For a number of years, the students in Years 4 to 6 have participated and competed in a number of Mathematics Challenges run by The Australian Mathematics Trust and The Australian Problem-Solving Mathematical Olympiad.

Recently, four of our students entered the CAT contest and a large number of students competed in the second of five rounds of the Mathematical Olympiad and Maths games. Each of these programs is aimed at developing the student’s ability to apply their knowledge, skills and understanding of Mathematics in challenging situations. These programs also aim to foster a love of Mathematics and a positive outlook on attempting more difficult concepts and reasoning. The Olympiad will continue through to August. 

The student’s ability to solve problems is supported with weekly problem-solving sessions as part of our ongoing Mathematics curriculum delivery. In these lessons, various strategies are discussed and applied.

Later in the year, students will also compete in the Australian Mathematics Competition, Granite Belt Maths Team Challenge and, hopefully, the Warwick Maths Team Challenge.