With four competitions to recap, the math department have had a busy term two and three of number crunching.

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On Thursday 26 September, Nayland College had four teams representing at Motueka High School who all had a really successful night. Both the top listed Year 9 team and the top listed Year 10 team placed 2nd. The second Year 9 team placed 4th and the second Year 10 team placed 10th. We had the loudest and most supportive spectators as well!

Teams:

Year 9 – Cosimo Goodwin, Jacob Jee, Malachi Ayre, Caitlin Gerritsen

Year 9 – Nia Linyard, Joe Gavin, Sam Turner, Billy O’Connell

Year 10 - Ivan Shabashev, Obi Masters, Jordan Creighton,

Year 10 - Liv Chapman, Anya Cracroft-Wilson, Lucy Colvin

Below are the results from the Junior Otago Maths Competition, Australian Maths Competition and Senior Maths Competition.

Junior Otago Maths Competition

Participants:

Year 9 - Danica Balloch, Nia Linyard, Sam Turner, Malachi Ayre, Cosimo Goodwin, Jacob Yee, Daisy Stossel

Year 10 – Ridhi Bhatia, Ivan Shabashev, Liv Chapman

Year 11 – Femke Kleinloog, Keshia Linyard.

Awards:

Distinction – (Top 15% Nationwide) Malachi Ayre, Cosimo Goodwin, Ivan Shabashev

Merit – (Top 50 % Nationwide) Jacob Jee, Daisy Stossel, Liv Chapman, Keshia Linyard

Malachi, Cosimo, Ivan and Keshia qualified for the second part of the competition due to their success on the first part.

Australian Maths Competition

Awards:

High Distinction – Cosimo Goodwin (Yr 9)

Distinction – Ivan Shabashev (Yr 10)

Credit -Daisy Stossel (Yr 9), Ava Harley (Yr 9), Jacob Jee (Yr 9), Liv Chapman (Yr 10), Keshia Linyard (Yr 11)

Proficiency -Nia Linyard (Yr 9), Sam Turner (Yr 9), Femke Kleinloog (Yr 11), Max Lang (Yr 12)

Senior Mathematics Competition

Participants:

Four teams competing and one individual entry

Awards:

Merit - Joel Batchelor & Yanxuan Weng, Ami Fujino, Max Lang, Millie MacBrayne

Participation: - Jamie Harding & Keshia Linyard, Femke Kleinloog & Zara Lefering, Seri Takeda.