The teams at Knox Prep performed well at the first VEX IQ ‘Mix and Match’ event of the 2025-26 season.
On 28 July, Prep proudly hosted its first event of the 2025-26 VEX IQ Robotics Competition Season, featuring the exciting new ‘Mix and Match’ game. Teams from Shore School, Ravenswood School for Girls and Barker College shared in a day full of energy, learning, and teamwork. Knox Grammar teams excelled and achieved several major awards.
These awards reflect significant achievements in teamwork, creativity, and technical skill.
Won the Excellence Award – Middle School, which is the highest honour at the event and recognises overall achievement in robot design, performance, and teamwork. They also earned the Robot Skills Champion title for posting the highest combined scores in the programming and driving skills challenges.
Placed second in the Teamwork category, which celebrates top scores in collaborative matches with another team. They also received the Build Award for outstanding workmanship and quality in robot construction.
Awarded the Innovate Award, which recognises creative engineering and innovative approaches to robot design.
Won the Create Award for exceptional originality and imaginative engineering solutions.
Received the Sportsmanship Award for consistently demonstrating respect, positivity, and encouragement to all teams.
Honoured with the Inspire Award, which is given to teams that show leadership and motivate others throughout the event.
The event was a hugely enjoyable occasion, with all students displaying exceptional sportsmanship. Congratulations to all participants, including students, coaches, and volunteers, for making our season opener both memorable and successful!
15 October 2026
On Thursday 15 October, we welcomed parents, students and staff to the Great Hall for our Respectful Relationships Education community event, 'Growing Up in the Age of Algorithms'. The evening reflected the School’s commitment to partnering with families on some of the most significant issues facing young people today, creating space for informed discussion, shared learning and meaningful engagement around the challenges and opportunities of life in an increasingly connected digital world.
15 October 2026
Participants of the Knox Leader Development Program recently gathered in the Bryden Room to present their leadership projects and reflect on their development as leaders. It was an inspiring occasion, with staff sharing their vision and purpose, achievements and future goals, leadership journey, and key learnings gained through the process.
08 October 2026
Year 12 student Nathan represented Australia for the third time in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), travelling to Uzbekistan in Term 3 to compete with hundreds of students from dozens of countries across the globe.
