218 students from BBI participated in 2011 and gained:
- 6 High Distinctions (top 1%)
- 39 Distinctions (top 10%)
- 75 Credits (top 25%)
High Distinctions were awarded to:
Year 8: Yu Le Kong-Lim, Mieke Terblanche
Year 7: Clarissa Wiratmadja, Emily Briggs, Sue Liu, Harrison Roper
Australian Writing
104 students from BBI participated in 2011 and gained:
- 3 High Distinctions (top 1%)
- 34 Distinctions (top 10%)
- 41 Credits (top 25%)
High Distinctions were awarded to Mieke Terblanche, Bowun Su, and Danny Xie.
We had one Year 8 student, Mieke Terblanche, awarded a medal for achieving Top in New Zealand.
Speeches
In August, the schoolʼs annual speech competitions were held. Each student presented a prepared speech to the class. Class finalists competed at team finals with the best two contestants from each team finally presenting their speeches to the school.
The winners of the prepared section were:
1st: Pranika Arisht
2nd: Bronte Croad
3rd: Xavier Guy
The winners of the impromptu section were:
1st: Pranika Arisht
2nd: Zachary Wong
3rd: Visalini Gunathas
Pranika represented the school and came second in both sections at the Eastern Zone Speech Competition.
Korean Speeches
1st: Seo Young Ahn
2nd: Jennifer Kim
Seo Young represented BBI at the Auckland Korean speech competition in late September.
Mathex Competition
| 2011 | Year 7 team finished 1st. Year 8 team finished 1st. |
| 2010 | Year 7 team finished 2nd equal. Year 8 team finished 3rd equal. |
| 2009 | Competed but were not placed. |
| 2008 | Competed but were not placed. |
| 2007 | Year 7 A team finished 1st. |
| 2006 | Year 7 A team finished 1st. Year 7 B team finished 6th. Year 8 A team finished 4th. |
| 2005 | Year 7 team finished 4th. The B team finished 5th. Year 8 A team finished 1st. The B team finished 5th. |
| 2004 | Year 7 A team finished 1st. Year 8 A team finished 1st, the B team finished 2nd. This was the third year in a row that BBI teams were placed first in both Year 7 and Year 8. |
| 2003 | Year 7 A Team finished 1st. Year 8 A team finished 1st, the B team finished 4th. This was the second year in a row that BBI teams were placed first in both Year 7 and Year 8. |
| 2002 | Year 7 A team finished 1st, the B team took 4th place. Year 8 A team finished 1st and the B team finished 6th. |
Singapore Mathematical Olympiad
| 2006 | BBI students took 6 of the 8 places in the team travelling Singapore for the Olympiad Competition. Samantha Tan was placed in the top 20 in the Singapore competition. |
| 1996 | The team entered achieved the highest score in New Zealand. Kenneth Wu gained the second highest individual result and David Chua was 9th. |
Australian Mathematics Olympiad
Two teams from BBI received an award for Outstanding Maths Achievement.
One student achieved a perfect score and 31 achieved in the top 10%.
Otago Problem Challenge
In this competition students answer five questions in 30 minutes on each of five problem sheets, which are done about a month apart. See www.maths.otago.ac.nz/pc/ for more information.
In 2008 five Year 8 students and three Year 7 students received prizes for achieving outstanding results.
Australian Mathematics see detailed results
265 students from BBI participated in 2009 and gained:
- 28 High Distinctions (top 1%)
- 43 Distinctions (top 10%)
- 79 Credits (top 25%)
Science Fair
BBI’s annual Science Fair was held during August in 2011. It was gratifying to see the high standard of presentation and the ingenious and innovative nature of the investigations undertaken by our students. Each exhibit obviously represented many hours of planning, research, dedication and perseverance by each student during the weeks prior to the Science Fair. From the large number of exhibits, some were chosen to go through to the Manukau Institute of Technology Science Fair competition and competed against college students. The following students were placed:
| Milan Panchia | First Place |
| Hannah Williams | Second Place |
| Harriet Hitchings | Second Place |
| Elizabeth Holder | Second Place |
| Sharon Lin | Highly commended |
| Emma Fromont | Highly commended |
Australian Science
173 students from BBI participated in 2011 and gained:
- 18 High Distinctions (top 1%)
- 44 Distinctions (top 10%)
- 52 Credits (top 25%)
High Distinctions were awarded to:
Year 8: Zachary Wong, Pranika Arisht, Malitha Ambanpola, Sunny Wang, Ernest Wong, Abhishek Chawla, Bomi Kim, Kevin Shen, Gabriel Hong, Yu Le Kong-Lim, Arvin Lim
Year 7: Nathan Tee, Max Yang, Yiwen Zhang, Qi Le Kong-Lim, Ashmita Mirajkar, Richard Tang, Clarissa Wiratmadja
Congratulations to Zachary Wong who was awarded a medal for being top in NZ.
