During our March half-term, a special day was celebrated around the world on the 14th of March, the International Pi-Day! Pi is a mathematical constant having the value 3.14….. (that is the connection to the specific day of March) and is represented by the Greek letter “π”. It is the symbol used in Mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and it is one of the defining constants of our Universe.
Pupils and teachers celebrated Pi-Day the week after half-term with several events.
Pupils
· measured the circumference of circles and, using hands-on activities, found the relationship with the diameter
· investigated different relationships between angles in circles as well as areas of squares inscribed in circles
· and passionately participated in several competitions.
Well done to all the pupils that took part in those competitions and here are winning pupils!
· Haijie Su (Year 8) who won the competition of pi recitation by reciting the amazing number of 124 digits of π!
· Delfin Saygi (Year 9) who won the competition of writing the most words beginning with pi in ten minutes, she managed to write 50 different words!
· Dimitris Thodis (Year 10) who won the competition of inventing the most interesting word using π “rib-π-steak”!
All the events were well enjoyed by both pupils and teachers. The celebrations ended with a very successful pie-sale. We, in our department, are very grateful to all pupils and parents who contributed generously to this unique pie-sale. We are happy to inform you that an amount of 410 euros was collected! All the money will be donated, through the Services Society, to charity and more specifically to the children in the Eleonas Refugee Camp.
It was a really insπring week!
