The Young Mathematical Story Authors (YMSA) competition is the world’s first annual international competition set up to encourage young mathematics learners (8-15 years old) from around the world to embed their mathematics learning in a meaningful and engaging context through creating their own mathematical story picture books. This competition is organised by MathsThroughStories.org, and it has been running every year since 2019. Since then,Ā the competition has received entries from almost 3,000 students across over 200 schools in 21 countries.
This year we had two entries (Joshua, Year 5 and Emily, Year 4) and we are incredibly pleased to announce that Emily’s story was shortlisted. Congratulations Emily! What a wonderful achievement for both students!
Emily’s story can be read here:
https://www.mathsthroughstories.org/uploads/5/7/2/5/57253055/lordswoodschool_emilymarks_9_female.pdf
What the author says:Ā
“I am so excited and proud that my mathematical story was shortlisted this year. I really wanted to create a story that encouraged people to read and also to learn about maths. The reason I chose to write about angles is because I found them quite hard at first but I kept persevering until I could do it and making a story about it might help someone else who is finding it tricky.Ā I love drawing, story writing and I am working hard to be better at maths, so this was a really good opportunity for me.Ā I think many more students should take part in the Young Mathematical Story Authors competition because it is a really creative and fun way to think about maths. It helps other people which is something we all need to do.”
