2025 has been an exciting year for our Kristin School students, filled with opportunities to showcase their mathematical talents.

 

In April, 25 of our students participated in the Junior Mathematics Competition, organised by the University of Otago. They competed against 5,100 students from all across New Zealand. We are proud to share that two of our Middle and Senior School students made it into the Top 30 nationwide, with one Year 10 student, Sophie Xu, securing second place overall.

 

Then, in July, our Senior Mathematics students took part in the NZAMT Mathematics Competition. Out of 394 teams and 271 individual entries nationwide, one of our teams secured second place – an outstanding achievement – and our other three teams all ranked within the top 20.

 

In August, students from all three schools – Junior, Middle and Senior – took part in the well-known Australian Mathematics Competition. Since its inception in 1978, the AMC has attracted over 15.7 million entries from countries across Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. From our 89 participants, nine students achieved High Distinction, placing in the top 3% across New Zealand. Additionally, two Year 12 students, Mikey Li and Junyi Guo, received a Prize for achieving the top scores.

 

 

Additionally, our students participated in the European Girls' Maths Olympiad, Inter School Maths Olympiad, the Auckland Maths Olympiad, Mathex, Calcex and the New Zealand Maths Olympiad.

 

Congratulations to the following students for their remarkable results:

 

• Jayden Pan (Year 5) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Hector Huang (Year 6) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Ming En Qiu (Year 6) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Miles Lan (Year 7) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Wilson Lin (Year 10) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Sophie Xu (Year 10) – honourable mention in the EGMO, High Distinction in the AMC, top 20 team in the SMC, 4th in Junior division in the AMO and 2nd in Year 10 in NZ in the JMC. 
• Isabelle Ning (Year 11) – Bronze medal in the EGMO, Gold medal in the ISMO, 7th in Junior division in the AMO, top 20 team in the SMC and Top 30 in Year 11 in the JMC
• Eason Guo (Year 11) – Top 20 team in SMC
• Tony Guo (Year 11) – Top 20 team in SMC
• Hanson Fang (Year 11) – Top 20 team in SMC
• Dominic Xia (Year 12) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Jason He (Year 12) – 7th in the Senior division in the AMO
• William Huang (Year 12) – High Distinction in the AMC
• Owen Yan (Year 12) – 2nd team in New Zealand in the SMC
• Frank Deng (Year 12) –2nd team in New Zealand in the SMC
• Richie Liu (Year 12) –Top 20 team in SMC and High Distinction in the AMC
• Mikey Li (Year 12) – Top 20 team in SMC and Prize in the AMC
• Junyi Guo (Year 12) – 9th in the Senior division in AMO, Top 20 team in SMC and Prize in the AMC.

Note: the competition names are abbreviated:

JMC – Junior Maths Competition by Otago University. Open to all NZ students up to Year 11
AMO – Auckland Maths Olympiad by the University of Auckland. Senior division = Year 12 & 13, Junior division = Year 11 and younger. Up to 5 students from each school can participate in each division
AMC – Australian Maths Competition by Australian Maths Trust
SMC – Senior Maths Competition by NZAMT (NZ Association of Maths Teachers).
ISMO – Inter-School Maths Olympiad
NZMO – NZ Maths Olympiad for NZ team selection for the annual International Mathematical Olympiad
EGMO – European Girls Maths Olympiad.