da Vinci Decathlon

St Peter’s Girls enjoys the distinction of hosting local schools in South Australia’s annual da Vinci Decathlon. The three-day event is an academic competition designed to stimulate the minds of young students across a variety of disciplines including Art and Poetry, Mathematics and Engineering.

The Decathlon began in 2002 as an exciting offshoot of the very successful da Vinci Program for gifted and talented students at Knox Grammar, Sydney. Named after one of the world’s greatest thinkers and scholars, the competition places a particular emphasis on higher-order thinking skills, problem-solving, teamwork and creativity.

Winning schools from the SA event are invited to enter the national competition along with a team from St Peter's Girls.

With teams of Year 5/6, Year 7 and Year 9, the Decathlon continues to grow in challenge and interest.

The 2025 da Vinci Decathlon will be held at St Peter's Girls' School on Tuesday 20 May (Years 5/6), Wednesday 21 May (Year 7) and Thursday 22 May (Year 9).

For more information, contact:

Personal Assistant to the Head of Middle School
middleschool@stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au
(08) 8334 2220

To express your school's interest in participating in the 2025 event please complete the form below:

Click here to register your interest for 2025. 

da Vinci Decathlon Results 2024

Year 5/6 Results

Overall
1st St Peter's Girls' School
2nd St Andrew's School
3rd Pulteney Grammar School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd Emmaus College (Team 2) / Westminster School / Emmaus College (Team 3)

Creative Producers
1st St Andrew's School
Equal 2nd Emmaus College (Team 2) / Rosary School

Science
1st St Peter's Girls' School
2nd Walford Anglican School for Girls
3rd Westminster School

Cartography
1st Scotch College
2nd Walford Anglican School for Girls
3rd Pulteney Grammar School

Ideation
1st St Peter's Girls' School
2nd Pembroke School
3rd St Andrew's School

Mathematics
1st Burnside Primary School
2nd St Andrew's School
Equal 3rd Pembroke School / St Peter's College

Code Breaking
1st St Dominic's Priory School
2nd Pulteney Grammar School
3rd Pembroke School

Engineering
1st Scotch College
2nd Burnside Primary School
3rd St Monica's Parish School

English
Equal 1st St Peter's Girls' School / Emmaus College (Team 2)
3rd Pulteney Grammar School

Legacy
1st St Peter's College
2nd Prince Alfred College
3rd St Peter's Girls' School

Year 7 Results

Overall
1st Pembroke School
2nd Wilderness School
3rd St Peter's Girls' School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st Wilderness School
2nd Pembroke School
3rd Loreto College

Creative Producers
1st Emmaus Christian College
2nd St John’s Grammar School
3rd Walford Anglican School

Science
1st Prince Alfred College
2nd Walford Anglican School
3rd Pembroke School

Cartography
1st Pembroke School
Equal 2nd Immanuel School and Wilderness School

Ideation
1st St Peter's Girls' School
2nd Morialta Secondary College
3rd Hills Christian Community

Mathematics
1st Prince Alfred College
2nd Pembroke School
3rd St Ignatius College

Code Breaking
1st Immanuel College
2nd Prince Alfred College
3rd St Peter's Girls' School

Engineering
1st St Peter’s Girls’ School
2nd Emmaus Christian College
3rd St John’s Grammar

English
1st Pembroke School
2nd Hills Christian College
3rd Westminster School

Legacy
1st Pembroke School
2nd Wilderness School
3rd Westminster School

Year 9 Results

Overall
1st Prince Alfred College
2nd Pembroke School
3rd St Peter's Girls' School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st Concordia College
2nd Pembroke School
3rd Investigator College

Creative Producers
Equal 1st Concordia College and Wilderness School
3rd Walford Anglican School

Science
1st Prince Alfred College
Equal 2nd St Michael’s College, Walford Girls School, Wilderness School

Cartography
1st Pembroke School
2nd Prince Alfred College
3rd Seymour College

Ideation
1st St Peter's Girls' School
2nd Loreto College
3rd Concordia College

Mathematics
1st Pulteney Grammar School
2nd Walford Girls School
3rd Prince Alfred College

Code Breaking
1st Pulteney Grammar School
2nd Walford Girls School
3rd Pembroke School

Engineering
1st Seymour College
2nd St Ignatius College
3rd Scotch College

English
1st Pembroke School
2nd Walford Girls School
Equal 3rd Loreto College and St John’s Grammar

Legacy
1st St Peter’s Girls School
2nd St John’s Grammar
3rd Prince Alfred College

 

Year 5/6 Groups 2024

 

Year 7 Groups 2024

 

Year 9 Groups 2024

 

Results 2023

Year 5/6 Results

Overall
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 3rd - St Andrew's School / St Peter's College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St John's Grammar
3rd - St Aloysius College

Creative Producers
1st - St Andew's School
2nd - Wilderness
3rd - Pembroke School

Science
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Walford
3rd - Magill Primary School

Cartography
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Hills Christian Community School

Ideation
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - Pulteney Grammar
3rd - St Aloysius College

Mathematics
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St Peter's College
3rd - St Aloysius College

