1. Kids just want to have fun… with Maths
Phil Truesdale

2. What is this workshop about? Monday Maths Workshops
What? Where? When? Who?
New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad
The Competition
The Olympiad Program
How can you get involved?

3. Monday Maths Workshops
Started in Christchurch by Ross Atkins with the support of NZMOC and CMA
Sessions run every month
For students who enjoy Maths, need a challenge, want to meet like minded students
Briefly had a centre running in Wellington
Two centres in Auckland – Central (UoA) and East (Macleans)

4. Monday Maths Workshops
Monthly sessions in Canterbury
1. Monday Maths
Problems shared fortnight before session
Students work on them individually, with friends, with teachers
Session is a chance for students to share what they found
Ross facilitates session but only occasionally gives his own solutions
September Problems

5. Monday Maths Workshops
Monthly sessions in Canterbury
2. Masterclass
More of a lecture weaved with solving problems
Students work on them at the session, individually or in groups
Lots of sharing of ideas still happens
Ross facilitates session and shares his expertise
Masterclass Handout

6. Monday Maths Workshops
What can you do?
Spread the word – share problems with your students
Facilitate a group – we would love to see more centres running around the rest of NZ. Ross able to help set up and provide continual support
Problems – Ross writes them but wants to include areas that students and teacher are interested in (outside NZC)
Join the mailing list, get students to join – more info here

7. New Zealand Maths Olympiad
The first NZMO was held in 2019 and just concluded!
Run over two rounds
Round 1:
Open to all students enrolled in a NZ High School or Intermediate
Students download problems and attempt them (themselves) and send in to be marked
Top students invited to participate in ….

8. New Zealand Maths Olympiad
The first NZMO was held in 2019 and just concluded!
Run over two rounds
Round 2:
Students sit a three hour paper with only five questions
Approximately 60 – 80 students only are invited
Gold, Silver, Bronze awards
Honourable Mentions awards

9. New Zealand Maths Olympiad
The first NZMO was held in 2019 and just concluded!
The results from this will help determine students that are invited to the Residential Maths Camp held in January every year.
The Camp is used to further these students knowledge in Maths broader than the NZC and is used to select the team for the International Mathematics Olympiad

10. New Zealand Maths Olympiad
What can you do?
Spread the word – share the Round one problems with your students and encourage them to have a go
Enter students – even if students have not made a lot of progress with problems, encourage them to send them in. Partial progress counts for a lot in these competitions
Encourage them to go to a Monday Maths session

11. Mathematical Olympiad
The New Zealand
Mathematical Olympiad
Programme

12. IMO
The toughest mathematical competition in the world for students who are not enrolled in a University and are under age 19

13. NZMOC Residential Camp
The top 24 – 28 students across New Zealand are invited to participate in this camp in Auckland every January.
The students:
attend lectures by prominent NZ mathematicians
participate in problem solving sessions
socialise during quizzes, excursions, organized activities

14. NZMOC Residential Camp

15. NZMOC Residential Camp

16. NZMOC Residential Camp

17. NZMOC Squad Training
After the 4.5 hour exam, 12 students are selected to continue their training as a squad.
Each student will have a mentor assigned to them and they will also do three further assignments and sit the AMO, the APMO and the BMO
Six students will then be selected to represent New Zealand at the IMO in July

18. The IMO
The team is made up of six students, two leaders and a manager.
The leaders are in charge of the Maths side of things
The manager is a high school teacher and manages the organisation around getting the team to the competition, and also the day to day at the competition.

19. IMO Questions
Each year over 100 countries are represented by 1 to 6 students.
The competition:
Over two days
4.5 hours each day
3 questions each day
7 points per question
Mode score of 0
49 languages (in 2019)

20. IMO Questions

21. IMO Questions

23. IMO Coordination

24. IMO Excursions

25. IMO Excursions

26. IMO Excursions

27. IMO Success

28. The IMO 2016 – Hong Kong 2017 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 – Cluj Napoca, Romania
2019 – Bath, United Kingdom
2020 – St Petersburg, Russian Federation
2021 – Washington, USA
2022 – Oslo, Norway
2023 – Chiba, Japan

29. New Zealand Maths Olympiad
What can you do?
Spread the word – share the Round one problems with your students and encourage them to have a go. Talk to other teachers/schools about the program
Volunteer – spend some time in January at the camp, see the students in their element
Be the team manager – travel to another country with the team, experience another culture, all at no cost to you

30. Who to contact? NZMOC - www.mathsolympiad.org.nz/
Ross Atkins –
Phil Truesdale –
Chris Tuffley –