We recently held our Open Day on the special day of 29 February, a date which is thought to occur once every four years. Did you know that this is not strictly true? Whilst February 29 does regularly come to us on a four-year cycle, it is actually skipped in a century year that is not divisible by four. For example, there was a leap day in 2000 as 20 divides evenly by 4, but those leap year babies born this year will not get to celebrate their 80^th birthday because there will be no leap day in 2100 as 21 does not divide by 4.

Another date celebrated by maths fans is 14 March which can be written using the American date system as 3.14 which are the first few digits of pi. Pi Day this year has been declared by UNESCO as the inaugural International Day of Mathematics (IDM) and will be a worldwide celebration.

Michelle Parker - Mathematics Teacher