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Marvellous mathematical minds
A POLICY of the Mathematics Department and'the College, is to expose All Saints' students to a wide variety of challenges and competitions. Consequently, the Mathematics Department has entered students from several year groups into the Australian Mathematics Competition, International Competition for Schools and Assessments, Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad, Senior Mathematics Competition, Have Sum Fun and Western Australian Junior Mathematics Olympiad, among others. The calibre of students who were entered, and in some cases specifically invited, ensured All Saints' College students dominated the mathematics competitions in Western Australia. They won many competitions and received High Distinctions, Prizes and Medals. An unprecedented set of results in the history of Have Sum Fun, saw All Saints' students in Years 5 to 12 achieve first place ove - all saints' coI8;)e
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in the annual Mathematical Association of Western Australia (MAWA) Have Sum Fun competitions across all three divisions; Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary. More recent events included the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) which saw Ferris Xu (Year 11) receive a Medal, Xin Zheng Tan (Year 9) receive a Prize, and Andrew Korol (Year 7) receive the Prudence Award as well as a Prize. A Prize is awarded to the top 1 % of students in the AMC, the Prudence Award is awarded to the student with the highest number of consecutive correct answers, and Medals are awarded to about the top 0.01 % of students who sat the AMC. These three students were presented with their Medals and Prizes at two separate awards ceremonies held at the University of WA, organised by the Australian Mathematics Trust. The International Competitions for Assessment and Schools (ICAS), a one-hour problem solving competition, was another success for our mathematics students. Three students were awarded Medals for achieving the top score in the State for their year group. As well as these, three High Distinctions (top 1%) and 16 Distinctions (top 10%) were awarded to students in Years 7 to 12. The annual Western Australian Junior Mathematics Olympiad was held in November at the University of Western Australia and is the main Olympiad for Year 9 students. In 2008, three students from Year 9 including
Monica Leslie, Xin Zheng Tan and Brandon Loo were joined by Year 7 student Edward Yoo to form a team. They competed against 55 teams from across the State and were outstanding on the day, gaining an overall second placing. Two students also achieved the third highest score of the day for the individual component of the competition. Mrs Monique Ellement Mathematics Extension Teacher
