Mathematics can also be fun. The pupils of [rest of sentence missing] discovered this with pleasure. Years 7, 8 and 9 of the International House Oxford Group Middle School in Lecce, who on Tuesday met a special teacher, a professor but also a writer: Anna Cerasoli.

Welcomed by the director's greetings Anna Grazia Buttazzo, Anna Cerasoli spoke about arithmetic and geometry, about numbers and calculations, but it wasn't a traditional lesson she gave the students, rather a journey into the more fun and playful aspects of a subject that is often, mistakenly, considered difficult and boring.

And so, between an anecdote and a little game, between“magic squares”and maths riddles, the meeting turned out to be a pleasant discovery and the pupils, as well as some teachers, learned how to approach the world of numbers and geometric shapes in a much “lighter” way.

Now, for everyone, a new fun commitment: organising the “Pi Day party” which will be held on March 14th. To continue having fun with mathematics.

of Teresa Romano (Secondary school teacher Oxford)