Maths Challenge

The School of Mathematics and Statistics Research Challenge provides school-aged students with the opportunity to understand what it means to conduct mathematical and statistical research.

Students have been given a set of open-ended research problems from which they choose one. They can then employ methods used by mathematical researchers to investigate their problem; they can gather data, simplify, visualise, hypothesise, conjecture and prove. The aim of the challenge is to allow students to use their creativity and problem-solving skills to make choices about how best to ask and answer questions about their chosen project. As teamwork is a valuable and essential skill for research, students are encouraged to participate as part of a team which will provide opportunities to reason and work collaboratively with others. (University of Melbourne)

This year we have three groups from Year 5/6 participating in the challenge, they come together weekly and work together to solve the questions. These students will collate their information, present it to their peers and send their project into Melbourne University at the beginning of Term 3.

We wish them all the best.

Danielle Moran

Maths Leader and support

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