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Archive for April, 2010

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.

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

We were delighted to visit Netherhall School in Cambridgeshire UK this week to congratulate Daniel W and his classmates for their huge success on World Maths Day! Daniel came 10^th in the UK and 56^th in the world for his age category, beating thousands of competitors and earning over 25,000 points during the event by working at lightning speed!

Congratulations to Daniel and everyone at Netherhall! We look forward to seeing you in the number one spot next year!

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.