lam Iok Cheong won the championship.  Their instructor was Ms. Lam Sao Lan.

The competition attracted contestants from a total of 23 schools.  It required participants to write programs in Python to solve real-life problems, such as automating the retrieval of statistical data published online and analyzing and visualizing data through chart generation.

The competition was conducted in teams of two, and the preliminary round consisted of a knowledge-based test. The top 10 contestants were selected to compete in the final round, which was held in the form of a computer-based test and consisted of problems in four different categories. After three hours of intense competition, our students emerged as the champions. Congratulations to our award winners!