{"id":22764,"date":"2026-05-29T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&#038;p=22764"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:01:35","slug":"minds-in-motion-outstanding-results-at-the-da-vinci-decathlon","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/minds-in-motion-outstanding-results-at-the-da-vinci-decathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"Minds in Motion: Outstanding Results at the da Vinci Decathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A big congratulations to our brilliant academics who recently competed in the prestigious da Vinci Decathlon! Designed to challenge the brightest minds, this rigorous competition tests students across ten demanding disciplines, requiring intense teamwork, critical thinking, and lateral problem-solving under pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our teams across Year 7 to Year 11 stepped up to the plate and delivered some truly spectacular results against the toughest competition in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While every team pushed their cognitive limits, a special mention goes to our Year 9 team, who walked away with an incredible 8th place overall finish, anchored by a phenomenal 1st place victory in Ideation and 3rd place in Legacy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is how our teams placed in their standout categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><b>Year Level<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Discipline<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Result<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Number of Teams in the Competition<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 7\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Code Breaking<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">75 teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art and Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mathematics\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">14th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">82 teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 9\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ideation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Legacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Science<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art and Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OVERALL<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">58 teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participation Award<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participation Award<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">59 teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creative Producers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6th Place<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">40 teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are incredibly proud of all our participants &#8211; you have proved that the spirit of discovery and innovation is alive and well in our school community!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mrs Ganderton, Leader of Inquiry and Enterprise<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22767\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/2-2.png 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/2-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/2-2-267x150.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22768\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/3.png 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/3-267x150.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22769\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/1-1.png 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/1-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/05\/1-1-267x150.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big congratulations to our brilliant academics who recently competed in the prestigious da Vinci Decathlon! Designed to challenge the brightest minds, this rigorous competition tests students across ten demanding disciplines, requiring intense teamwork, critical thinking, and lateral problem-solving under pressure. Our teams across Year 7 to Year 11 stepped up to the plate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-22764","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/22764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}