MEDIA RELEASE
12 October 2010
Outstanding young Victorians win prizes in global competition
The Australian Mathematics Trust will hold an awards presentation ceremony for the
33rd annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) on Thursday 14 October 2010 at 5:00pm
at the Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick.
Professor Hyam Rubinstein, FAA, who is from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the
University of Melbourne and Chairman of the National Committee of Mathematical Sciences, will
present Prize Certificates to the 23 local prizewinners and Prudence Awards to the 37 students who
achieved the highest number of consecutive correct responses in their school.
Awards for Excellence will also be awarded to three students who achieved a perfect score in the
Australian Informatics Competition that tests problem-solving ability using mathematical skills and
seeks to identify computer programming potential in students.
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 80,000 Year 3 to Year 12 students from 600 primary
and secondary schools in Victoria 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 non-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, 6201 2440; 0412 258 699
Jan Collins, Manager, Australian Mathematics Trust; 6201 2954; 0415 922 433
Bruce Henry, AMC State Director for Victoria, 03 9885 3509; 0409 708 762
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School list:
ALPHINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ALPHINGTON
MOUNT ST JOSEPH GIRLS COLLEGE
ALTONA
ALTONA GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
ALTONA MEADOWS
EMMANUEL COLLEGE
ALTONA NORTH
BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL
BELMONT
BRAYBROOK COLLEGE
BRAYBROOK
BRUNSWICK SECONDARY COLLEGE
BRUNSWICK
CLIFTON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
CLIFTON HILL
MERCY COLLEGE
COBURG
BUCKLEY PARK COLLEGE
ESSENDON
ESSENDON PRIMARY SCHOOL
ESSENDON
ST BERNARD'S COLLEGE
ESSENDON
ST COLUMBA'S COLLEGE
ESSENDON
ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE
FITZROY
FOOTSCRAY CITY COLLEGE
FOOTSCRAY
GILMORE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS
FOOTSCRAY
PENOLA CATHOLIC COLLEGE
GLENROY
IVANHOE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
IVANHOE
IVANHOE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
IVANHOE
ST BERNADETTE'S SCHOOL
IVANHOE
KEILOR DOWNS SECONDARY COLLEGE
KEILOR DOWNS
LAVERTON P-12 COLLEGE
LAVERTON
MARIBYRNONG SECONDARY COLLEGE
MARIBYRNONG
MOONEE PONDS WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL
MOONEE PONDS
PENLEIGH & ESSENDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
NIDDRIE
ST JOHN BOSCO'S SCHOOL
NIDDRIE
NORTH MELBOURNE PRIMARY SCHOOL
NORTH MELBOURNE
ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
NORTH MELBOURNE
NORTHCOTE HIGH SCHOOL
NORTHCOTE
SANTA MARIA COLLEGE
NORTHCOTE
THE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
PARKVILLE
PASCOE VALE GIRLS COLLEGE
PASCOE VALE
RESERVOIR DISTRICT SECONDARY COLLEGE
RESERVOIR
ST ALBANS SECONDARY COLLEGE
ST ALBANS
STRATHMORE NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
STRATHMORE
THORNBURY HIGH SCHOOL
THORNBURY
WESTBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
TRUGANINA
SIMONDS CATHOLIC COLLEGE
WEST MELBOURNE
WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BAY VIEW CAMPUS
WILLIAMSTOWN
WILLIAMSTOWN NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSTOWN
Photo opportunity:
WHAT:
Special prize giving ceremony for the 2010 Australian Mathematics Competition
WHEN:
Thursday 14 October 2010 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
WHERE:
Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick.
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