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da Vinci Decathlon 

Academic Competition 23-25 May

Last week, three teams from Year 5/6, Year 7 and Year 9 competed against schools from all over Adelaide in the da Vinci Decathlon at St Peter's Girl's School. We are very proud of our students who represented our College and displayed exemplary conduct.  They have been training weekly since Term 1.

We are delighted to announce the following results from our teams:

Year 7: 3rd in Art and Poetry and 3rd in Cartography.

Year 9: 2nd in the Legacy discipline, 3rd in English, 4th in Science and 5th in Mathematics.

Over all, our Year 9 team won equal 4th place with Concordia College, which is a monumental achievement!  They received consistently high scores across all ten disciplines. Congratulations to our Year 9 team: Mia, Leah, Oseremhen, Dineesh, John, Rexon, Caleb, and Matthew on fabulous results.

Matthew (Year 9) received a thunderous round of applause when he entertained over 150 competitors performing one of his piano pieces.

Well done to our Year 5/6 team from both our Brooklyn Park and South Plympton campuses: Leischen, Ava, Diana, Cara, Kingston, Dan, Ethan and Olin.

And to our Year 7 team: Jasper, Aaron, Romin,  Ziyang,  Ashley, Charlotte, Jordan and Amelia.

Thank you to Mrs Christine Blom and Mr Richard Heath for their support.

The da Vinci Decathlon is a rigorous, challenging academic competition involving ten disciplines including Engineering, Art and Poetry and Science. Named after one of the world’s greatest thinkers and scholars, the competition places a particular emphasis on higher-order thinking skills, problem-solving, teamwork and creativity. 

Debating SA

Debating SA Round 1 Year 5 Results

On Tuesday evening of Week 3, our four Year 5 teams debated on the topic; 'Cats are better than dogs' at Pulteney Grammar School. Everyone worked so hard in the weeks leading up to the debate to find current sources to support their argument and to practice their speeches.

Congratulations to the achievemenst of the following teams:

Brooklyn Park Emus Team who defeated Burnside Primary 

South Plympton Phoenixes Team who defeated St Johns Grammar School

Brooklyn Park Echidnas Team who defeated our South Plympton Dragons Team 

All had a successful evening.

Three of our team members also won speaker of the evening for their excellent debating skills! Well done to Emma (Year 5), Piera (Year 5) and Manuela (Year 5)

Thanks to the amazing support from our dedicated Emmaus staff; Mr Richard Heath, Ms Tiana Cambareri, Mrs Vivonne Amoy, and our encouraging parent body. You are appreciated!