We are very pleased and also very proud of our on going high results in the Australasian exams. Students are invited to sit these exams. They are encouraged but ultimately it is their choice.
Since first entering into these competitions in 1992 we have had one or more students top in one or more of these exams every single year. This is an outstanding achievement and says much about the high standards we are able to maintain year after year.
Results with BBI having the top student in the country are as follows:
| 1992 | Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 1993 | Top in Mathematics (2) |
| 1994 | Top in Mathematics |
| 1995 | Top in Mathematics (2), top in English |
| 1996 | Top in Science |
| 1997 | Top in Mathematics (2) |
| 1998 | Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 1999 | Top in Science, top in Computing |
| 2000 | Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2001 | Top in English, top in Computing (3) |
| 2002 | Top in Mathematics |
| 2003 | Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2004 | Top in Science |
| 2005 | Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2006 | Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 2007 | Top in Mathematics (2), top in Computing (2) |
| 2008 | Top in Computing |
| 2009 | Top in Computing |
| 2010 | Top in Computing |
| 2011 | Top in Mathematics (2), top in Computing, top in Science, top in Writing |
Year 7 Major Awards
| Diane Cooper Memorial Achievement Cup | Clarissa Wiratmadjag |
| nominated | Junyi Chen |
| nominated | Ashmita Mirajkar |
| nominated | Richard Tang |
| Whaia te Tikitiki Awards | Bronte Croad |
| Shivarama Yogakumar | |
| Skye Macleod | |
| Ashmita Mirajkar | |
| Harrison Roper | |
| Benjamin Wight | |
| Stephanie Yiu | |
| McLean Improvement Cup | Chase Larsson |
| nominated | Jordan Spence |
| nominated | Kevin Kim |
| nominated | Lauren Macmillan |
| Sportswoman of the Year | Skye Macleod |
| nominated | Bronte Croad |
| nominated | Charlotte Smaill |
| nominated | Holly Thirwall |
| Sportsman of the Year | Lucas Stead |
| nominated | Flynn Palmer |
| nominated | Trent Hunt |
| nominated | Brendan Waters |
| ICAS Computer – Top in New Zealand | Eddy Tan |
| ICAS Mathematics – Top in New Zealand | Junyi Chen |
Year 8 Major Awards
| Principal's Award | Zachary Wong |
| Huang Achievement Cup | Zachary Wong |
| nominated | Judy Li |
| nominated | Arvin Lim |
| nominated | Charlene Lo |
| Rotary Cup for Service to the School | Jahnavi Chaudhari |
| nominated | Katie Dickinson |
| nominated | Olivia Truscott |
| Whaia te Tikitiki Awards | Katie Dickinson |
| Amber Egan | |
| Dushanka Govender | |
| Xavier Guy | |
| Jonathan Lee | |
| Aron Mago | |
| Ben Payne | |
| Jessica Russell | |
| Olivia Truscott | |
| Speech Cup | Pranika Arisht |
| McLean Improvement Cup | Eleanor Motuliki |
| nominated | Liam Webber |
| nominated | Talita Wickham |
| Ian Fox Leadership Award | Fletcher Howell |
| nominated | Zachary Wong |
| nominated | Morgan Blackmore |
| Sportswoman of the Year | Jessica Speight/Jacqui Hand |
| nominated | Katie Dickinson |
| nominated | Kate Ivory |
| Sportsman of the Year | Xavier Guy/Joshua Sowman |
| nominated | Sean Cooper |
| nominated | Nicholas White |
| Ash Newth Memorial Award | Olivia Truscott |
| nominated | Pranika Arisht |
| nominated | Paige Schendelaar-Kemp |
| Excellence in Music | Yuweng Xue |
| Excellence in Music | Taylor Xue |
| Excellence in Music | Tiger Nie |
| Excellence in Sport | Paige Schendelaar-Kemp |
| ICAS Mathematics – Top in New Zealand | Zachary Wong |
| ICAS Science – Top in New Zealand | Zachary Wong |
| ICAS Writing – Top in New Zealand | Mieke Terblanche |