Maths Enrichment Program (APSMO)

This year, Cheltenham Primary School once again participated in Junior Maths Games (Yr. 4) and Junior Maths Olympiad (Yr. 6) through its involvement with the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO) and its associated programs. 

Students were involved in a series of problem solving tasks that fostered collaboration and lateral thinking, which were centred around explicitly taught strategies. It was pleasing to see students consistently display perseverance, risk taking and attempt alternative approaches as they collaboratively tackled challenging questions. 

Four contests were held throughout the year for both programs, where students individually completed a contest paper. The Yr. 6 students had the opportunity to compete against teams from other schools across Australia and New Zealand. Over 42 000 students participated across almost 

1 900 teams. The Yr.4 students competed against each other at a school level.

The following awards were presented to students for either; a high level of achievement, displaying strong teamwork, having a positive attitude, or showing an overall improvement.

Junior Maths Games

Leo D (top scorer and made significant improvement)

Ashlyn W (equal 2nd place and most improved)

Zoe HC (equal 2nd place and displayed strong teamwork)

Mahir S (equal 2nd place and displayed perseverance and strong teamwork)

Teddie B (3rd place and strong teamwork)

Special Mention:

Liam W (displayed perseverance, trying different strategies and strong teamwork)

Junior Maths Olympiad

High Achiever Medal and High Achiever Gold Pin: 

Nathan R 

Placed in the top 10% of students from schools across Australia and New Zealand.

High Achiever Silver Pin: 

Divit M

Sam D

Luca R

Josh H

Hamish S

Louis G

Luke M

Placed in the top 20% of students from schools across Australia and New Zealand.

Special Mention:

Isabel B

Bennett D

Troy K

Placed in the top 40% of students from schools across Australia and New Zealand.

Charlotte S

Placed in the top 50% of students from schools across Australia and New Zealand.

(showed strongest overall improvement)

Encouragement award:

Ava B (consistently maintained a strong focus, work ethic, perseverance and risk taking).

As well as the individual awards, Cheltenham Primary School also placed in the top 30% against other school across Australia and New Zealand.

Well done and congratulations to all the participants for an outstanding effort!

Arthur Chronopoulos