MEDIA RELEASE
9 November 2009
Perth Students Win Prizes in Leading International Competition
The Australian Mathematics Trust will hold an awards presentation ceremony for the annual
Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and Australian Informatics Competition (AIC) on
Wednesday, 11 November at the University Club Auditorium, University of Western
Australia at 5.00pm.
Professor Cheryl Praeger, School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Western Australia,
will present 77 AMC Prize Certificates in addition to Prudence Awards to eight of these
students who also achieved the highest number of consecutive correct responses in their
school.
Seven students who attained High Distinctions in the Australian Informatics Competition
(AIC) will also receive their awards at this ceremony.
The AMC is the major mathematics school enrichment event in the South Pacific region
and the first and one of the largest of its kind in the world. Several hundred thousand
students from schools across 42 countries entered this year. This included 30,000
students from 260 primary and secondary schools in Western Australia who sat the
competition.
Prizes are awarded to approximately the top 0.3% of students sitting the AMC in each
year group within each Australian state or country.
Whilst the AMC aims to encourage the average primary and secondary student in the
study of mathematics, it also identifies and acknowledges the more exceptional and
talented students.
Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the Australian Mathematics Trust, said, “The
AMC aims to encourage students of all standards in their study of mathematics. It sets out
to demonstrate how mathematics can be used in the world around them via problem
solving using the skills students learn in the classroom. The AMC has also been useful in
identifying talented students such as these and the results are used for inviting students
into more advanced mathematical enrichment programs.”
The University of Canberra and the Canberra Mathematical Association in Australia are
supporting sponsors of the AMC.
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School List:
AQUINAS COLLEGE
BENTLEY DC
CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
CLAREMONT
CHURCHLANDS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CHURCHLANDS
COMO SECONDARY COLLEGE
COMO
HALE SCHOOL
WEMBLEY DOWNS
CARMEL SCHOOL
DIANELLA
JOHN CURTIN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
FREMANTLE
KALAMUNDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
KALAMUNDA
JOHN XXIII COLLEGE
CLAREMONT
MAZENOD COLLEGE
LESMURDIE
PERTH MODERN SCHOOL
SUBIACO
ROSSMOYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ROSSMOYNE
SCOTCH COLLEGE
CLAREMONT
ST HILDAS ANGLICAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
MOSMAN PARK
ST MARY'S ANGLICAN GIRLS SCHOOL
KARRINYUP
TRINITY COLLEGE
EAST PERTH
WESLEY COLLEGE
SOUTH PERTH
MORLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NORANDA
NEWMAN COLLEGE
CHURCHLANDS
OCEAN REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OCEAN REEF
LESMURDIE PRIMARY SCHOOL
LESMURDIE
DUNCRAIG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DUNCRAIG
ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE
BULL CREEK
WOODVALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WOODVALE
LEEMING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LEEMING
JOHN SEPTIMUS ROE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
MIRRABOOKA
ARDROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL
ARDROSS
WINTHROP PRIMARY SCHOOL
WINTHROP
DAVALLIA PRIMARY SCHOOL
DUNCRAIG
SHENTON COLLEGE
SHENTON PARK
BURRENDAH PRIMARY SCHOOL
WILLETTON
BIBRA LAKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
BIBRA LAKE
ATTADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
ATTADALE
HALE SCHOOL JUNIOR CAMPUS
WEMBLEY DOWNS
CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL
CLAREMONT
PRESBYTERIAN LADIES COLLEGE
PEPPERMINT GROVE
WILLETON SENIOUR HIGH SCHOOL
WILLETON
Photo opportunity:
WHAT:
Special prize giving ceremony for 2008
Australian Mathematics Competition
WHEN:
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 5-7pm
REFRESHMENTS:
6– 7pm
WHERE:
The University Club Auditorium
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley
Media are cordially invited to attend.
For further information:
Prof Peter Taylor, Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust, 6201 2440; 0412 258 699
Suzanne Fraser, Manager, Australian Mathematics Trust; 6201 2954; 0437 670 610
Russell Coad, AMC State Director for Western Australia, 08 9233 1017; 0407 080 284
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