This year’s winner at Alperton Community School
lower-site was Najma from 8X. She managed to recite an impressive 63 numbers!
Pie day is celebrated all around the world on
March 14th and is always a very successful event in the school
calendar. The official website, www.piday.org,
defines Pi as “the Greek symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant - ratio
of the circumference of a circle to its diameter – which is approximately
3.14159.” For this competition students have to see how many numbers after the
decimal they can remember. No easy task!
We have been celebrating this day in Alperton
for over 5 years. The reason why it is such a success at our school is because
students love the idea of being able to memorise numbers to show off their
skills. Miss. New told us why she likes Pi day - “I like to mix up my lessons
when it comes to Pi day because it helps the students to learn where Pi day
came from and it also makes it a competition.” A student also gave their reason
for why they enjoy getting involved in the completion - “The reason why I like Pi day at Alperton is
because although I am not very good at maths I like to memorise things which is
why I took part.” It is a testament to the maths department, who were the 2017
TES School Awards winners for Maths Team of the Year, and their ability to
engage all types of learners and get them involved in Pi day.
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