Dear Parent / Carer,
As part of our individualised curriculum at DBIS, at times we invite students to participate in enrichment opportunities both within and outside school in their area(s) of passion. If your child has a passion for or strong capability in Maths, we would like to offer an opportunity to extend their learning through participating in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), which is hosted online by ASDAN China.
Your child would participate in the competition from home, online. Participating students will need one laptop to enter the exam system and one phone/iPad to log in to Zoom and sit beside them to act as a monitoring device.
Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Competition details from AMC:
“The AMC is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives; it is open to students in grades 3 to 12. Australia’s leading educators and academics, with a deep understanding of our national curriculum standards, actively design the unique AMC problems each year. We believe every student should have the chance to discover their full potential in mathematical problem solving, in a way that is approachable, interesting, challenging, and creative. The cost per student to participate is HK$215.”
Competition Rules:
Languages: English & Chinese
Date: Saturday 23rd Sept 2023 (Registration deadline: Friday 15th Sept 2023)
• Level A/Level B: 10:00-11:00 (60 mins)
• Level C/Level D/Level E: 14:00-15:15 (75 mins)
Location: Online
Difficulty: There are 5 levels：
• Level A – Middle Primary (Grade 3–4)
• Level B – Upper Primary (Grade 5–6)
• Level C – Junior (Grade 7–8)
• Level D – Intermediate (Grade 9–10)
• Level E – Senior (Grade 11–12)
*Students should register for the level corresponding to their grade before the start of school in September.
As the above details Australian grade ages, the correlating DBIS age grades your child should sit for the exam are:
DBIS Year 4 – Grade 3
DBIS Year 5 – Grade 4
DBIS Year 6 – Grade 5
DBIS Year 7 – Grade 6
DBIS Year 8 – Grade 7
DBIS Year 9 – Grade 8
DBIS Year 10 – Grade 9
DBIS Year 11 – Grade 10
DBIS Year 12 – Grade 11
DBIS Year 13 – Grade 12
How do you register?
If your child is interested in participating, please complete this form and make payment by Friday 15th September.
Payment Details
A/C Name : Discovery Bay International School Limited
Bank : The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd
Bank address : 1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Bank code : 004
Account Number: 111-459624-001
Swift code : HSBCHKHHHKH
Paper Examples:
Folder can be found here:Â https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-ZsS3nZoq-rpRO_PiU4pxiXp_VOiWtR3?usp=sharing
For some papers an access code is needed:Â asdanseedamc
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Amrith Prabhu (Secondary Maths Lead), Liam Bowden (Primary Maths Lead) or Helen Kavanagh (Challenge Lead).
Kind regards,
DBIS Maths Team