Orange Students Excel

The results are in for Newcastle Permanent’s 40th annual Primary School Mathematics Competition and two Orange students have been named among the top performers across regional NSW.

Rory Mcintosh from Clergate Public School and Alice Scholte from Kinross Wolaroi were the two superstar students from Orange recognised for their outstanding achievements. Rory won the Year 5 District Award and Alice Scholte won the year 6 District Award.

The exam saw over 17,500 students across 290 schools put their numeracy and problem-solving skills to the test in August with no help from calculators, rulers or any other mathematical instruments. Newcastle Permanent’s Chief Customer Experience and Delivery Officer, Paul Juergens, said it was pleasing to see so many students continue to excel in the exam four decades on from its inception in 1981.

“The Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition has been encouraging students to become enthusiastic about maths for 40 years and its great to see this exam continue to challenge the mathematics skills of over 17,500 young students. “We know this year has been a difficult year for students, teachers and parents but the outstanding results of Orange students clearly reflects continued dedication and commitment of many to learn and test themselves despite these external challenges,” Paul said.

Newcastle Permanent’s Orange Branch Lending Manager, Shaun McNiven, presented the winners with a special award and prize account to acknowledge their achievements.

“I’m very proud to meet and congratulate the bright young people who have shown themselves to be passionate about maths and its everyday application. It’s clear these students have an aptitude for maths and we’ll no doubt see bigthings from them in the future,” said Shaun McNiven.

The Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition is the largest and longest running competition of its kind in Australia