MONTE MATTERS
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FROM THE GIFTED AND TALENTED COORDINATOR<br />
Lauren James<br />
Gifted & Talented Coordinator<br />
In addition to providing a rigorous academic curriculum in<br />
the classroom, we take advantage of a wide range of cocurricular<br />
extension opportunities to challenge our most<br />
able Monte students. The Da Vinci Decathlon is undoubtedly<br />
a highlight. Teams of eight students from each year group<br />
from Years 7 to 10 apply their existing subject knowledge<br />
in areas such as English, Maths and Science in new and<br />
unfamiliar contexts, as well as tackle problems in areas such<br />
as Philosophy where they have little prior experience. The<br />
girls trained hard at lunch times this term to prepare as best<br />
they could for these challenges. They developed invaluable<br />
skills in time management, group work, delegation and multi<br />
tasking. Congratulations are well deserved for these fantastic<br />
results, with over 60 schools competing in each division:<br />
Year 9: 1st in Engineering, 2nd in Art and Poetry<br />
Year 10: 2nd in General Knowledge<br />
Da Vinci Student Reflection<br />
On Wednesday 25 May, 16 girls from Years 9 and 10 attended<br />
the Da Vinci Decathlon held at Knox Grammar School. This<br />
day consists of ten different tasks including Mathematics,<br />
English, Science, Art and Poetry, Engineering and General<br />
Knowledge. It was a fun and beneficial experience that each<br />
of us really enjoyed. The theme for this year was “Exploration”<br />
and each of the challenges followed this in unique ways.<br />
We found the Cartography and Science tasks quite difficult<br />
but excelled in the Arts and Poetry and Engineering tasks,<br />
demonstrating our creative abilities. In our Engineering task<br />
we were required to construct a habitat on Mars, strong<br />
enough to withstand strong winds and keep well insulated.<br />
Taking into consideration prior scientific knowledge we<br />
constructed a dome shaped habitat which was extremely fun<br />
to design and make. We strongly recommend girls in Years<br />
7-10 next year to try out for Da Vinci Decathlon and Monte<br />
Minds 2017 - it is the “bomb.com”!<br />
Isabella Woods, Philippa Graham, Alyssa Krikorian and<br />
Sarah O’Sullivan (Year 9)<br />
<strong>MONTE</strong> <strong>MATTERS</strong> 3 JUNE 2016 / TERM 2, WEEK 6<br />
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