da Vinci Decathlon
May 13, 2022
Junior School
Two teams from the Junior School competed in the da Vinci Decathlon. This is an academic competition designed to stimulate and challenge students. It encourages creativity and imagination, higher order thinking skills and problem solving. Both teams from Year 5 and Year 6 collaborated well throughout the day. It was a busy day full of excitement and effort as the teams completed ten disciplines: engineering, mathematics, science, art and poetry, code-breaking, creative producers, cartography, English, legacy and ideation. Year 5 and Year 6 were delighted to be rewarded at the end of the day by both winning the Illawarra regional competition. This is a huge achievement.
Congratulations to both teams, and to Mrs Stanis for preparing and leading them.
Year 6: 1st place overall
Art and Poetry 1st place
Cartography 1st place
English 2nd place
Creative Producers 3rd place
Engineering 3rd place
Year 5: 1st place overall
Art and Poetry 1st place
Codebreaking 1st place
English 1st place
Mathematics 1st place
Science 1st place
Engineering 2nd place
Legacy 2nd place
Cartography 3rd place
Senior School
The Year 8 team made a particularly impressive sortie into the competition which overlapped with the Year 8 camp. They were able to participate in two sessions thanks to Mr James Edgerton’s support in evacuating them from camp. Thank you also to the parents who facilitated this manoeuvre.
In competition with Year 8 teams, the Year 7 team achieved first in Creative Producers and third in English.
In the Senior division, our Year 10 team came first in the core subjects of English, Science and Mathematics and came third in Art and Poetry.
Teams
Year 7
Hunter Bright, Kaj Eriksson, Zahra Freeman, Aubrey Koll, Saskia Esslinger, Tahlie Oxman, Evelyn Sanzone, Edie Taggart
Year 8
Cameron Aubin, Isabella Carswell, Rhys Chieng, Tom I’Ons, Robbie Lavalle, Yasmin Matar, Aahan Rakheja, Lola Stephenson
Year 9
Ting-Ting Cook, Marcelle Davis-Cook, Isabella Denley, Amelie Hampton, Nelle-May Makowski, Isabelle Norton, Isabella Perri, Claire Spicknall
Year 10
Samantha Fritsch, Bhaavya Gupta, Eve Norton, Mia Parker, Samarth Sirohi, Joel Turner, Chloe Vickery, Jamaya Wayne