We were very excited when we realised, for the first time ever, that on the International Day of Mathematics, the 14th March (or Pi Day), all of the Key Stage 3 classes had a Maths lesson. It was too good an opportunity to pass up so we gathered together each of the Year bands in the Hall to carry out a Maths investigation!
Each of the form groups were tasked with gathering large circular objects from home. Some of the most interesting ones were the household dustbin lid, the emoji cushion, an embroidery ring and the classroom clock! When gathered together each form group was given their poster (in house colour) and started to plot their graphs. But, nobody stood idly by as groups of pupils clustered together deep in concentration, quietly mumbling words along the lines of “followed by two-six-five-three-five-eight-nine” and “thirty-eight and thirty-two, now we’re blue - Oh, who knew?” - not nonsense numbers or rhymes per se but some of the digits of Pi as they were determined to beat the records of previous recitations (144 by a group, 125 by an individual set in 2023).
The wonderful TAs, carefully counting up the digits of multitude groups and individuals were finally able to announce at the end, that the winning individuals of each session were Ella R-J in 8SGZ, Ella B in 7EST, Sofia G in 8POR and Gabriella H in 7PIR with Ella R-J being the winner of 2024 reciting a staggering 303 digits blowing the record from last year out of the water! 8SGZ, 7STR, 8SSA and 7FFR were the winning groups from each session. 7FFR were absolutely determined, having organised every member of their form group to be involved, regimentally learning their sets of digits and achieving a stunning 483 digits. With everything taken into account, the winning house was Franklin - although with only 10 points between the top two houses (Order of winners: Franklin, Seacole, Eliot, Pankhurst).
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