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NZ Exclusive Brethren school takes top spot in global competition

<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Exclusive Brethren school&comma; Westmount&comma; has taken out first place in a global online learning series&comma; beating more than 1&comma;600 schools around the world&period; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Westmount students have come out on top as the highest ranked school in the annual Education Perfect World Series for 2017&period; The series saw more than 500&comma;000 students from more than 1&comma;600 schools competing across five events covering social sciences&comma; languages&comma; maths&comma; English and science&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Students answered questions aligned to the New Zealand curriculum&comma; earning points for questions they answered correctly&period; Westmount students answered 1&comma;405&comma;518 questions and spent 4&comma;581 hours learning and revising&comma; with students achieving 685 individual awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Westmount regional principal Jon Bowen says that to be first in the world is recognition for students&&num;8217&semi; high level of motivation and self-direction&period; &&num;8220&semi;Through Education Perfect&comma; our students have engaged in areas of learning that are already traditional components within our school curriculum&period; It has enhanced a voyage of learning discovery&comma; particularly in the area of languages&comma; and enabled positive progress for learners in years seven to 13&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Considered to be the world’s largest online learning event&comma; the Education Perfect World Series is strategically designed to motivate&comma; engage&comma; and inspire students towards academic success&period; Education Perfect CEO&comma; Craig Smith&comma; says&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re passionate about the role Education Perfect can play in students’ learning&comma; and are incredibly proud of everyone that participated this year&period; When students discover a love of learning and we can give them more confidence&comma; everyone wins&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Mr Smith says the success of Westmount School is &&num;8220&semi;nothing short of impressive&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Westmount School is a private school which operates multiple campuses in Northland&comma; Kaipara&comma; Auckland&comma; Waikato&comma; East Coast&comma; Manawatu&comma; Taranaki&comma; Wellington&comma; Tasman&comma; Marlborough&comma; West Coast&comma; Canterbury&comma; Dunedin and Invercargill&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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