Events

There was much excitement at Covenant Christian School to celebrate Pi-Day. This is becoming a regular fixture on the calendar. There were some students and some even more excited teachers looking forward to having a go at some group problem-solving activities in Mathematics today all in honour of circles and that wonderful number Pi (π = 3.1415926535897932384626433832….)


And so we celebrated the festival of all things circles one day early this year! If you didn’t know, Pi Day (π = 3.14…..) is celebrated on the 14th of March. (For the record, we know this is the US way of writing the date, but unfortunately the Aussie Pi-Day (22/7) falls in the middle of our July school holidays this year.) In any case – who needs a reason to eat yummy desserts?!

Our Year 8, 9 and 12 Mathematics classes had a wonderful time working in groups to complete some fun problem-solving activities, and then enjoyed eating some Pie and Cheesecake afterwards. The students saw the relevance of what they were learning in class in a practical context, learned how to work in a team, and had a good time doing it. The students were sent home with some tasks to complete over the weekend as well. A number of teachers also took on the challenge in what was a most enjoyable Friday! Can’t wait for next year…

Mr P Muddle (on behalf of the Mathematics Faculty)