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      24by7mum
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      Out of curiousity, are the winners mainly local or china scholars?

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        CoffeeCat
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        justbehappy:

        Agree .. RI must have realised the impact of NUS High's NMOS at P5, where the maths geeks have first exposure to a major Maths competition, and are bought-in long before the SMOPS and RI World Maths at P6. Now RI has RMSO at P5 too! Would HCI do the catching up by introducing another Maths competition at P5? And then NUSH counters with one at P4 ... šŸ˜„
        Btw the primary aim of RMSO is to select students to represent Singapore for IMSO.
        Playing catch-up with more competitions will only serve to \"dilute\" the original brands:P.

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          phankao
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          CoffeeCat:
          justbehappy:


          Agree .. RI must have realised the impact of NUS High's NMOS at P5, where the maths geeks have first exposure to a major Maths competition, and are bought-in long before the SMOPS and RI World Maths at P6. Now RI has RMSO at P5 too! Would HCI do the catching up by introducing another Maths competition at P5? And then NUSH counters with one at P4 ... šŸ˜„

          Btw the primary aim of RMSO is to select students to represent Singapore for IMSO.
          Playing catch-up with more competitions will only serve to \"dilute\" the original brands:P.


          AMC is tomorrow?

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            justbehappy
            last edited by

            SMO Junior

            Team 1st - NUS High
            Individual 1st - NUS High

            SMO Senior
            Team 1st - RI
            Individual 1st - NUS High

            SMO Open
            Team 1st - HCI
            Individual 1st - RI

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              Maple leaf
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              Hi,parents.


              Can someone tell me the diff between SMO and NMO? Eg. my child in lower primay, does it mean she can go for NMO only?

              Are the competition same category for all levels? Saw there are many training books for each levej at the bookstore. :?

              TIA.

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                kiasuest2
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                Maple leaf:
                Hi,parents.


                Can someone tell me the diff between SMO and NMO? Eg. my child in lower primay, does it mean she can go for NMO only?

                Are the competition same category for all levels? Saw there are many training books for each levej at the bookstore. :?

                TIA.
                to the best of my knowledge, there are currently at least 3 Mathematics Olympiads for primary school students:

                SMO
                The Singapore Mathematical Olympiad is organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society
                http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/CompetitionHomePage.aspx
                Students who did well at this competition will go on to take part in the APMOPS (see below)
                NMOS
                The National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) is a NUS High School initiative, working in partnership with the Gifted Education Branch, Ministry of Education and the Singapore Mathematical Society.
                http://oas.highsch.nus.edu.sg/NMOS/

                APMOPSThe Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools.
                This is usually organised by HCI in conjunction with SMS and a few other organised and is held in Singapore.

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                  wonderm
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                  kiasuest2:
                  Maple leaf:

                  Hi,parents.


                  Can someone tell me the diff between SMO and NMO? Eg. my child in lower primay, does it mean she can go for NMO only?

                  Are the competition same category for all levels? Saw there are many training books for each levej at the bookstore. :?

                  TIA.

                  to the best of my knowledge, there are currently at least 3 Mathematics Olympiads for primary school students:

                  SMO
                  The Singapore Mathematical Olympiad is organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society
                  http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/CompetitionHomePage.aspx
                  Students who did well at this competition will go on to take part in the APMOPS (see below)
                  NMOS
                  The National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) is a NUS High School initiative, working in partnership with the Gifted Education Branch, Ministry of Education and the Singapore Mathematical Society.
                  http://oas.highsch.nus.edu.sg/NMOS/

                  APMOPSThe Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools.
                  This is usually organised by HCI in conjunction with SMS and a few other organised and is held in Singapore.

                  I thought SMO is for Secondary school students and APMOPS is for Primary school students?

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                    kiasuest2
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                    wonderm:
                    kiasuest2:

                    [quote=\"Maple leaf\"]Hi,parents.


                    Can someone tell me the diff between SMO and NMO? Eg. my child in lower primay, does it mean she can go for NMO only?

                    Are the competition same category for all levels? Saw there are many training books for each levej at the bookstore. :?

                    TIA.

                    to the best of my knowledge, there are currently at least 3 Mathematics Olympiads for primary school students:

                    SMO
                    The Singapore Mathematical Olympiad is organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society
                    http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/CompetitionHomePage.aspx
                    Students who did well at this competition will go on to take part in the APMOPS (see below)
                    NMOS
                    The National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) is a NUS High School initiative, working in partnership with the Gifted Education Branch, Ministry of Education and the Singapore Mathematical Society.
                    http://oas.highsch.nus.edu.sg/NMOS/

                    APMOPSThe Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools.
                    This is usually organised by HCI in conjunction with SMS and a few other organised and is held in Singapore.

                    I thought SMO is for Secondary school students and APMOPS is for Primary school students?[/quote]Oh dear, I stand corrected! Let me try again:

                    SMO
                    The Singapore Mathematical Olympiad is organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society
                    http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/CompetitionHomePage.aspx
                    This is for SECONDARY school students; 3 categories, Junior (Sec 1&2), Senior (Sec 3&4) and OPEN category.
                    NMOS
                    The National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) is a NUS High School initiative, working in partnership with the Gifted Education Branch, Ministry of Education and the Singapore Mathematical Society.
                    The preliminary round is held at the respective primary schools and the special round is held at NUS High School.
                    http://oas.highsch.nus.edu.sg/NMOS/

                    APMOPS
                    The Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools.
                    There are two rounds to the competition. The First Round competition is held at various centres across the Asia-Pacific region. The competition for Singapore schools, known as the Singapore Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (SMOPS) is usually held at Hwa Chong Institution.

                    The invitation round, known as APMOPS, is usually held a month later. Again, the venue is usually at Hwa Chong Institution.

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                      Maple leaf
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                      Hi, kiasuest2


                      Tks 4 the reply. SO confirmed SMO is for Secondary . I was confused why some primary school claimed that they won the SMO??? :?

                      Aiya. thimk just prepare for the NMO only. šŸ˜„

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                        kiasuest2
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                        Maple leaf:
                        Hi, kiasuest2


                        Tks 4 the reply. SO confirmed SMO is for Secondary . I was confused why some primary school claimed that they won the SMO??? :?

                        Aiya. thimk just prepare for the NMO only. šŸ˜„
                        perhaps they could be referring to first round of APMOPS which is known as SMOPS in Singapore?

                        APMOPS is held in the Apr/May timeframe while the NMOS was held in July for 2010.

                        BTW, NMOS is for Primary 5 and below ONLY šŸ˜‰

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