da Vinci Decathlon

On Wednesday 9th May sixteen Year 7 students represented Catholic College Sale at the 2018 Da Vinci Decathlon. This “decathlon with a difference” is an academic interschool gala day run in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon, with events of an academic nature. We entered two teams who participated in activities in the following disciplines:

• Mathematics – emphasis on problem solving, number patterns and logic puzzles
• English – word origins, definitions, spelling, grammar, and writing
• Science – students will be provided with higher level scientific concepts and be challenged to apply them
• Code Breaking – in the spirit of World War II, students will aim to decipher several codes
• Engineering Challenge – a building task designed to test creativity and ingenuity
• Ideation – given a real world problem, generate a creative solution including ethical justification
• Creative Producers – a sub-group from the team will have ten minutes to develop and present a 30-second performance on a given topic.
• Art and Poetry – the team will develop a poem plus a complementary work of art on a given theme.
• Cartography – map making and reading.
• General Knowledge – current affairs, issues, history, science, entertainment, sport and world facts

The following students represented the College – Kohen Anderson, Jonathan Boyd, Coby Bronts, Maya Cairnes, Ethan Clohesy, Oliver Di Luca, Jay Diamond, Ruby Fisher, Katelyn Guy, Benjamin Lam, Ellie MacGregor, Zade Mallinson, Liam Matthews, Isla McCarthy, Mia Whitford and Allanah Williams.

Team 1 won both the Code Breaking and Creative Producers sections! Congratulations to all involved on what was a very successful day.