Haileybury has won the 2018 Mathspace Teacher Challenge which attracted over 80,000 students and 1300 teachers from across Australia.
The Mathspace Teacher challenge is about recognizing and rewarding teachers for the impact they have – not just on student achievement, but also on their students’ growth.
Keysborough maths teacher Sally Green and her class of Year 5 girls achieved the highest score using the Mathspace online program, ending with 6226.05 points. This was almost 1000 points ahead of second place.
Haileybury had 14 teachers in the Top 200 and three in the Top 20. In winning this competition Haileybury receives $10,000 towards the school, a student STEM entrepreneurship workshop and a staff networking workshop with Adam Spencer.
Mathspace CEO, Mohamad Jebara was very pleased with the results and the class’s determination and hard work.
“It’s especially exciting to see that Sally’s winning students are an all girl class,” he said.
“With such a large gender divide in school mathematics participation, it’s great to see an all-girl class take
first place.”
