新年伊始，祝關注嘉能教育論壇的家長們，萬事順利，2018取得更大成績！
除了幫助孩子學好大綱要求內容，還可以配合學校，安排小孩參加一些競賽。多數的競賽在假期結束後報名，日期匯總如下，供家長備用。嘉能書店提供各類競賽歷年試卷，歡迎大家選購。
| February | Australian Mathematical Olympiad 06&07/02/2018 |
| March | Asia Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 14/03/2018
Selective School Test 15/03/2018 GAMSAT 24/03/2018 Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) competition Formerly Australian Informatics Competition (AIC) 27/03 |
| April | Mathematics Challenge for young Australians (MCYA):
Challenge stage 3 week program between March & June years 3–10 Enrichment stage 16 week program between April & September years 4–10 Australian Geography Competition 17/05-31/05 |
| May | NAPLAN 15/05-17/05
Digital Technologies 08/05 Maths Olympiad 23 /05 ICAS Science 29/05 |
| June | ICAS Spelling 13/06
ICAS Writing 14/06 Maths Olympiad 13/06 The 57th Annual UNSW School Mathematics Competition ?/06/2018 |
| July | International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
03/07–14/07/2018 UMAT 25/07/2018 Maths Olympiad 25/07 ICAS English 31/07 |
| August | Opportunity Class Placement Test 01/08
Australian National Chemistry Quiz 02/08/2018 Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) 09/08 AMOC Senior Mathematics Contest 21/08/2018 ICAS Mathematics 14/08 Maths Olympiad 15/08 Australian Informatics Olympiad (AIO) 23/08 |
| September | Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO) 13/09
Maths Olympiad 12/09 GAMSAT 12/09/2018 |
這期重點說明：The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT)數學競賽活動分為兩大類：自由參加和邀請參加。自由參加包括：
1 Australian Mathematics Competition (09 August) ，大家都熟悉，分小學和中學，五份試卷。
2 Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians，精英中學都有，想孩子11，12年級讀數學3單元，數學4單元的家長一定要鼓勵，督促他們參加。
MCYA Challenge (March – June)
Three-week problem-solving program, years 3–10
MCYA Enrichment (April – September)
12–16 week in-depth program, years 4–10
3 Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (13 September)
7，8，9，10年級，大家做同一份試卷，4小時10道題，滿分35分，挑選前100名，參加下一年邀請活動。AMT彙集1999-2013試卷和解答書，嘉能書店有售。
4 Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (27 March) 分Upper Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, 四份試卷，嘉能書店有2011-2015題集和解答書，供家長選用。
達到一定成績，邀請參加的包括：
1 Australian Mathematical Olympiad (06-07 February) 分兩天：每天4小時完成4道題，每題7分；共8題，56分。算個人成績。
2 Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (14 March) 4小時完成5題，每題7分，每個國家派出10個參賽學生，算整隊成績。
3 AMOC Selection School (August ) 澳洲資格選拔，4小時完成5題，每題7分。
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