Mathematics

Academic

This year has been both busy and productive in the Mathematics Department. This is usually the norm in this department, however we do have several students to boast about who produced excellent mathematics work amongst their hectic lives at Trinity. The 2003 TEE results were outstanding with great scores from Michael Sims, David Allen and Jon Karolczak in both Calculus and Applicable Mathematics. In Term Three, 2004, we had a record number of students sitting for the Australian Mathematics Competition, and we had some fantastic results.

Year Student Score Percentile

8 Ian Chia 111 99 8 David Chua 110 99 8 Thomas Graydon 110 99 8 Alex Malkovic 110 99 9 Stephen Dale 104 98 9 Aleksa Petranovic 104 98 9 Sean Jeremiah Chia 126 100 9 Reuben Joseph 103 98 10 Xuan Yu Ji 125 100 10 Hugh Shedden 111 99 10 Thomas Giles 111 99 10 David Ker 111 99 10 Brendan Harwood 107 97 10 IsaacMeegan 103 95 10 Samuel Hardie 102 95 10 Christopher Dawson 101 94 11 David Parkinson 99 99 11 Nathan Colli 93 95 11 Benjamin Creighton 93 95 12 Louis Westbrook 106 100 12 Andrew Nguyen 103 99 12 David Smith 101 98 Congratulations to all the boys mentioned above especially Sean Chia, Xuan Yu Ji, and Louis Westbrook who, with scores of 125, 126 and 106 were the top ranked students in Australia. We also had some brilliant work done by students in the Mathematics Talent Quest. Joe Samineeni and Nic Barbas got first prize for their entry on national flags, while Josh Hicks and Ryan Vincec were awarded second place for their entry on drawing curves with

Mr Rom Cirillo straight lines, Binuk Kodituwakku and AnthonyHead of Mathematics Hermawan were highly commended for their work. We welcomed four new staff to the Mathematics Department during the year, Mr Danny Quartermaine, Miss Janie Gordon, Mr Geoff Jamieson and Miss Janelle Pagoda. Mrs Jane Kauhanen and Mrs Amanda Hird left on maternity leave and Mr Dean Gillies expanded his teaching skills in schools in England.

Mark Duffy

Head of Mathematics Acting