GLENASHLEY Preparatory School’s Grade Seven Coding Team has put the school on the global map after securing sixth place in the 2026 Tangible World Coding Cup.

The international Speed Stars Challenge, held on November 5, tested learners’ coding skills in a virtual racing competition against 485 teams from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.

Vedavin Reddy, Alcee Moothusamy, Ethan Sivsaran, Aliya Dwarika and Uvaar Maharaj put their coding skills to the test under the guidance of the school’s IT education specialist, Deverani Naicker.

The team was tasked with building code using Tangible Africa pieces, testing it in the Tournament App and racing against teams from other countries.

Explaining the challenge, the school said, “Our team had to open the challenge in the Tangible Tournament App and work out what it is asking.

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“They then build their solution together using the physical Tangible puzzle pieces, then go back to the app to run the code and see whether the car makes it round the track. If it didn’t work, changes were made and tested again.”

The team’s achievement was celebrated by the school management, which congratulated the learners and thanked Naicker for her guidance.

“Our congratulations to our Coding Team, Vedavin Reddy, Alcee Moothusamy, Ethan Sivsaran, Aliya Dwarika and Uvaar Maharaj, for our outstanding achievement. Our thanks to our IT education specialist Mrs Deverani Naicker for guiding our team to their success,” added management.

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