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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!

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.

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.

We came across this school’s most excellent website with a great World Maths Day feature. Hats off to Parkfield Community School in Saltley, Birmingham for putting so much effort into World Maths Day 2010. Our favourite photo has to be a Dalek from the TV series Dr Who holding a World Maths Day Poster.  Check it all out for yourself at the link below:

http://www.parkfield.bham.sch.uk/event-worldmaths10.htm

Education Minister Andrew Barr attended Charnwood – Dunlop Primary School in the ACT on Friday 26 March to present World Maths Day certificates and medals.  Those students being recognised included Afzal A from Stromlo High School who was the top student overall in the ACT and 10th in Australia for the 14-18 category. Another notable achievement was that of teacher Rod Grieve, also of Stromlo High School who came 75th in the world on the Teacher/Parent hall of Fame.

Top ACT student Afzal A, teacher Rod Grieve, Minister Andrew Barr, 3P Learning CEO Tim Power and top students from Charnwood - Dunlop Primary School.

Students at Micklefield School, South Africa were presented with medals and certificates to award their outstanding achievements in World Maths Day 2010.

Back row – Angelica P ( 3rd in the country in 9-13 age group) with Rob Masefield. Front row – Amaarah E (4th), Isabella W (7th) and Isabella B (8th) in the 5 – 8 age group.

Back Row – Angelica P, Holly J and Rob Masefield. Front Row – Amaarah E, Isabella W, Isabella B and Josie R.

Other girls who did exceptionally well, but did not come in the top 10 were Holly J, Sophie B and Josie R who all received certificates.