Ever wanted to hook competitive kids into maths? Now's your chance!
Last week Pt England hosted the South and East Auckland Maths Challenge hosted by Katalina Ma from Auckland University. This is our 4th time joining the competition and our 2nd time hosting.
This time we had great competition from Panmure Bridge and Glen Taylor joining us for the first time. The South Auckland schools who also competed were South Auckland Middle School, Viscount, Mangere Central and De La Salle.
Below is a bit about the Maths Challenge.
Katalina and Josephina are the co-founders of maths challenge. Initially it started in south Auckland (SAMC) for year 9 and 10 Māori and Pasifika students with an objective to increase interest in competitive maths in preparation for the regional Mathex competition.
Since starting in 2019, maths challenge has since then expanded to include central and west schools for years 9 and 10 as well as year 7 and 8 in south Auckland. This year they are looking to expand again as we all know the real fun for maths starts in primary school! So they are on the hunt for any interested parties keen to provide an opportunity for your year 5 and 6 Māori and Pasifika learners.
The competition concept is very similar to mathex where it's a team of 4 students with one student being the runner. There are 15 questions to complete in 20 minutes.
If you are a teacher, parent or student interested to join this competition, then please contact katalina.ma@auckland.ac.nz
Check out the maths challenge in action from last week at Pt England school or click on the links below if you'd like to know more.
Ka mau te wehi! This looks like so much fun Latini! Great to see Panmure Bridge and Glen Taylor representing with Point England this year too. Hoping some of our Year 5-6 teachers might be keen. Will share your post with all our schools. It would be awesome if we could host this locally too.
ReplyDeleteNgā mihi maioha,
Fiona