For the past three years, Lakeside primary has participated in the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO) Competition. TK primary, on the other hand, was in its second year of participation this year. The competition has been held at both campuses each year in April. Of the 143 primary students from Lakeside who competed this year, 59 earned a gold, silver or bronze medal standing. Meanwhile at the TK campus, 40 primary students competed in the competition. Of these, 18 earned a gold, silver or bronze medal standing.

Bronze award recipients placed within 20% to 40% of SASMO's top scoring. Silver award recipients placed within 12% to 20%, and gold award recipients placed within the top 8%. All medal recipients are invited to join in the Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge (SIMOC), which will be held between 6-9 July 2018 (www.SIMOC.sg). We congratulate all students who were risk-takers, committed learners and persistent thinkers for participating this year in the competition. You can see the full list of our award winning students at the end of this article.

SASMO was introduced in Singapore in 2006 as a mathematics competition for primary 3 to 6 students. Since then it has served Singapore’s primary, secondary and international schools; providing feedback and enrichment to schools and students. It is run as a one-round competition in April annually and has expanded into 18 countries.  

Currently, SASMO has 9 divisions from primary 2 to secondary 4 (grade 2 to 10).  SASMO caters to the top 40% of the student population and it aims to increase students’ interest in mathematical problem-solving and to develop mathematical intuition, reasoning, logical, creative and critical thinking.

In CIS primary, the competition has been open to students from grades 2 to grade 6, with each group completing specific grade-level exams. Our inquiry-based approach at CIS has helped students look at problems in different ways and we are proud to see so many of our students achieve success within the competition.