Post by Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

Celebrating Success in the Junior Maths Challenge, Kangaroo and Olympiad - Following the success of our Intermediate and Senior Maths Olympiad students, QE's Year 7 and Year 8 mathematicians have continued the tradition with an outstanding set of results in the Junior Maths Olympiad. Organised by the UK Mathematics Trust, the Junior Maths Olympiad is an invitation-only competition for the highest-performing students from the Junior Maths Challenge, with around 1,200 students qualifying nationally each year. Competitors tackle a demanding two-hour paper featuring six Olympiad-style problems that test creativity, reasoning and perseverance. Of the 62 QE students who took part: our prize winners achieved: -5 Gold Medals: Giritrah Ghosh, Sasha Karunaratine, Adhruth Parlattaya, Noah Bai and Huy Bui -7 Silver Medals: Siddhant Sharma, Ehan Islam, Anirvinn Lakshmipuran, Arjun Mulamalla, Duc Ta, Arthur Wang and Xuan Wu -4 Bronze: Hercules Li, Ekansh Ponnaganti, Harry Xuan and Dhruv Srinath Our medal winners each received a medal, certificate and a copy of 'A Problem Solver's Handbook' by Andrew Jobbings. Kirtan Shah AIA Shah, Assistant Head of Maths said: "We are incredibly proud of our entire Year 7 and 8 cohorts, who recently sat the Junior Maths Challenge. This competition is a wonderful opportunity to stretch our pupils and encourage them to embrace complex problem-solving. Proving their mathematical stamina, several pupils successfully progressed to the follow-on rounds: the Junior Kangaroo and the prestigious Junior Maths Olympiad. To have 16 of our students achieve medals in the Olympiad is an exceptional milestone so early in their mathematical journeys. Given that the UKMT only awards medals to the top 200 scorers across the entire country - the top 40 gold, the next 60 silver and the next 100 bronze - this is a phenomenal, elite achievement. Whether securing a national medal or tackling the very first round, every single pupil demonstrated tremendous perseverance, enthusiasm, and a willingness to embrace a challenge. Congratulations to everyone involved!" #JuniorMathsOlympiad #BeyondtheClassroom #qeflourish