I was very honoured to accompany 16 of our students to Ho Chi Min to take part in the SIMOC math Competition. Students from over 20 countries took part, some had travelled over 44 hours to get there from Mexico, which made our 3-hour flight seem rather short.

　　上周來自愛莎的16名學生在幼兒及小學部校長Ms. Beth的帶隊下前往越南胡志明市參加新加坡國際奧林匹克數學競賽。同樣參加此次競賽的還有來自超過20個國家的學生，有的參賽學生甚至是從墨西哥出發，經歷了44個小時的路途后才抵達賽場。相比之下，愛莎學生三個小時的飛行時間也似乎沒有這么漫長了。

　　Students from all over the world gather for the exciting competition!

　　Singa is Singapore Math Global. It is a unique new math competition with ambitious and important goals. Questions in the competition will be based on Singapore schools' math questions which have a high content of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The focus in Singa is very strong on teamwork, and the medal winning groups have to show high levels of collaboration, stamina and mutual support - as well as superlative math skills. Named after the lion in the name of Singapore itself, Singa will also be brave, tough and noble: a thrilling team challenge that equips children everywhere for 21st Century learning.

　　Singa是新加坡全球數學競賽的簡稱，該競賽十分獨特新穎，競賽中的題目將基于新加坡學校的數學問題，對學生的高階思維能力有一定的要求。并且新加坡全球數學競賽將團隊合作能力放在考察的首位，除了具備高超的數學技巧外，各個小組還須緊密協作，相互幫助并擁有十足的耐心才能在小組賽中脫穎而出。Singa不僅與獅子同名，代表著新加坡的獅城形象，同時也是勇敢，堅毅和高貴的象征：Singa鍛煉了學生的團隊協作能力，使學生能夠完美應對21世紀的學習挑戰。

　　The questions are challenging! Here is an example of some Year 1 and 2 questions:

　　競賽的題目都具有一定的難度，以下是一、二年級的競賽的題目示例。

　　The competition was a whole day event with one individual test and two team events. The event was hosted by the Science and Engineering University of HO Chi Min, starting with an individual round where students were led into university classrooms to sit and complete a test under strict exam conditions. We were so proud of our students for the mature way they participated. Over 350 children took part in this competition.

　　本次競賽由胡志明理工大學主辦，賽程為一天，包含一場個人競賽和兩場團體賽。首先進行的是個人賽，超過350名學生根據指引到達課室并在嚴格的條件下完成考試，愛莎學生鎮定自如地完成本場考試。

　　After lunch the students had two team events, where they were assigned team members from other countries and they had to work together to achieve their common goal. Our students are used to this collaborative approach and we won many team medals! A testament to our collaborative learning approach at school.

　　午餐過后學生將迎來兩次團體賽，比賽中他們將被分配到不同的小組，與來自其他國家的學生協作完成任務。愛莎素來重視培養學生的協作能力，學生們學以致用在團體賽中愛莎學生斬獲眾多獎牌!

　　The day after the test we were invited to join a group tour of Ho Chi Min and we learnt so much about the city. This was a hugely important part of the experience as there was so much to learn, about how different one of our neighbouring countries is.

　　比賽過后的第二天，愛莎代表隊受邀參觀胡志明市，學生對這座城市也有了更多的了解。此次出行的目的不僅僅在于競賽，旅程本身也吸引著學生不斷探索學習，從而使學生了解到世界的多樣性，就好像即使中國和越南的地理位置如此相近，兩個國家仍是不盡相同的。

　　Kenneth from Y1C had some wonderful questions: Why do the people use motorbikes as major vehicles? Why don’t they use the metro? Why is their rice not tasty? The children will do presentations in assembly next week to talk about what they learnt. Justin told us that he was glad that he had overcome his fears when he went in to the tunnels under the ground.

　　一年級C班的Kenneth同學一路上提出了許多精彩的問題：為什么越南的出行工具以摩托車為主?他們為什么不搭地鐵?為什么當地的米飯不美味?下一周的集會上學生將會以本次越南之旅為主題做一次演講，交流他們在路途中的收獲。比如Justin很高興自己能夠克服內心的恐懼走進地下隧道。

　　The third day was the Award Ceremony Day and we were all so excited to hear the results, our school has some remarkable mathematicians, and we are proud of all the children that came with us. Students exchanged gifts with the children of other countries, a symbol of the good will the whole competition hopes to encourage. One of the aims is to encourage the participants not just to compete but also make friends with students from other countries as well. Perhaps there may be future collaborations among the participants that arise out of new friendships made in SINGA!

　　令人激動的頒獎儀式在第三天舉行，愛莎很驕傲我們的學生在此次數學競賽中獲得如此出眾的成績，同時也為所有所有參賽學生而自豪。頒獎后，來自各個國家的學生互相交換了禮物，完美詮釋了“友誼第一”的競賽精神。祝愿學生們能夠在本次競賽中收獲珍貴的友誼，并在未來有更進一步的合作。

　　The individual awards are as follows, and the children who received medals in this category will qualify for an ISA Scholarship Award

　　個人賽獲獎情況如下(本次獲獎的學生將有資格申請愛莎獎學金)：

　　Silver Medal 銀牌

　　Hu Wendy

　　Xie Kenneth
 

　　Bronze Medal 銅牌

　　Zheng Diya

　　Liao Yifeng (Laurence)

　　Chen Boyu (Owen)

　　Hu Yuan (Justin)
 

　　Honorable Mention 榮譽獎

　　Phines Crooks

　　Alessandro Ferrarese

　　Wu Chenjun (Dino)

　　Liao Shuailong (Thomas)
 

　　Participation 參與獎

　　Chen Yilin (Daniel)

　　Yajun Jiang (Jadis)

　　Songen Ma (Maia)

　　Jason

　　Zhang Xiaoman (Helen)

　　He Wanyi (Kayla)
 

　　The team awards are as follows

　　團體賽獲獎情況如下：

　　Silver Team Award 團體賽銀牌

　　Zheng Diya

　　Li Jingqi (Ammie)
 

　　Bronze Team Award 團體賽銅牌

　　Xie Kenneth

　　Liao Shuailong

　　Liao Yifeng (Laurence)

　　Hu Wendy

　　Songen Ma (Maia)

　　I am already looking forward to our next maths adventure together!

　　期待看到愛莎學生的下一次數學之旅!