On June 10, eight of our Year 5 and 6 students participated in the da Vinci Decathlon.  This competition involved the students (Grace J, Annie W-S, Alexis D, Liam P, Ruben D, Annie L, Ashleigh H and Liam McC) working together to answer very challenging questions and completing tasks in the following areas: Art/Poetry, Engineering, Creative Producers, Code Breaking, Cartography, English, Ideation, Legacy, Maths and Science.  Usually, this competition is run at Canberra Grammar School but this year it was virtual, with our students working diligently and cooperatively all day, engaging with the coordinator, and viewing their competing schools, via zoom.  They were supervised by one of our Diverse Learning Teachers, Deborah Griffin, who was so proud to see the way they supported one another, utilised each other's strengths and showed great persistence in solving and completing as many of the challenging questions and tasks as they could.  This resulted in a very impressive 5th placement out of 11 teams in the Year 6 competition.    They scored particularly well in the Art/Poetry, Creative Producers, and Ideation categories.  This is a great result considering this is the first time they have entered the competition and only had a very short preparation time, leading up to the day.  The students will all be presented with certificates for their participation, once they have arrived.