Welcome to Tournament of Minds - Western Australia

Registrations are open for 2019

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Timeline for 2019

Term 1

• Registrations Are Open
  
• Facilitator Workshops - 'What is TOM'
  

Term 2

• Team Development Workshops
  

Term 3

• Challenges sent out
  
• Student Workshops and Judges Training
  
• Regional Tournaments - Saturday 31st August (Perth Metro) and Sunday 1st September (Country regions)
  
• Branch Final Tournament - 15th September 2019
  

Term 4

• TOM International Final - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 25/26th October 2019

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Resources

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Workshops - 2019

You can search, then register for a workshop using the Workshops page.

TERM 1

What is TOM?  (Facilitators only)

When: Tuesday 12 March  at 4pm
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley Campus - Building 18 Room 101

FREE ~ Workshop for facilitators and interested people who would like to find out what Tournament of Minds is and how the competition runs. It will be an interactive workshop which will also explain the type of challenges and how they are scored, as well as give you some starting pointers on how to choose teams and start their ToM journey. We look forward to seeing you there :)

TERM 2

Simply Spontaneous  (Teams and facilitators)

When: Wednesday 18 April at 4pm
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley Campus - 

The score for Spontaneous makes up 1/3 of the total score so it is essential that teams are provided with a range of thinking skills. Scoring criteria includes assessing teams for how they go about generating a multiplicity of creative responses to the stimulus; how well they work together as a team; how they organise their response. This workshop helps facilitators and teams to develop a range of group work and creative thinking skills  they can apply to all the different types of Spontaneous Challenges they may need to solve on Tournament of Day.

REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

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What is TOM?

When: Wednesday 22nd May

Time: 4.00-6.00pm

Venue: St Francis Xavier PS Library

Afternoon tea provided

A Day with ToM! (Teams and Facilitators)

When: TBA

Duration: 5hrs

This workshop will cover ToM is all about, how the spontaneous challenges works and how to help teams to decode the written challenges. This will be through practical activities that students and facilitators can participate in. Our goal is to assist teams to effectively read through the challenges, critically evaluate their own skills and those required to solve the challenges and select effective presentation skills.

TERM 3

Cracking the Challenge.  (Facilitators and Teams)

When: TBA
Duration: 3 hours
Venue: Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley Campus

Investigating the disciplines from which teams must choose their Six Week challenge – STEM, Language Literature or Social Sciences. What is different about these disciplines and what could be expected? Come and have a go at some of the challenges.

This workshop will assist teams to demystify challenges. Its primary purpose it to assist teams to read through the challenges critically evaluate their own skills and those required to solve the Challenge and select effective Presentation Skills.
Please note this workshop will not address individual challenges!

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Benefits

We have found that coming to a workshop with other schools have been beneficial for the students to help learn from each other.

Tailored workshops

For individual schools can be organised. Please contact us to discuss the options.

Congratulations

We would like to acknowledge the hard work that all the teams (their facilitators and parents) have put in to prepare for the 2018 tournament. The journey isn't always easy but we hope you have enjoyed yourselves.

'I would like to thank you for all you hard work. The TOM competition day runs very smoothly. From a school's participation perspective - timetables run smoothly and on time. Rooms are ready. Registration is easy.
From a judge's perspective - same same. As well as yummy food, on time and rooms and equipment sorted and ready for use.
The TOM committee do an awesome job and I can only imagine the enormous effort and strategic planning that has taken place, for months prior to the event.
Congratulations on a very well organised and seamless day.'