Canning Town school gets that pi day feeling
Rokeby School's maths department in their pi ties - Credit: @Rokeby_School
Maths lovers around the world , including those at Rokeby School, have united to celebrate pi day.
It is marked each year on March 14 – or 3/14 to those using the American date system – as the approximate value of the symbol, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, is 3.14.
Maths teachers at the school in Barking Road, Canning Town, wore special pi ties and enjoyed pies and custard in the staff room during break.
Students spent the day learning about pi before trying to explain its history and concept in three minutes and 14 seconds.
They were also challenged to memorise pi to as many decimal places as possible, with Year 9 student James Baah able to recall 33 digits.
You may also want to watch:
He said: “I think that pi day was interesting and I remembered 33 digits of pi because when I am revising maths I use my maths dictionary to memorise the digits of pi every week’’.
Most Read
- 1 Stephen Fry: Canning Town man to face court charged with murder
- 2 Man killed and two injured in triple shooting
- 3 'That is what this club is about' as Mark Noble wants to find West Ham fan
- 4 New primary school in Stratford welcomes first reception class
- 5 Police appeal to bystanders in alleged rape case
- 6 Indian restaurants to try in Newham, as recommended by readers
- 7 New Covid vaccine centres to open across east London
- 8 Steven Fry stabbing: Custom House victim named in murder investigation
- 9 Campaigners protest City Farm closure at Town Hall with 6,000-strong petition
- 10 Secondary claims to be 'billion-pound school' based on earnings research
