新年伊始，祝关注嘉能教育论坛的家长们，万事顺利，2018取得更大成绩！
除了帮助孩子学好大纲要求内容，还可以配合学校，安排小孩参加一些竞赛。多数的竞赛在假期结束后报名，日期汇总如下，供家长备用。嘉能书店提供各类竞赛历年试卷，欢迎大家选购。
| February | Australian Mathematical Olympiad 06&07/02/2018 |
| March | Asia Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 14/03/2018
Selective School Test 15/03/2018 GAMSAT 24/03/2018 Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) competition Formerly Australian Informatics Competition (AIC) 27/03 |
| April | Mathematics Challenge for young Australians (MCYA):
Challenge stage 3 week program between March & June years 3–10 Enrichment stage 16 week program between April & September years 4–10 Australian Geography Competition 17/05-31/05 |
| May | NAPLAN 15/05-17/05
Digital Technologies 08/05 Maths Olympiad 23 /05 ICAS Science 29/05 |
| June | ICAS Spelling 13/06
ICAS Writing 14/06 Maths Olympiad 13/06 The 57th Annual UNSW School Mathematics Competition ?/06/2018 |
| July | International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
03/07–14/07/2018 UMAT 25/07/2018 Maths Olympiad 25/07 ICAS English 31/07 |
| August | Opportunity Class Placement Test 01/08
Australian National Chemistry Quiz 02/08/2018 Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) 09/08 AMOC Senior Mathematics Contest 21/08/2018 ICAS Mathematics 14/08 Maths Olympiad 15/08 Australian Informatics Olympiad (AIO) 23/08 |
| September | Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO) 13/09
Maths Olympiad 12/09 GAMSAT 12/09/2018 |
这期重点说明：The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT)数学竞赛活动分为两大类：自由参加和邀请参加。自由参加包括：
1 Australian Mathematics Competition (09 August) ，大家都熟悉，分小学和中学，五份试卷。
2 Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians，精英中学都有，想孩子11，12年级读数学3单元，数学4单元的家长一定要鼓励，督促他们参加。
MCYA Challenge (March – June)
Three-week problem-solving program, years 3–10
MCYA Enrichment (April – September)
12–16 week in-depth program, years 4–10
3 Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (13 September)
7，8，9，10年级，大家做同一份试卷，4小时10道题，满分35分，挑选前100名，参加下一年邀请活动。AMT汇集1999-2013试卷和解答书，嘉能书店有售。
4 Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (27 March) 分Upper Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, 四份试卷，嘉能书店有2011-2015题集和解答书，供家长选用。
达到一定成绩，邀请参加的包括：
1 Australian Mathematical Olympiad (06-07 February) 分两天：每天4小时完成4道题，每题7分；共8题，56分。算个人成绩。
2 Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (14 March) 4小时完成5题，每题7分，每个国家派出10个参赛学生，算整队成绩。
3 AMOC Selection School (August ) 澳洲资格选拔，4小时完成5题，每题7分。
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