Official Blog

In March, Iain Smith, Mathletics National Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland, visited Hamilton College to present Ambassador Olivia G with her iPod touch.  Ian returned to Hamilton College recently to present Sharon M with a World Maths Day medal.  Sharan was the top Scottish performer in World Maths Day and fourth in the World in the ages 9-13 age group.  Congratulations!  They both featured in In Touch magazine this month.

The14-18 division World Champion for World Maths Day 2010 was officially awarded on Friday 11 June at Fraser Coast Anglican College. In the picturesque surroundings of Hervey Bay, Queensland, a proud family and school community looked on as David Andersen was presented with his world champion gold medal. That’s two world champions for Queensland. Well done to David!

On Friday 4 June 2010, members of the World Maths Day team travelled to The Southport School in Queensland’s Gold Coast to award 9-13 year old champion Kaya Genc his world champion medal.  That makes it two years in a row for Kaya Genc, who was also the 2009 overall world champion. Being a World Maths Day Ambassador as well, Kaya has a had a busy year so far so we wish him all the best for the rest of the school year.

In front of The Southport school community, Kaya’s 2010 achievements were recognised and awarded. Well  done to Kaya!

Hi guys, Jackalyn C from Hong Kong speaking here…

I went to Shanghai for a trip from May 20th to May 22nd. I always ask questions so that I will learn more. So, I asked my mother on the airplane, “If I have 100 Chinese Yuan, how much is that in Hong Kong dollars?” My mom did not know how to answer me. So I tried to figure it out by myself, using Maths, of course. (The answer is $115).

When we were on the airplane, I looked at my watch and remembered the time. When the plane landed, I looked at my watch again and calculated the time. I just love using Maths to solve problems.

On Monday, our year level went to the park in Kowloon Tong to study about Chinese history.

Engaging my Math’s brain, I calculated the time from when we left school to when we returned. We returned 1 hour early because of all the mosquito bites on my classmates’ hands and legs! I asked my teacher, Mr. Rowse, so many times to let me take a picture of him in front of the mighty canon (real one). But, sadly there was no time. Below is a picture of me in front of the canon, with a surprised face!

7 year old Rohith Niranjan S. of Global Indian International School in Tokyo, Japan was on Monday 10 May, presented with his World Maths Day champion’s medal. A representative from the World Maths Day team flew in to Tokyo to present the coveted medal to Rohith who scored 31,614 points from 500 games. You can see this on the World Maths Day 5-8 Individual Hall of Fame.  Click here to see Rohith in action on Live Mathletics. Well done to Rohith on his great achievement in 2010.

Congratulations to Thomas Powell D of Goulburn Street Public School in West Hobart, Tasmania. Thomas came 99th in the world and 5th overall in Australia for the 5-8 division. He was today, presented with a special edition silver medal and certificate for his great achievement. Also for those who don’t mind a bit of geography, see the map of Australia to see exactly where Hobart is located.

Here are our World Maths Day friends at the British School of Bahrain. They obviously got up to a fair bit on 3 March 2010. Here are some of the activities they were involved in as part of celebrating World Maths Day.

Saphira Isa, one of the teachers says.

“We of course had the kids taking part in WMD, but also had a big balloon release competition, we sold fractions of pizza and squash at break, we had a heaviest potato competition, we played mass bingo (with 500 children taking part!) We also had a junior school competition to find the maths whizz champions for years 3,4,5 and 6 – and we held our final live on air on Radio Bahrain!  We got a lot of press coverage!”

The school even achieved an official World Record for their school balloon launch. So that’s two World Records and counting achieved on WMD 2010.

Recently a member of the World Maths Day team travelled to Lahor, Pakistan to present a gold medal to student Syed Ali Raza R. He came 7th in the 9-13 individual division with 31,788 points. Below are some pictures of the presentation which took place at Syed’s school. Those present agreed that it was a great occasion.

Hi guys, doesn’t time past quickly! Because now it is my 2^nd blog!

Over these last few weeks, I’ve had friends who asked me problems and then – you know what I used to solve it? – MATHS! Our school had a World Classroom trip. It’s when we go to different countries on an airplane, without our parents. I had to use Maths to help me calculate how much money I had used and how much I had left! Below is a picture of me in Taiwan with (a fake) Mona Lisa!

On World Maths Day, I had the experience of how to be brave to stand up and speak in front of many people. I walked around the school for about an hour going in and out of classrooms, I talked about World Maths Day and its website. Being an ambassador is certainty not easy.  Maths is fun and exciting! Speed is not the importance of Maths but accuracy! Keep on playing, I’ll join in as soon as possible!

Wait for my 3^rd blog! See you then! Below is a picture of my class having a good time in Taiwan in front of the Jiang Jie Shi Memorial Hall.

We found another fantastic article on students from Helen Wilson Public School in Canada who had a great World Maths Day 2010. Max W (left) came 8th in the world in the 5-8 category as you can see on the Hall of Fame! Click on the picture to read the whole article.