Clark, Cross on top of world

COOROY State School principal Des Deighton said his school community was over the moon about the recent success of students in the world wide languages competition.
“It is a testament to the quality of our language program here that students are so inspired they want to take part in this competition, the majority of which they did in their own time,” Mr Deighton said.
“We have an incredibly talented and enthusiastic teacher of French in Oj Rugins who inspires a love of language learning in students.”
Cooroy State School was:
The number 1 ranked primary school in the world for French in QLD for the 101-250 students category (out of 145 schools)
6th in Australia for the 101-250 students category (out of 234 schools)
8th overall in QLD (out of 176 schools)
11th in the world in the 101-250 students category (out of 322 schools)
34th overall in Australia (out of 778 schools)
Students from Cooroy answered 261,235 questions in French over the competition period. Two students received Elite awards for earning over 10,000 points. They were Year 7 student Dylan Cross and Year 4 student Alexander Clark.
In total 241 Year 4 to 7 Cooroy students spent 1779 hours learning over 10 days.
Mr Deighton said that the students of French at Cooroy loved dressing in costumes and performing plays in French and recently performed at the French Festival at South Bank.
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek congratulated Cooroy and Mooloolaba state schools on their fantastic achievements.