The AIS students have produced outstanding achievements in the Kangaroo Maths competition 2020. This was organized by the Matematikksenteret, NTNU.

The Kangaroo Competition is an annual international math competition for students from 4-10th grades, and last year nearly 20,000 pupils participated in Norway.

The AIS students from Grades 7 and 8 have secured the first place positions in their levels by answering 100% of the questions correctly. AIS has appeared at the top in the Grade 10 level as well.

In addition to these students, various students from MYP grades have reached the Top 10 achiever lists in Norway, which is remarkable.

We would like to thank all participants for their initiation and congratulate the high achieving students for their exemplary achievements.

At AIS we have been focusing on constantly improving our standards in terms of mathematics education, supporting our students, and trying to cultivate an appreciation for maths from every individual within our school community.

We hope our students grow with the love for maths and achieve great results in the future as well.

We started this week with confidence in our routines. The students are well adjusted and follow the new procedures as if they had always existed. Playtime has been filled with laughter and creativity. Here, a group of Grade 3 girls created and wrote a song with chalk during one of their outside breaks. 

The older grades are still learning from home and so are the teachers for those grades. This week we would like to present the new episode of our podcast, episode 4 of Uplifted: A Small School Big Voice Podcast. Just under 8 weeks ago the CV19 pandemic changed the educational landscape in Norway overnight. Mr. Mark, Miss Ivon and Mr. Brent provide some insight into how they have attempted to be solution orientated in response to isolation and home learning to ensure their own well-being and educational effectiveness is maintained.

You can listen to the podcast here, on Spotify here and on iTunes here.