Adrian Harrison, Director of Curriculum and Academic Operations
Congratulations to the 32 students across Years 7-10 who represented Cranbrook this week. The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition with over 150 teams designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘UTOPIA’. They competed in teams of eight across ten disciplines: engineering, mathematics, code breaking, art and poetry, science, english, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy. The Decathlon competition places a particular emphasis on higher order thinking skills, problem solving and creativity. Special mention to the Year 9s who came 3rd in Engineering and the Year 10s who were 3rd in both Creative Producers and in Legacy.
Well done to all students and to Mr Adams for his support. Communications are sent out at the beginning of the year to ALL students and those interested in trying out for next years teams will be reminded in Term 1 2025.
This year students in the Senior School will have the opportunity to again participate in a range of subject specific competitions run by ICAS. ICAS is a school competition that inspires, celebrates and challenges millions of school students across Australia, New Zealand and the world. The competition questions are set in modern, real-world scenarios where school students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. The tests are in the following subject areas, Mathematics, Science, English and Digital Technologies. Each test runs for approximately 1 period and will take place in Term 3 during class time. Students can choose if they would like to sit any or all of these.
This is an optional assessment that has a fee associated. Registration and payment is made directly through the ICAS website. Login details will be provided in coming weeks.
Should you have any questions please contact me on aharrison@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au or our High Potential Coordinator Mr Adams on jadams@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au.
Adrian Harrison
Director of Curriculum and Academic Operations