This week we welcomed more than one thousand students from Years 5 to 11 from across New South Wales to participate in the State competition of the da Vinci Decathlon.
The Decathlon, which was created by Knox Grammar in 2005, celebrates the academic gifts of young people by providing a stimulating and challenging competition run in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon.
From Tuesday to Thursday, and in teams of eight, students competed in ten disciplines based around the theme 'Utopia': engineering, mathematics and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.
In between sessions, the students were kept entertained by Knox musicians and the antics of Leonardo da Vinci himself!
Congratulations to the overall winners of the Decathlon.
YEAR 5
Pymble Ladies' College
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Trinity Grammar Preparatory School
YEAR 6
Knox Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Barker College
YEAR 7
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Knox Grammar School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 8
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
Knox Grammar School
YEAR 9
Meriden School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 10
Pymble Ladies' College
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Illawarra Christian School
YEAR 11
Abbotsleigh
Pymble Ladies' College
Redlands
The national finals for Years 7-10 will be held at Knox Grammar School on Saturday 29 June. More information is available via the da Vinci website.
11 February 2025
Last week, the Senior School celebrated the HSC results of the Class of 2024 with an assembly in the Great Hall. Students in Years 7-12 gathered as the recent graduates were recognised for their outstanding performances.
06 February 2025
Over the term break, students in Years 8-11 embarked on the Knox Basketball USA Tour.
04 February 2025
In December 2024, 25 students in Years 9, 10 and Year 11 flew over the Tasman to experience Queenstown in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
