5 May 2017
Dear Parents of Maths Olympiad Round 2 writers
Round two of the South African Mathematics Olympiad will take place on Wednesday, 10 May from
14h00 to 16h00 in the Mathematics Department. Students who attained 50% and higher in the first round
qualify for the second round. The students have two hours to complete 20 questions with multiple-choice
answers and each participant will receive a certificate.
The 100 best senior and 100 best junior students in South Africa then qualify for the third round which takes
place on Wednesday 27th July, from 09h00 to 13h00 at Bishops. Students who participate in the third
round receive a bronze medal and a certificate.
The top ten students in round 3 of each category - junior (grades 8 and 9) and senior level (grades 10 to
12) - will receive an award during the prize giving ceremony of the SAMF. From these students, the South
African team to the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) will be selected to participate in the
International Pan African Maths Olympiad.
Why should we, as Reddam students, enter and write all the papers?
• Mathematics competitions generate a lot of enthusiasm and curiosity for the subject.
• Students are exposed to problems that test and improve their thinking skills, and ways to discover and
validate problem solving methods. In short, they will become better mathematicians.
• The Maths Olympiad is recognised as one of the best vehicles to identify the most talented Maths
students in the country.
• Participation will put students in a position to reap higher achievement levels at university.
• The types of problems are similar to those used by universities as part of their entry level testing
(NBTs) and therefore the grade 11 and 12 students, especially, will gain a valuable experience.
Reddam Constantia 2012 results
Four students who qualified for the final round in 2012 were: Chris Kim, Matthew Coulson, Scott Hallauer
and David Rom.
Reddam Constantia 2013 results
Three students who qualified for the final round in 2013 were: Annemiek Meyer, Chris Kim, and Matthew
Baas. Chris Kim went on to achieve a National Medal in the Senior Division.
Reddam Constantia 2014 results
Two students who qualified for the final round in 2014 were: Chris Kim, and Sammy Pan. Chris Kim
went on to achieve a National Medal in the Senior Division.
Reddam Constantia 2015 results
Three students who qualified for the final round in 2015 were: Sammy Pan, Scott Hallauer and
Sylvanna Scheepers.
Reddam Constantia 2016 results:
The following students did extremely well last year:
NAME
Callan Hollenbach
Harry Papaniolaou
Megan Phillips
Oren Margolis
Megan McClarty
Owen Read
Matthew Baas
GRADE
8
8
9
9
11
11
12
2017 Olympiad Participants who qualified to write round 2 (please see attached document) on
Wednesday 10th May is a record number and will write in the following venues:
GRADE
8
9
10
11
12
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
47
74
29
33
44
TEACHER/VENUE
Niss/Bowen
Harrison/Dednam/TBA
Wilson
Yeo
TBA/TBA
SAMO TRAINING PROGRAMME
We encourage round 2 participants to visit the South African Maths Foundation website:
www.samf.ac.za to find both past papers and answers.
Please encourage your child to go to the online SAMO Training site in order to practice for this test.
We wish our students all the very best for their round 2 test on Wednesday 10th May.
Kind regards
Joy Wilson