MEDIA RELEASE
1 November 2010
Outstanding young Darwin students win prizes in global competition
The Australian Mathematics Trust will hold an awards presentation ceremony for the
33rd annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 at 7:00pm
at the Mal Nairn Auditorium, Charles Darwin University.
Professor Barney Glover, Vice Chancellor, Charles Darwin University, will present Prize Certificates to
the three local prizewinners and Prudence Awards to two students who achieved the highest number of
consecutive correct responses in their school. He will also present Certificates of High Distinction to
twenty six students.
Disinction awards will also be presented to three students who achieved excellent scores in the
Challenge Stage of the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians, another problem-solving
program run in schools by the Australian Mathematics Trust.
Commencing in 1978, the AMC was the first competition of its kind. It is now the major
mathematics school enrichment event in the South Pacific region and one of the largest of its type
in the world. All students sit the paper on the same day, making it the AMC the largest single event
on the Australian education calendar.
Several hundred thousand students of all levels of ability from schools in more than 40 countries
entered this year’s Competition. This included Year 3 to Year 12 students from 32 primary and
secondary schools in the Northern Territory who sat the competition.
Prizes are awarded to approximately one in every 300 students sitting the AMC in each year
group within each Australian state or country.
Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the not-for-profit Australian Mathematics Trust,
said, “ Through the AMC and its other mathematical enrichment programs, the Trust aims to
foster the study of mathematics as a means of equipping students to survive and prosper in
an increasingly sophisticated workplace.”
“It also serves to improve their problem solving capability, learning and understanding in
general. The language of mathematics is international, and the Competition’s popularity in so
many countries also demonstrates its transcendence of cultural boundaries and the universal
recognition of its importance.”
The University of Canberra is the Trustee and a supporting sponsor of the AMC.
Media are cordially invited to attend. For further information:
Prof Peter Taylor, Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust, 02 6201 2440; 0412 258 699
Ms Jan Collins, Manager, Australian Mathematics Trust; 02 6201 2954; 0415 922 433
Ms Shelley Worthington, AMC State Director for NT- Tel: 08 8920 1240, Mob: 0438 664 264
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School list:
KORMILDA COLLEGE
BERRIMAH
DRIPSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CASUARINA
O'LOUGHLIN CATHOLIC COLLEGE
CASUARINA
THE ESSINGTON SCHOOL DARWIN
CASUARINA
TAMINMIN HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
HUMPTY DOO
MOIL PRIMARY SCHOOL
MOIL
NIGHTCLIFF PRIMARY SCHOOL
NIGHTCLIFF
DARWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARAP
PARAP PRIMARY SCHOOL
PARAP
SANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
SANDERSON
DARWIN HIGH SCHOOL
THE GARDENS
Photo opportunity:
WHAT:
Special prize giving ceremony for the 2010 Australian Mathematics Competition
WHEN:
Wednesday 3 November 2010 7:00 – 9:00pm.
REFRESHMENTS:
8:00 – 9:00pm
WHERE:
Mal Nairn Auditorium, Casuarina Campus, Charles Darwin University
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