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MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS

It was a busy semester for the Staff of our The team consisting of Oliver Drew (Year 8),
Mathematics faculty and for our talented Tien Attwater (Year 8), Hannah Brown-Robbins
young mathematicians. (Year 7) and William Louis (Year 7) achieved
th
In Term 4, BMGS hosted the annual Heads of a very respectable 4 place, whilst another
Independent, Co-educational Schools (HICES) BMGS team, of Year 8 students Casper Larkin,
Mathematics Tournament, and it was another Meaghan Docherty, Kate Fraser and Oliver
successful opportunity for BMGS students Stephens, also held their own.
to pit their skills against students from other The day was won by Masada College, with Hills
schools. Grammar in second place and Moriah College
in third place.

Also in Term 4, approximately 100 BMGS complete in the International Olympiad.
students participated in this year’s Australian
Mathemtaics Competition which, for the first
time, was completed online. The following
students received Distinction awards, placing
them in the top 20% of their cohort: Casper
Larkin (Year 8), Meaghan Docherty (Year 8),
Tien Attwater (Year 8), Sophie Sutherland (Year
8), William Klein (Year 8), Max Lucas (Year 9),
Oliver Freeman (Year 9), Vaughan Dugdale
(Year 9), Huon Wilkinson (Year 10) and
Simon Dowd (Year 11).
In another wonderful result, Year 9 student
Oliver Drew, who is pictured, right, with the
Headmaster, Mr. Maynard and the Head of
Mathematics, Mrs Coultas, received a Prize for
achieving a result in the top 1% of participants
nationally. This is the second successive year in
which Oliver has achieved this fantastic result. Oliver Drew achieved a Distinction and
Vaughan a Credit. These were outstanding
In the International Mathematics Olympiad, results results in a competition of this calibre.
also held this semester, four students – Oliver Finally, four students participated in the
Drew (Year 8), Tien Attwater (Year 8), Vaughan Enrichment stage of the Mathematics
Dugdale (Year 9) and Nicholas Hayes (Year Challenge for Young Australians, and Oliver
10) - participated in the four-hour paper aimed Stephens (Year 7) is to be congratulated on
at selecting students from around Australia to achieving a Distinction in this challenge.