News about IYPT NZ

[Kerry Parker]

News from IYPT in Vienna

I am proud to announce that the NZ team at the International Young Physicist Tournament won medals again with a brilliant third place in the final in Vienna. This makes it 4 years in a row that NZ has made the top 3!
The team from Singapore were deserved winners as they had gone the whole tournament performing to a high standard. Last year they had just missed out on getting to the finals.

The final totals for the final are:

Singapore      52.1
Austria          49.4
New Zealand  46.2
Korea            45.3

In total there were 23 countries involved in the tournament.

At all times throughout the tournament all five team members Tony, Jennifer, David, Evan and Yufei worked together as a tight knit team always supporting each other. Our team was noteworthy for the way they did this. At all times they were excellent ambassadors for both New Zealand and their respective schools.

The team comprised:
Jennifer Randle         Onslow College
Evan Simmers          Onslow College
Tony Yuen                Auckland Grammar School
Yufei Chen               Auckland Grammar School
David Xie                Auckland Grammar School
They were accompanied by teachers Kent Hogan (Onslow College), Gavin Jennings (Auckland Grammar School) and Paul Haines (King's College).

This team was selected from a wider squad of 10 students, which was in turn selected at the National Final of the New Zealand Young Physicists' Tournament.

Preparations will be starting soon for the 2011 NZ regional tournaments next March with the selection of problems.  These will be posted in the next month or so on the IYPT NZ website.
Dates for your diary (and your students' diaries!)

    *   selection of problems: August 2010
    *   closing dates for early-bird entries 10th Dec 2010-
    *   final closing dates for entries: (25th February, 2011 including names of team members and jury members) regional tournaments: (13th March, 2010)
    *   national final: (27th March, 2010)
    *   team selection: (23rd April, 2010)

Kerry
Kerry Parker
Curriculum Leader: Science
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
The Correspondence School
Thorndon, Wellington, NZ

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