Oxley’s Maths Stars

This year 60 students in Years 7-11 participated in four competitions run by the Australian Maths Trust. The purpose of our participation is to allow students the experience of the rigour and enrichment of internationally recognised competitions. We are especially proud of the excellent achievements of the competitors this year and it says great things about the future of Oxley Maths that our results improve year-on-year. Below we will celebrate by name every student who achieved a Distinction or higher, but we recognise and applaud the enthusiasm and competitive spirit of all the students who participated.

Two of the competitions are more focussed on logic and sequential thinking:

• Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, held in April, is a fun and engaging computational thinking challenge that involves 3 million students from 60 countries. Lithuanian for beaver, Bebras was the name chosen in honour of the animal’s collaborative nature and strong work ethic.
  Congratulations to Emily B (Year 11) for her Distinction and to David W (Year 8) for earning a High Distinction.
• Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition, held in May, gives students the opportunity to develop their problem-solving skills through algorithmic thinking, incorporating tasks that encourage students to develop informal algorithms and apply them to test data of increasing size or complexity.
  Congratulations to Cassius B (Year 7), Claire A (Year 7), Elena C (Year 7), Jameson C (Year 8), Arthur P (Year 8), Layla C (Year 8), Marco S (Year 8), Theodore B (Year 8) for their Distinctions. Congratulations also to Annabel B (Year 7), David W (Year 8), Madison C (Year 8), Benjamin B (Year 8), Evelyn H (Year 8), and Oscar V (Year 10) for their High Distinctions. Special mention goes to Coen B (Year 9) for not only earning a High Distinction but for earning the rarely awarded Certificate of Excellence for solving all 15 problems perfectly.

Two of the competitions are exclusively mathematical:

• Kangourou sans Frontières (KSF), held in March, is now the largest maths competitions in the world, with more than 6 million participants each year.
  Congratulations to Jameson C (Year 8), Matthew B (Year 8), Oscar V (Year 10), Jude O (Year 11) for earning Distinctions, and also to Coen B (Year 9) for his High Distinction.
• Australian Maths Competition (AMC), held in August, is Australia’s longest running, largest and most well-known maths competition for school students.
  Congratulations to Madison C (Year 8), Oscar C (Year 8), Oscar V (Year 10), Emily B (Year 11), and Jude O (Year 11) for earning Distinctions, and Jameson C (Year 8) for his High Distinction.

A reminder that a call for competitors goes out in February of each year and once students have expressed their interest parents are contacted so they can pay the small fee and grant permission.

Mr Houghton, Head of Mathematics

As part of the many Enrichment opportunities available in the Junior School in 2025, selected students took part in three prestigious mathematics competitions: Kangourou sans Frontières (KSF), Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT), and the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), all organised by the Australian Maths Trust (AMT). These competitions provide our students with the opportunity to engage in the rigour of internationally recognised problem-solving while also building strong connections to opportunities within the Senior School.

Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT)
Credit Awards: Archie T (Year 5), Drake F (Year 6), Clara HJ (Year 6), Chloe W (Year 6), Oliver C (Year 6)
Distinction Award: Heidi S (Year 6)

Kangourou sans Frontières (KSF)
Credit Awards: George K (Year 4), Mark R (Year 4), Emily S (Year 4), Hamish W (Year 5), James B (Year 5), Esther S (Year 5), Chloe W (Year 6), Heidi S (Year 6), Drake F (Year 6), Oliver S (Year 6), Annabel H (Year 6), Hannah C (Year 6), Clara HJ (Year 6), Zoe C (Year 6), Zofia C (Year 6)

Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC)
Credit Awards: Stavros B (Year 4), Mark R (Year 4), Emily S (Year 4), James B (Year 5), Esther S (Year 5), Archie T (Year 5), Hannah C (Year 6), Clara HJ (Year 6), Oliver S (Year 6)

Ms Noonan, Junior School Enrichment Teacher