This year, Girls Grammar entered five teams from Years 7 to 11 into the da Vinci Decathlon. The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge the minds of students across 10 disciplines: Art and Poetry; Cartography; Code Breaking; Creative Producers; English; Engineering; General Knowledge; Ideation; Mathematics and Science. Each team comprised eight students who worked collaboratively during the competition to solve problems, think innovatively and develop time management skills to solve problems. This year’s theme was Landscapes.
On Tuesday 28 May 2019, the Years 9, 10 and 11 teams accompanied by Year 11 Team Coach, Ms Lesley Roy, Year 10 Team Coach, Ms Gay Burnett and Year 9 Team Coach, Ms Kathryn Talbot, travelled to A.B. Patterson College to compete in the Queensland Senior State event.
On Thursday 30 May 2019, the competition continued with Year 7 and 8 teams accompanied by Year 7 Coach, Mrs Catherine Clemot, and Year 8 Coach, Mrs Alison Carmichael, travelling to St Joseph’s Nudgee College for the Queensland Junior State event.
Congratulations to all girls and a special mention to the Year 11 Team comprising Tiarne Graves (11L), Abbey Grice (11E), Lua Jarrah (11B), Charlotte Robinson (11B), Matina Samios (11W), Eva Seet (11B), Bridgette Watkins (11R) and Ashley Zhang (11O), on placing first and being named the 2019 Queensland State champions. Well done to the Year 9 Team who place third overall.
Teams placed in the top three for the following disciplines:
Year 7 Team
Science 3rd
Year 8 Team
Code breaking 3rd
Ideation 3rd
Year 9 Team
Mathematics 1st
Code Breaking 3rd
Year 11 Team
Art and Poetry 1st
Engineering 1st
English 1st
Science 1st
Cartography 2nd
Creative Producers 2nd
Code breaking 3rd
Mrs Valerie Miller
Coordinator of Clubs and Activities
