Congratulations Corner - Callan
Congratulations to Callan in Year 5 for representing the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Schools as 1 of 8 students in a team in the da Vinci Decathlon.
The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of High Potential and Gifted Education students, in which students compete across ten disciplines. These include Mathematics, English, Science, Code Breaking, Engineering, Ideation, Creative Producers, Art & Poetry, Cartography and Legacy.
Callan’s team received 1st place in Science, what a great achievement!
Hi, I’m Callan, I participated in the DaVinci Decathlon this year, and I am here to tell you about it. The DaVinci Decathlon covers 10 subjects, Maths, English, science, legacy (history), code breaking, art, poetry, ideation, cartography and engineering. It is run and organised at Bishop Tyrell Anglican college and has been there for the last 5 years.
Schools can make their own team or collaborate with other schools in their league. I was in the Catholic school’s collaboration team, and we got first in science, and roughly 5th in most other subjects. Schools such as St Mary’s Catholic school, Tighes Hill Public School, and St Phillips Christian College Newcastle participated with their own teams and have for the last few years. Students can be selected or try out for the role to enter (I was selected).
The day is amazing, with special trivia and challenges along the way: tablecloth decoration, trivia, spaghetti towers, prizes like Nintendo switches/laptops and much more! We hope to see your schools at the DaVinci decathlon and hopefully win some epic prizes!