ACADEMIC
THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT The Mathematics Department has had many successes in all the challenges and competitions that have taken place this year, and we would like to celebrate and congratulate all the students who have taken part in something extra-curricular this year in Mathematics.
Mathematics Society
The year started with the appointment of our new Senior Mathematicians of the Mathematics Society: Pranav, Aman, Viha and Foteini (since left).
the proportion and number of top end achievers across all three challenges. In the Senior Challenge, we received 28 Gold, 43 Silver and 20 Bronze certificates. Congratulations to Aman, Pranav, Salinaa, Aryan and Fawaz for top scoring in their respective year groups! Five of our students also progressed to the highly challenging British Mathematical Olympiad: Pranav (Distinction), Aman (Merit), Advay (Merit), Jeongyeon and Aman. In the Intermediate Challenge, our
They have led the Society in organising and running many of the extra-curricular activities and initiatives this year. Along with the Puzzle Committee (Raghav, Advay Ananya, Arjun), they have implemented worked solutions for the first time with the Puzzle of the Week. This is something that students had requested for a long time, so we are pleased that these explanations are now there to help students further improve their problem-solving skills. Thank you to Paridhi and Sanaa, our Social Media Representatives for keeping our news outlets up to date throughout the year, and for the much needed update to the Mathematics display board in C Block. Thanks also to Sara and Inaaya for taking over the Mathematical newsletter, which we look forward to before the end of the year.
UKMT
Dubai College has seen an unprecedented level of success this year with regards to competition results. For this year’s UKMT competitions, not only have we seen an increase in the number of participants, thanks to the drive and encouragement from all our Mathematics Society members, but we have also seen an increase in
students attained a staggering 80 Gold, 51 Silver and 33 Bronze certificates, smashing our previous records. A huge well done especially to Aryaman, Parth and Aritro for achieving their Best in Year certificates. We still eagerly await the results from the subsequent Olympiads, with Rushabh, Aleksandar, Alp, Kartik and Atharva also involved. In the most recent Junior Challenge, we received 61 Gold, 32 Silver and 23 Bronze certificates, another huge DC best. Harihar and Edward top scored in their respective year groups, and these two, along with Kevin and Shizhen sat the Junior Olympiad. This year, we also hosted a special 25th Anniversary Challenge for Year 7 and 8 students, celebrating 25 years of the UKMT. Congratulations to Kevin and Zhiyuan for both achieving full marks in this event!
ISMTF
Dubai College received its best ever results in the ISMTF Senior Competition 114
SHAMAL 2022
