Mathematics
Building strong mathematical foundations, logical thinking and problem-solving skills for real-world application.
Mission for Mathematics
The Mathematics Department aims for Hillgrovians to acquire a good foundation in Mathematics knowledge and skills, develop mathematical thinking and problem solving skills so they can apply them in their everyday life. The abilities to reason logically, communicate mathematically and learn collaboratively and independently are core to the delivery of our programmes to students. AfL, ICT and manipulatives are used to enhance students’ understanding and develop Mathematical skills and proficiencies. The department also created an easy structured thinking routine (3Cs: Comprehend & Spot, Connect & Strategise, Check & Sense) to guide students in solving non-routine and real-world problems. Students are exposed to stretch programmes such as Math Olympiad and All Secondary Math Competition, as well as opportunities to learn beyond the classroom such as Math Trail and projects.
Mission for Principle of Accounts
The mission of the Principles of Accounts (POA) unit is to nurture Hillgrovians:
to understand how businesses measure and communicate their performance and
to make use of accounting and non- accounting information to make decisions.
The unit aims to do achieve this mission through helping students establish a firm foundation in the fundamentals of book-keeping and making connections of what they learnt in POA to real-word context.
Achievements & Highlights
Singapore Mathematical Olympiad
2025 Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (Junior Section) – 1 Gold, 4 Honourable Mention
2025 Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (Senior Section) – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 3 Honourable Mention
2024 - Mathematics Challenge at Ngee Ann Polytechnic - 2nd Runner up
2024 - Singapore Mathematical Olympiad - 4 Honorable Mention
2023 - 1 Bronze, 10 Honourable Mentions
Mathematics Talent Management Programme
Students who are interested and talented in Mathematics are identified for this programme, where training is provided to expose them to higher level Mathematics before taking part in Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) Competition.
2021: SMO (Senior) Honourable Mention: Jerome Zoon Zi Long, Class 4-7
2019: SMO (Junior) 3 Honourable Mention, SMO (Senior) 4 Honourable Mention and 3 Bronze
All Singapore Mathematics Competition
Selected students from G2 and G1 streams take part in All Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition every year.
Upper Secondary Normal (Academic), Individual Category:
2020: Rank 9 Lim Ke Xuan
Sec 1 Virtual Mathematics Trail
Due to Safe Management Measures, the Mathematics department had brought our yearly Sec 1 Mathematics Trail online this year so we can continue to provide fun to our students when they discover the use of Mathematics in the real world. At the same time, the students had the opportunities to collaborate with each other and improve on their problem-solving skills. To celebrate our school’s 20th Anniversary questions about the school history were also incorporated in the trail and students had lots of fun solving both the Mathematics questions and learning about the school’s history!