Published on: 9 August 2022




Years 5 to 10 boys recently put on a great show at the Da Vinci Decathlon, hosted at the University of Western Australia. The competition is designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of school students.

The teams were selected, comprising eight boys each, to compete in challenges across 10 disciplines: engineering, mathematics and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, english, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.

The two Preparatory School teams placed third overall, earning bronze medals (Christ Church was the only school to have boys place in both the Year 5 and 6 division), the Year 7 team placed second, the Year 8 team placed third and the Years 9 and 10 teams placed first. The complete results are below:

Year 5 Team
2nd Place – English
2nd Place – Science
2nd Place – Legacy
3rd Place – Mathematics
3rd Place – Ideation

Year 6 Team
1st Place – Code Breaking
1st Place – Legacy
3rd Place – Creative Producers

Year 7 Team
2nd Place – Mathematics
1st Place – Legacy

Year 8 Team
1st Place – Science
1st Place – Code Breaking
2nd Place – Legacy

Year 9 Team
1st Place – Science
3rd Place – English
1st Place – Mathematics
3rd Place – Creative Producers
1st Place – Code Breaking
3rd Place – Legacy

Year 10 Team
3rd Place – Science
1st Place – English
1st Place – Art and Poetry
1st Place – Mathematics
2nd Place – Cartography
2nd Place – Creative Producers
1st Place – Legacy