{"id":47696,"date":"2026-10-23T15:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47696"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:18:38","slug":"mathematics-growth-and-success-in-junior-school","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/mathematics-growth-and-success-in-junior-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics Growth and Success in Junior School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once again this year, students from Year 3 to Year 6 have taken part in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO). Held across Term 1 to Term 3, this competition aims to improve problem solving skills, promote creativity, and encourage enthusiasm for mathematics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well done to all the girls who participated in this challenging competition in 2026 and congratulations to the following high achievers. We are very proud of these outstanding mathematicians!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maths Games \u2013 Year 3<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Alita Wu<\/strong> \u2013 1st<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Elyse Ma, Lara Zhuge, Emily Obaid<\/strong> \u2013 2nd (aeq)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Christina Shi<\/strong> \u2013 5th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maths Games \u2013 Year 4<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Cecilia Chen<\/strong> \u2013 1st<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Doris Mai, Yinuo Lyu<\/strong> \u2013 2nd (aeq)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Grace Luo, Hannah Wang<\/strong> \u2013 4th (aeq)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maths Olympiad \u2013 Year 5<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Amy Zong<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 1st<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Hillary Gu<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 2nd<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Chloe Tang, Amelia Pang, Ayesha Chandramohan, Isabella Hu<\/strong> \u2013 3rd (aeq)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maths Olympiad \u2013 Year 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Emma Mo<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 1st<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Leanna Shen<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 2nd<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Caitlyn Law<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 3rd<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bartolina Iacono<\/strong> (top 10%) \u2013 4th<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Nancy Liang<\/strong> \u2013 5th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jsreception@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Natalie Hird<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nDeputy Head of Junior School \u2013 Operations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again this year, students from Year 3 to Year 6 have taken part in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO). Held across Term 1 to Term 3, this competition aims to improve problem solving skills, promote creativity, and encourage enthusiasm for mathematics. Well done to all the girls who participated in this challenging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47696","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-junior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47696"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}