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eic's First Pi day setmana de les

i Day is celebrated on Students in the infant years
PMarch 14th around the made some amazing displays matemàtiques
world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the that were inspired by Pi and the
symbol used in mathematics EIC logo. They took the school
to represent a constant —the logo and transformed it into a os alumnes de 3r d'ESO mica llargues les tres voltes, però sin dit que era la setmana de les
ratio of the circumference of a logo embedded with numerous Dexpliquen com han vist la ens vam divertir. mates, no ens n'hauriem ado-
circle to its diameter— which math symbols and of course Pi. Setmana de les Matemàtiques nat. Considero que està prou bé
is approximately 3.14159. These spectacular logos was a a l'EIC. Quines activitats hem fet? que anem a un museu però, tot i
Pi Day March 14th is also showcase of their talents and Hem fet una activitat que era això, m'agradaria deixar ben clar
coincidentally the day Albert imagination as they were made Judit abella Jornet i Oriol riba una prova que consistia en es- (sota el meu punt de vista) que
Einstein was born casas (3r esO) cullir cinc problemes de vuit i les matemàtiques són una cosa
Què hem visitat? resoldre'ls. Dintre d'aquests vuit que s'ha de descobrir, no apren-
natalia Linares & anderson Oniye Hem visitat el Museu de les Ma- n'hi havia que valien més punts dre (tot i això mai sobra una ex-
At EIC, Pi Day was an opportunity temàtiques a Cornellà. Vam en- que altres, però també eren plicació). Per això considero que
to promote mathematics trar i tot seguit vam deixar les més difícils. Un cop fets els cinc aquell museu hauria estat molt
education and remind students motxilles a un banc, vam pujar problemes, et donaven els dos millor per a nens de cinc a deu
that the math they’re learning is with different materials, textures, escales fins arribar a una sala on fulls, un amb l'enunciat i les te- anys . La competició estava prou
used every day by real people in colours and shapes. hi havia una televisió i uns ma- ves operacions i un altre amb el bé (encara que no tothom hi va
the real world –from engineers On Pi Day, we had a patron guest pes. Tot seguit ens va explicar els resultat final. Quan la professora participar), però perquè fer coses
to builders to programmers to speaker Mr Ramon Fontboté give mapes i després vam pasar a una rebia el full posava el temps que interessants només en una com-
accountants. a talk about mathematics and all sala plena de jocs de lògica i ens havies trigat a fer-los. Els que petició quan també s'aprén fent-
We started celebrating Pi Day the students were given medals. vam posar. Hi havia jocs que eren van treure més nota de la nostra les? Per això crec que a les clas-
on the 7th of March by creating The math challenge finalists from més divertits que altres, però classe van ser Carmen, Blanca i ses s'hauria de fer coses d'aquest
a greater awareness of math in each cycle were awarded with tots estaven molt bé. Adrian. Aquesta prova era per les tipus ja que fan pensar i generen
the school. Students from ESO certificates and the top three També vam visitar el Museu del olimpíades de matemàtiques i el dubte (el qual en moltes coses
to primary took part in the first students were also given prizes. Ferrocarril. Vam pujar a un tren els que guanyen se'n van a Bar- és bo). També m'agradaria afegir
math challenge in their different Pies and other light refreshments petit i vam donar tres voltes per celona. que no pot ser que la cosa més
cycles and the top six finalist were sold by the ESO students. un parc molt gran que hi havia, divertida que fem a matemàti-
went through to the second and It was such a great day to share on passàvem per dins d'un túnel. Opinió personal ques sigui un ridícul concurs i
final challenge which was held among students, teachers and Va estar bé però el tren anava Aquesta setmana, el més ràpid una visita a un museu on t'ho
on The actual Pi Day. parents too. molt poc a poc i es van fer una seria dir que si no ens hagues- donen tot fet.

a new experience!

lena Aksonova is a was that's very big and very dis- sometimes this job have pro-
Oteacher of modals in our ci-plined children and I'm here blems and difficulties but I pre-
school canteen. She is from just one week. fer work as a teacher. Yes I like
Ukraine. Last week we did an to work in the canteen explain
interview about her thinking What do you think about to children good manners but
of our school. The students children's behavior at lun- maybe I prefer do lessons of En-
must speak English with her chtime? glish, for example or give class
because she only speaks Depend because everybody lessons of Russian, that what I
Russian and English. is different and children are really like to do also. I like to be
specially. Is very difficult some- teacher. I would like to go hig-
Jaydevi Gómez Balfegó & times. I try to do all my best and her and higher on my teaching
carmen sirvent I hope in the end of this year level, for example teaching Rus-
make a succes. sian or English.
What was your impression of
this school? Olena Aksonova is a teacher of What is the goal you want to
When I saw this school for modals in Escola Internacional achieve before the end of the
first time that's a very very big del Camp. She only speaks course?
school and when I know that's English and Russian, because At this moment I don't know
an Internacional school I were she is ukranian. exactly because I'm one week
happy because a lot of children here. I expected the children
from different countries also do you like this job? Why? and I will understand us better,
from my country, from Ukraine To work in school, yes I like be- children likes me and because I
and Russia. My first impression cause I like children very much, also like children.