This week we welcomed more than one thousand students from Years 5 to 11 from across New South Wales to participate in the State competition of the da Vinci Decathlon.
The Decathlon, which was created by Knox Grammar in 2005, celebrates the academic gifts of young people by providing a stimulating and challenging competition run in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon.
From Tuesday to Thursday, and in teams of eight, students competed in ten disciplines based around the theme 'Utopia': engineering, mathematics and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.
In between sessions, the students were kept entertained by Knox musicians and the antics of Leonardo da Vinci himself!
Congratulations to the overall winners of the Decathlon.
YEAR 5
Pymble Ladies' College
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Trinity Grammar Preparatory School
YEAR 6
Knox Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Barker College
YEAR 7
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Knox Grammar School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 8
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
Knox Grammar School
YEAR 9
Meriden School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 10
Pymble Ladies' College
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Illawarra Christian School
YEAR 11
Abbotsleigh
Pymble Ladies' College
Redlands
The national finals for Years 7-10 will be held at Knox Grammar School on Saturday 29 June. More information is available via the da Vinci website.
15 October 2026
On Thursday 15 October, we welcomed parents, students and staff to the Great Hall for our Respectful Relationships Education community event, 'Growing Up in the Age of Algorithms'. The evening reflected the School’s commitment to partnering with families on some of the most significant issues facing young people today, creating space for informed discussion, shared learning and meaningful engagement around the challenges and opportunities of life in an increasingly connected digital world.
15 October 2026
Participants of the Knox Leader Development Program recently gathered in the Bryden Room to present their leadership projects and reflect on their development as leaders. It was an inspiring occasion, with staff sharing their vision and purpose, achievements and future goals, leadership journey, and key learnings gained through the process.
08 October 2026
Year 12 student Nathan represented Australia for the third time in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), travelling to Uzbekistan in Term 3 to compete with hundreds of students from dozens of countries across the globe.
