Maths & Tech 

Australian Mathematics Competition 

The Australian Maths Competition was held in August. 110 BHHS students representing all year levels competed and were awarded: 1 prize, 6 high distinction, 35 distinction, 50 credit, 17 proficiency and 1 participation. 

Congratulations to all students who took part, in particular to the following: 

Prize Winner 

Rachel Wei Year 8 

High Distinction 

Conn Xu Year 8 

Zachary Chen Year 8 

Brendan Liang Year 8 

Nathan Pai Year 8 

Niyati Shukla Year 8 

Alvin Wijaya Year 8 

Mathspace 

Mathspace is an online mathematics program. Year 7 and 8 maths students at BHHS are among 300,000 students across Australia who use Mathspace as a learning resource in their maths classes. Mathspace uses an adaptive learning   model to personalize the learning experience for each student. The questions presented to a student are chosen by an algorithm that responds to past performance, and student input is evaluated to provide feedback on their progress within each problem. Additional support is offered in the form of hints and video tutorials to guide them to the solution.  

Milly Foley (Year 8) was a winner of the Mathspace Transformative 20 award this year. This is a national awards program designed to celebrate exceptional students who demonstrated continuous improvement. Congratulations Milly!