Wycombe Abbey Celebrates Pi Day
27 March 2025 - Academic
The 14 March marks Pi Day, an annual celebration of the beloved mathematical constant, 3.14. This year, the Maths Department and I organised a range of Pi-related events, including edible pies, outdoor activities, and mathematical insights. These events highlighted that maths at Wycombe Abbey is far more than just solving problems on paper.
To kick things off, each house decorated a pie over the weekend, there was a lot of pioneering creativity involved. The prize for the best-looking pie went to Pitt.
A highlight of the week was the Guess the Circumference challenge. With the help of the estates team, a mystery circle was drawn on the lawn outside Clarence for people to guess its circumference. The challenge proved to be popular, receiving more than 40 entries. A variety of creative approaches were used for the estimation, ranging from walking around the circle to more mathematical methods featuring geometric constructions. The runners-up are Mia (UIV) and Lara (UIV). The winner was Mrs Compton’s LVI Further Maths Tuesday class, whose estimate was within an impressive 2cm of the actual answer. Everyone who participated had lots of fun in this outdoor activity.
Maths Society also featured a stimulating proof of Pi’s irrationality, presented by Mr Graham, and an exciting Pi recital contest challenged pupils to recite as many digits of Pi as possible from memory. A huge congratulations to Freya (UIII) for reciting 110 digits and Yolanda (LV) for an impressive 260 digits!
Finally, I want to extend a huge thank you to Mrs Compton, the Maths Department and the Estates Team for helping to make these activities possible. We look forward to even more maths fun next term!
Judy
LVI
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