APMOPS First Round (SMOPS) | APMOPS Invitation Round

Competition details for APMOPS 2012 First Round (SMOPS 2012)

1.         Date of Competition 

14^th April 2012 (Saturday)

2.         Venues  

Hwa Chong Institution

Various external centres

3.         Schedule 

The schedule for the day is as follows:

For those in Session 1 (HCI)

0730 h - 0830 h         Registration (Kah Kee Hall, High School Section)

0830 h - 0900 h         Participants to be seated

0900 h - 1100 h         Competition

1100 h - 1110 h         Collection of scripts, refreshment

1110 h                     Dismissal

For those in Session 2 (HCI)

0820 h - 0900 h         Registration (Kah Kee Hall, High School Section)

0900 h - 0930 h         Participants to be seated

0930 h - 1130 h         Competition

1130 h - 1140 h         Collection of scripts, refreshment

1140 h                     Dismissal

For those in External Centres

0930 h - 0945 h         Registration, seating and attendance-taking

0945 h - 1000 h         Briefing

1000 h - 1200 h         Competition

1200 h - 1210 h         Collection of scripts

1210 h                     Dismissal

Schools will be informed of the Group Numbers of all eligible participants one week prior to the competition.

Registered participants who have not settled their payments by 30^th March 2012 will not be allowed to participate. They will not be given any index number.

4.         Eligibility

All participants must be born between 2^nd Jan 2000 and 1^st Jan 2001, both dates inclusive, or Primary 6 students born after 1^st Jan 2001.

5.         Scoring of Competition Papers

The total mark for the competition paper will be 150 marks, which are allotted as follows:

Questions 01 to 10: 4 marks each

Questions 11 to 20: 5 marks each

Questions 21 to 30: 6 marks each

There will be no deduction of marks for error or omissions. Marks will be awarded for correct answers only.

6.         Instructions for Participants

a)   All participants must report for the competition in full school uniform.

b)   All participants must bring along their student identification cards or passports for identification purposes.

c)   All participants must bring their own stationery.

d)   The use of calculators, mathematical sets or mathematical tables is not allowed during the competition.

7.         Prizes

Individual Prizes

a)   Individual winners will qualify for the following awards:

i)    Platinum Award Certificates and plaques will be awarded to candidates in the top 2% with exceptionally outstanding performance that meets the minimum requirements set by the judges.

ii)   Gold Award Certificates will be awarded to candidates whose results are the top 5% of the field.

iii)  Silver Award Certificates will be awarded to candidates whose results are the next 5% of the field

iv)  Bronze Award Certificates will be awarded to the subsequent 10% of the field.

v)   Others will receive a certificate of participation.

b)   20 Individual Prizes will be awarded to the top 20 participants:

The details of the prizes are as follows:

Five Honourable Mention Awards, the prize of which will be a plaque each, will also be awarded to five outstanding participants.

Team Prizes

Three Team Prizes will be awarded to the top three schools that are ranked according to the total score of their top three pupils in the SMOPS.

Three Honourable Mention Team Awards, the prizes of which are a plaque for each top three scorers and 1 trophy for the school, will also be awarded to three outstanding schools.

The Champion School shall keep the Kong Chian Challenge Trophy and shall return it to Hwa Chong Institution for the next competition. The Challenge Trophy shall be kept permanently by the school, which emerges champion in three consecutive Olympiads.

8.         Announcement of Winners

a)   Results of the SMOPS 2012 will be posted on the website http://www.hci.sg/aphelion/apmops/  by 30^th April 2012.

b)   The top 10% of the participants, or the top 200 participants, whichever is lower, will be invited to compete in the Invitation Round on 26^th May 2012.

9.         Registration  

a)    A $30/- registration fee per student [inclusive of GST] will be charged and registration opens until 1^st March 2012. An additional late payment fee of $20 per student [inclusive of GST] will be levied for all submission after 1^st March 2012 and the submission will be subjected to availability.

b)    Registration is to be carried out by filling in the stipulated excel worksheet attachment which will be emailed to the school. Kindly email back the excel worksheet to smops@hci.edu.sg by 1^st March 2012. Names of registered participants will be uploaded on the online portal based on the completed excel worksheet emailed back to HCI. Teachers in-charge may view, edit, add or delete the participants of their own schools at the online portal from 1st February 2012 onwards, using the customised login ID and password provided. Registration will close by 1^st March 2012. No editing or deletion will be allowed after this date.

c)    Registrations will be taken as confirmed only upon receipt of payment.

       i. E-invoice will be sent via the IFAAS system. Payment must be paid via IFAAS or Cheque and should be made on or before 30th March 2012, Friday, failing which the places registered by the school will be forfeited.

   ii. Payment by cheque should be made by using only ONE cheque for the registration fee of all the participants. It should be made payable to ‘Hwa Chong Institution’. Please indicate ‘SMOPS 2012’, e-invoice number, name of your school and number of participants behind the cheque. The cheque should be addressed to ‘Hwa Chong Institution’.

      iii. Payment by IFAAS should indicate the HCI AGD Vendor id: “MOE 0101022” correctly.

d)    All correspondences should be sent to:

SMOPS

      Hwa Chong Institution

      (High School Section)

      661 Bukit Timah Road

      Singapore 269734

10.       Closing Date  

All registrations will be closed on 1^st March 2012.

11.       Enquiries

Please direct all queries to our Administrative Officer, Ms Sharmaine Teng.
Phone number: 6466 5912 Fax number: 6468 1063 or email address smops@hci.edu.sg

Competition details for APMOPS 2012 Invitation Round

1.         Date of Competition

Saturday, 26^th May 2012

2.         Venue of Competition 

Hwa Chong Institution (High School Section)

3.         Eligibility

The top 10% of the participants or the top 200 participants, whichever is lower, in Round 1 of the local competition (SMOPS) will be invited for the Invitation Round.

Up to top 10 participants from each overseas centre will also be invited for the Invitation Round.

*All participants must be primary school students and they must be born between 2^nd Jan 2000 and 1^st Jan 2001, both dates inclusive, or Primary 6 students born after 1^st Jan 2001.

For overseas centres with the school year commencing in June/July: Participants must be primary school students born between 1^st July 1999 and 30^th June 2000, both dates inclusive, or Primary 6 students born after 30^th June 2000.

4.         Fees  

There will be no fees incurred.

5.         Scoring of Competition Papers 

[a] The total marks will be 60.

[b] There will be 6 problem sums. All working must be clearly shown.

[c] Omission of working will result in loss of marks.

6.         Instructions for Participants

[a]  All participants must report for the competition in full school uniform. Those not wearing school uniform will not be allowed to take part.

[b]  All local participants must bring along their Student Identification Cards, or Bus concession cards. The identity of all overseas participants will be verified using their passports.

[c]  All participants must bring their own stationery.

[d] The use of calculators, mathematical sets or mathematical tables is not allowed during the competition.

7.         Prizes

A total of 40 Individual Prizes will be awarded to the top 40 participants in the Invitation Round (APMOPS). The details of the prizes are as follows:

All prize winners must be in full school uniform to receive the prizes.

8.         Announcement of Winners

The winners of the Invitation Round will be announced on 26^th May 2012 at the Prize Presentation Ceremony.