General News
20 November, 2024
TAS tops maths quiz
TRINITY Anglican School (TAS) has once again proved its smarts, topping the state in the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers (QAMT) year 5/6 maths quiz state final.
Edging out runners-up Toowoomba Grammar School and Somerset College with a shared score of 28, TAS claimed victory with an impressive 30.5 points.
This latest win follows the success of the school’s same mathematically minded year 5 and 6 students who claimed the leaderboard at the Da Vinci Decathlon State competition held earlier this year at Nudgee College, Brisbane – an academic event designed to challenge and inspire young minds.
TAS principal Paul Sjogren said this year’s academic success highlights students’ and teachers’ skills, dedication, and commitment and cements its position among Queensland’s leading independent schools.
He said rising to a series of challenging rounds of problem-solving, number skills, estimation challenges, and higher-level mathematical reasoning, three TAS students Girija Tambade, Maxwell Zhou and Celia Pramana, deserve special mention for their outstanding performance.
Mr Sjogren said students from around Queensland participated in the preliminary rounds, making TAS’s achievement a win for the school and the calibre of regional education.
“This is a proud moment for our school and the Cairns community,” he said.
“Our students have put in immense effort, progressing through each stage with resilience and teamwork. Congratulations to the students and their teachers for their extraordinary effort.”
The QAMT Maths Quiz draws top-performing schools state-wide and is widely recognised as a rigorous mathematical ability test. Students are challenged in multiple rounds that demand precision and creativity.
TAS White Rock caters for students from pre-kindergarten through to year 12, and TAS Kewarra Beach serves students from pre-kindergarten to year 6. TAS was founded in 1983.
