{"id":275304,"date":"2025-08-27T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=275304"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:15:26","slug":"grace-wins-gold-in-national-maths-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/grace-wins-gold-in-national-maths-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace wins gold in national maths competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aspiring doctor, Grace Travers, is going places.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grade 7 learner at <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/portland-pupil-beats-dozens-of-other-primary-school-artists\/\">Portland Primary<\/a> beat tens of thousands of competitors to take home a gold medal at the Western Cape <a href=\"https:\/\/hmc.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horizon Maths Competition.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was surprisingly hard,&#8221; said Grace Travers, a soft-spoken girl from Beacon Valley. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t think I would place that well.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace came 97th, which doesn&#8217;t sound impressive until you hear how many other learners took part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;About 33 000,&#8221; said Grace&#8217;s class teacher Melissa Theron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was 33 122 children,&#8221; Grace interjected quietly.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"275306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/grace-wins-gold-in-national-maths-competition\/maths2_30656\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"maths2_30656\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Grace Travers with her certificates and gold medal for achieving the best result out of all the Mitchell&amp;#8217;s Plain pupils who took part in the Western Cape Education Department&amp;#8217;s Horizon Maths Competition.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Grace Travers with her certificates and gold medal for achieving the best result out of all the Mitchell&amp;#8217;s Plain pupils who took part in the Western Cape Education Department&amp;#8217;s Horizon Maths Competition.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618-683x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Travers with her certificates and gold medal for achieving the best result out of all the Mitchell's Plain pupils who took part in the Western Cape Education Department's Horizon Maths Competition.\" class=\"wp-image-275306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maths2_30656-e1756202850618.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grace Travers with her certificates and gold medal for achieving the best result out of all the Mitchell&#8217;s Plain pupils who took part in the Western Cape Education Department&#8217;s Horizon Maths Competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace was also the only learner from Mitchell&#8217;s Plain to earn a spot among the top 100 learners, though very few schools from Mitchell&#8217;s Plain took part, Theron said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that Portland Primary was always on the look out for competitions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We want to participate in the competitions because we want our children to be exposed to things that are happening outside so that they can see that there is also another world and a life out there and to give our learners recognition for their achievements and what we know they are capable of doing.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, which is a provincial education department Initiative, is run over several months and in three phases. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theron said that the first round consisted of old exam papers that the learners completed in class. 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