On May 6, 7 and 8, Corpus Christi College entered six teams into the prestigious da Vinci Decathlon

Held in Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia and competing against some of the finest young minds in the state, the highly tuned intellects of the Corpus students were put to the test on the following ten disciplines:

Cartography
Creative producers (acting)
Ideation (problem-solving)
Code-breaking
Engineering
Poetry and art
Mathematics
English
Legacy (general knowledge) and
Science

Not only did the students fully embrace the spirit of collaboration and teamwork, but they also conducted themselves with the utmost maturity and grace. I cannot be prouder of them.

While the Corpus teams did not place on the podium in the final standings, a massive congratulations to the Year 10 Team who came second in 'Ideation' and third in 'Mathematics', an immense achievement. The Year 8 Team also showed their cerebral metal, coming second in Cartography. Bravo!

A special thanks to Carma de Groot, Head of Learning of the Junior School for accompanying me (and marking Ideation) with the Year 5 and 6 Teams and Mel Bird, Lidia de Giuseppe and Jim Greaves for being 'da Vinci Decathlon' marking officials.

Adrian Richmond
Spark Path Coordinator

Year 5 Team

Lucy H
Harrison N
Chloe M
Dylan T
Xavier W
Rylie E
Zara C
Hayden W

Year 6 Team

Aedric H
Zachary R
Emily H
Alex D’M
Genevieve D
Lisa H
Alai V U
Lucy C

Year 7 Team

Stella Lee
Ashton Meldrum
Nicolas Willey
Kingston Varen
Sophie Murray
Aaron Webb
Luke Tickner
Imogen Macfarlane

Year 8 Team

Emmy Fernandez
Andre Djayawinata
Arielle Guilfoyle
Charlotte Lee
Saanvi Kolachana
Anna Fernandez
Jonas Gvokdin
Christian Blackburn

Year 9 Team

Lachie Anderson
Anastacia Kirby
Haydn Gibbens
Charlotte Dempsey
Jeffrey Sackey
Ella Rheinberger
Adrian Gaspar
David Stafford

Year 10 Team

Lachlan Angelatos
Ben Gvozdin
Matthew Rapanaro
Amelie Rossi
Olivia Vahala
Leo Webb
Oscar du Toit
Amelie Braine

The da Vinci Decathlon 2024