Australian Maths Trust

Did you know that you can get a lot of mileage out of just one maths problem?
Last week, Michaela Epstein of Maths Teacher Circles shared '5 Strategies for Varying a Problem' on her blog. We're proud to have our 'Cubes in the box' Problemo problem featured! This problem began its life as question 15 on the Middle Primary paper of the Australian Mathematics Competition, way back in 2007.

Maths Teacher Circles blog: www.mathsteachercircles.org/blog/5-strategies/
Problemo: https://problemo.edu.au/

The Australian Maths Trust congratulates Professor Terence Tao, who has been awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) on the King’s Birthday Honours List. In 2026, there are just five recipients of this award. You can read more about Terry’s work here www.gg.gov.au/kings-birthday-2026-honours-list by clicking on ‘5 appointments as Companions of the Order of Australia’.

Looking for more opportunities to develop your students' programming skills that are accessible to students of all skill levels? The Raspberry Pi Foundation Coding Challenge kicks off next week! The challenge offers multiple levels of difficulty to suit your students' needs and provides two streams, where students can build on their skills with block coding or text based programming.

The challenge runs from the 16th to 18th of June and will take 45 minutes to run. To register for free, click the link below!
https://amt.edu.au/rpfcc

Did you participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) at school? You might remember it by its most famous and long-running sponsor: Westpac. The AMC still runs today, all across Australia and even overseas! Students from Year 3 to Year 12 are invited to participate from August 4 - 6 via their school.

Thinking of entering your students but want more information? Attend a FREE webinar about the AMC on Tuesday 9 June or Wednesday 10 June from 3:45 - 4:00pm AET.

AMC: https://amt.edu.au/amc
Tues 9 June AMC Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_drKfaf6gSgmZojmHMlQQyA
Wed 10 June AMC Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o9unZlOGT8SmM9D3UY9DNg

A fantastic Sydney Alumni Event this weekend! 🎉
Sydney-based AMT Olympiad alumni came together to brainstorm and design new problems for AMT competitions, before catching up over dinner afterwards. It was great to see a mix of familiar faces alongside plenty of new ones. For more info head here: https://amt.edu.au/alumni-network
A big thank you to everyone who attended—and to Andy Tran for organising! Stay tuned for more events coming soon 👀

Can you spot Team Australia at the European Girls Olympiad in Informatics?

Have you registered your students for CAT Coding? It's FREE and is a wonderful bridge between the CAT competition (no coding required) and coding.

If you want to know what to expect from CAT Coding and how to best support your students in this experience, sign up for a free webinar on Monday 25 May or Tuesday 26 May, both from 3:45 - 4:15pm, AET.

CAT Coding info: https://amt.edu.au/cat
Mon, May 25: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rpLE_jIxSZ2u-G4exVcz_g
Tues, May 26: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bPXNUwTFR--aK_lWFHTQ-A