WAJO 2011 is now over - please check the results.

UWA, with the Western Australia Mathematical Olympiads Committee, will be hosting the WA Junior Mathematics Olympiad again in 2012, for all bright Year 9 and exceptional Year 8 students. The confirmed date for the 2012 competition is Saturday 3 November 2012.

The aim of the competition is to identify the most gifted students in Mathematics. 

1. 2012 competition details
2. How to enter
3. Participating schools email list
4. Prizes and sponsors 

2012 competition details

• Confirmed date: Saturday, 3 November, 2012 from 9:45am to 3:20pm.
• Where: Alexander Lecture Theatre (near Hackett Entrance No. 1, see campus map – click on: Index, then select:  Parking, then select:  Car Park 3, click on: Link to this location, and blow up the map using + at left, until you can easily read Alexander, Fox and Austin LTs above and slightly to the left of the balloon identifying the carpark.  You will also see the Social Sciences LT below and slightly to the right of the same balloon.)
• Bring: Pens, pencils, and if you wish, ruler and compass.
• Special conditions: No calculators. Brains only.
• Prize Ceremony: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (near Hackett Entrance No. 1, see campus map – search for: social sciences) from 2:30pm.

For more information please visit the official WAJO Website.

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How to enter

Please contact us, telephone (+61 8) 6488 3340, if your school intends to enter a team.

If you have one or two students at your school whom you would like to participate, but not enough for a full team, please let us know and we will form teams of 'allies'.

Please send a cheque of $8 per student with your nomination and names of accompanying teachers. The cheque should be made out to the WA Mathematical Olympiads Committee and should be sent to:

The WA Mathematical Olympiads Committee
The University of Western Australia
School of Mathematics and Statistics
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley, WA 6009

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Participants email list

We have set up a WAJO participants email list. This email list is moderated to prevent spamming. It is used to notify Heads of School Mathematics Departments or others interested in or involved in the organising of school teams for the Olympiad.

Email to this list will be limited to the couple of months before the Olympiad.

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Prizes and sponsors

• University of Western Australia School of Mathematics and Statistics - Prize for the most outstanding Year 9 student
• Curtin Department of Mathematics and Statistics - Prize for the most outstanding Year 8 student
• Mathematical Association of Western Australia - "Jack Bana Award for Excellence" for the most outstanding Year 9 team
• Edith Cowan University School of Engineering and Mathematics - "David McDougall Award for Excellence for the most outstanding Year 8 team
• Minister of Education - Awards of Excellence, one for an outstanding individual performance and one for an outstanding team performance by students from a public high school
• Parents and Friends' Federation of WA Inc. - Encouragement Award, for an outstanding team performance by students from a Catholic High School
• Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia Inc. - Awards of Excellence, one for an outstanding individual performance and one for an outstanding team performance, by students from an Independent High School.
• New Edition Bookshop - Award of Excellence
• Data Analysis Australia - Award of Excellence
• Murdoch University - Award of Excellence
• UniDiscovery and Aspire UWA
• University of Western Australia's Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
  

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