The SJIS Mathematics team were proud to participate in the prestigious Singapore Math Team Global Challenge (SINGA), held in Kuala Lumpur from 17th-19th November 2018. This was the inaugural edition of the competition, and it was much more than a pop quiz– SINGA introduced an exciting and ambitious challenge for mathematics students, with individual and team-based problem solving challenges. SJIS’ bright young pupils weren’t just there to make up the numbers – the talented team came away with a total of 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze Awards!
In the SINGA Individual Category, Ewan Koay Chien Liang (Year 11) grabbed a Gold Award, with two students – Tan Jia Jun (Y11) and Wayan Wong Jian Wei (Y10) – securing Silver Awards. In the SINGA Team Category, Wayan Wong Jian Wei won the Silver Award, with Ewan Koay, Tan Jia Jun and Brandon Tan (all Y11) bagging the Bronze.