Mathematics

How wonderful has it been to experience a year without a single lockdown! It has been an absolute joy to have all our students learning, deliberating, and collaborating with one another in 2022. There is no doubt that our students have relished the opportunity to work in a supportive learning environment that continues to encourage exploration, creativity and one that challenges them to be open to adopting new ideas. St Catherine’s students continue to impress and achieve wonderful results. We have witnessed an increased number of students being acknowledged with High Distinction and Distinction awards in external Mathematics competitions. Competitions included the Maths Olympiad run by the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad as well as Kangourou sans Frontières, Computational Algorithmic Thinking and the Australian Mathematics Competition all administered by the Australian Mathematics Trust. All these opportunities intend to stimulate and encourage our girls to become more creative problem solvers. This is further supported by our exceptional VCE results which have seen an upward trend for outstanding results in Mathematics for a number of years now. This is testament to not only the hard work of our students but also the encouragement of our Mathematics Faculty who work in partnership with our students.

Head of Mathematics