On Wednesday 4 August our Academic Excellence, Year 11 and 12 Methods and selected Year 8 students sat the Australian Mathematics Competition. This competition aims to develop the capacity of our students to solve problems. Furthermore, it assists in their development of resilience, persistence, confidence and creative thinking. The Australian Mathematics Trust, the group who runs this competition, is passionate about empowering students to become better problem solvers in school, so they can be creative solution finders in the future.

I would like to thank Debbie Yeoh for the work that she did in making sure that our students were able to participate in this competition, especially given that she is currently enjoying a well-deserved break from school this year.   

Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions at the end of last term, the scheduled Maths Empowering Girls excursion was postponed.  We are yet to receive a new date for this excursion, but look forward to being able to bring you some news about this event in a later edition of News Review.

Towards the end of term, students enrolled in Year 12 ATAR courses will be able to participate in seminars in preparation for their WACE and Mock exams.  Charlie Watson will be facilitating these sessions. I encourage all ATAR Mathematics students to enrol in these sessions as it will be beneficial in the lead up to exams.

Our Year 10 AE students have been learning about functions that are non-linear. As part of their recent assessment, they had to investigate curves and create pictures using the online graphing tool, DESMOS. Students had to work out the various functions (and restricted domains) that were required to make their pieces of art. Here are a few of their creations. We definitely have some creative students!

Alanna Webb
Head of Mathematics Learning Area