Competitions available  for Students 

Please check them out and enter them for yourself, if you are interested.

School for Young Writers Years 4 - 10 Poetry competition closes 15th April

Writers College Short Story from an Emerging Writer - closes June 30th 2023. More short story competitions here.

NZ Poetry Society Competition - the junior competition opens on April 20th. More details here.

Robocup online challenges - entries close June 24th. Regional and national competitions are also available.

Sargeson prize short story competition for secondary students ages 16 - 18. Entries open April 1st.

School for Young Writers Poetry competition. For years 4 - 10. Entries close 15th April.

CAM - English, Science & Maths competitions. Registrations close May12th

Smokefree Rockquest - entries close May 3rd 2023 

Tournament of the Minds - problem-solving tournament - registrations now open.

2023 da Vinci Decathlon 

 What is da Vinci Decathlon?

The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. Students compete in teams of eight across 10 disciplines: engineering, mathematics, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.  You can view past resources and the 2022 video’s for the online competition at the decathlon website here: https://www.davincidecathlon.com/davinci/about/

Dates:   Tuesday 2 May, 2023 – Year 9

           Thursday 4 May, 2023 – Year 10 & 11

Location; Christ’s College,

Cost:      $160 per team. 

Entry:  You may enter  team of eight students in any or all of the relevant year groups: Years 9, 10 and 11. If a school enters a team with combined year levels, (eg students in Years 9 and 10), they must compete at the higher year level.   Due to the popularity of the competition, entries are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

More information and registration: You can register using this link https://form.jotform.com/213217641060848 or via the Decathlon website.

 International Decathlon: Every two years an international Decathlon is offered and the next competition will be in 29 September 2024. Should you wish to find out more you can view the draft program on the Decathlon website and make enquiry directly with Sherry Bieman biemans@knox.nsw.edu.au.

See Mrs Dwan if you want to  be in or register a team !