Well done to all the students who sat the recent Australian Maths Competition exam for 2023. We had almost 100 students sit (about 15% of the school!). Congratulations to Year 11 student Joy Liao, who received a Distinction Award and the highest mark in the school. First run in 1978, the Australian Mathematics Competition is Australia’s longest-running, largest and most well-known maths competition for school students.

Australian Maths Competition 2023

CREDIT Award

Junior (Year 9)

• Densi Abongo
• Maja Baker
• Talia Davidson
• Freya Douglas
• Shanshan Fu
• Tessa Gao
• Katie Gao
• Ziwen Guo
• Mia Jia
• Sophie Jones
• Stella Kim
• Olivia Li
• Isabella Rose
• Sophie Smith
• Angelina Wang
• Julia Zhou

Intermediate (Years 10 and 11)

• Isabelle Blackmore
• Jane Chen
• Shanaz Chen
• Jasper Chen
• Eva Conlon
• Matta Daniel
• Sylvia Gebhart
• Chloe Hopkins
• Mia Jia
• Serena Junge
• Sophie Jones
• Ruby McKay
• Hayley Penn
• Hayley Rong
• Grace Walden
• Kyra-Mae Wilson
• Daisy Zheng
• Lisa Chen
• Olivia Cullen
• Bonnie Feng
• Jacqueline Li

Senior (Years 12 and 13)

• Victoria Eng
• Esandi Silva
• Annabel Johnson

DISTINCTION

Junior (Year 9)

• Melody Guo
• Bella McLauchlan-Hillary

Intermediate (Years 10 and 11)

• Caroline Glander
• Frances Gregory
• Sarah Wang
• Cate Young
• Joy Liao (Best in School)

Senior (Years 12 and 13)

• Joie Lin
• Yousef Hazar
• Diny Zhou

Otago Maths Competition

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Otago Maths Competition. This is the 38th year of this highly successful competition for students in years 9 to 11 (although younger students may also participate). The competition, which emphasises problem-solving, lasts 50 minutes per part (so one hour, 40 minutes), and every student throughout New Zealand sits the competition on exactly the same days. 

Well done to the following Dio students:

Merit:

Year 9

• Maja Baker
• Talia Davidson
• Shanshan Fu
• Ziwen Guo
• Bailee Horan
• Mia Ji
• Olivia Li
• Shannon Yu
• Julia Zhou

Year 10

• Jane Chen
• Sylvia Gebhart
• Chloe Hopkins
• Hayley Penn
• Ella Pritchard
• Gabriella Schuitemaker
• Cate Young

Year 11

• Zoe ter Beek
• Amy Yang

Distinction

Year 9

• Katie Gao
• Tessa Gao
• Melody Guo
• Bella McLauchlan-Hillary

Year 10

• Shanaz Chen
• Frances Gregory
• Sarah Wang
• Daisy Zheng

Year 11

• Bonnie Feng
• Jacqueline Li
• Joy Liao