Code Breaking
1st - Walford
2nd - Wilderness
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Engineering
1st - St Peter's College
2nd - St Aloysius College
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

English
1st - St Andrew's School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Wilderness

Legacy
1st - St Peter's College
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Prince Alfred College

Year 7 Results

Overall
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Wilderness
3rd - Scotch College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Wilderness
2nd - Morialta Secondary College
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

Creative Producers
1st - Wilderness
2nd - St John's Grammar
3rd - Walford

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St John's Grammar
3rd - Immanuel College

Science
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St Ignatius College
3rd - Seymour College

English
1st - Seymour College
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Morialta Secondary College

Engineering
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Wilderness
3rd - Investigator College

Cartography
1st - Immanuel College
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

Mathematics
1st - Wilderness
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Legacy
1st - St John's Grammar
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Temple Christian College

Code Breaking
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd - Pembroke School / Westminster


Year 9 Results

Overall
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - St John's Grammar
3rd - St Ignatius College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Temple Christian College, Paralowie
2nd - St Aloysius College
3rd - Pembroke School

Creative Producers
1st - Walford
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Investigator College

Science
Equal 1st - Scotch College / Temple Christian College, Mile End
3rd -St John's Grammar

Engineering
Equal 1st - St Peter's Girls' School / St Ignatius College
Equal 3rd - Pedare / St John's Grammar

Cartography
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Concordia College

Mathematics
Equal 1st - St John's Grammar / St Ignatius College
3rd - Seymour College

English
1st - St Aloysius College
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Concordia College
3rd - Temple Christian College, Mile End

Legacy
1st - Loreto College
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - Pedare

Code Breaking
1st - St Ignatius College
2nd - Wilderness
3rd - Seymour College

Results 2022

Year 5/6 Results

Overall
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Westminster School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Pulteney Grammar School
2nd - St Thomas School
3rd - St Dominic’s Priory College

Creative Producers
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - St Thomas School
3rd - Stradbroke School

Science
1st - Investigator College
2nd - Trinity College North
3rd - Wilderness School

Cartography
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Westminster School

Ideation
1st - St Peter’s Girls' School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Woodcroft College

Mathematics
1st - Westminster School
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - St Peter’s Girls' School

Code Breaking
1st - Scotch College
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Engineering
1st - Scotch College
2nd - Westminster School
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

English
1st - Westminster School
2nd - St Thomas School
3rd - St John’s Grammar School

Legacy
1st - Burnside Primary School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Trinity College Gawler River

Year 7 Results

Overall
1st - Walford Anglican School for Girls
2nd - St Peter’s Girls' School
3rd - Pembroke School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Woodcroft College
Equal 2nd - St Peter's Girls' School & Walford Anglican School for Girls

Creative Producers
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - Pembroke School

Ideation
1st - St Ignatius College
Equal 2nd - Concordia College & Emmaus Christian College

Science
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Cabra Dominican College

English
1st - Walford Anglican School for Girls
Equal 2nd - St John’s Grammar School & St Peter's Girls' School

Engineering
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Trinity College Gawler River

Cartography
1st - Prince Alfred College
Equal 2nd - Cabra Dominican College & Pembroke School

Mathematics
1st - Pulteney Grammar School
2nd - Pembroke School
Equal 3rd - Prince Alfred College & Walford Anglican School for Girls

Legacy
1st - Walford Anglican School for Girls
2nd - St John’s Grammar School
3rd - St Ignatius College

Code Breaking
1st - Emmaus Christian College
2nd - St Ignatius College
3rd - Walford Anglican School for Girls


Year 9 Results

Overall
1st - Seymour College
2nd - St Ignatius College
3rd - Walford Anglican School for Girls

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - St Ignatius College
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - St Dominic's Priory College

Creative Producers
1st - Trinity College Blakeview
2nd - St Ignatius College
3rd - St Aloysius College

Science
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Cabra Dominican College

Engineering
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Temple Christian College
3rd - St Ignatius College

Cartography
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

English
1st - Temple Christian College
2nd - St Ignatius College
Equal 3rd - Emmaus Christian College & Seymour College

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Westminster School

Legacy
Equal 1st - Emmaus Christian College & Prince Alfred College
Equal 3rd - St Ignatius College & St John’s Grammar School

Code Breaking
1st - Walford Anglican School for Girls
Equal 2nd - Pulteney Grammar School, Seymour College & St Aloysius College

Results 2021

Year 5/6 Results

Overall
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Pulteney Grammar School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Pulteney Grammar School
2nd - St Dominic's Priory College
3rd - Wilderness School

Creative Producers
1st - St Andrew's School
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - Wilderness School

Science
1st - Seymour College
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Mercedes College

Cartography
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
Equal 3rd - Pulteney Grammar School & Wilderness School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Wilderness School

Mathematics
1st - Pulteney Grammar School
2nd - Trinity College North
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Code Breaking
1st - St John's Grammar School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Stirling East Primary School

Engineering
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Seymour College

English
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - St Andrew's School
Equal 3rd - Burnside Primary School and Pembroke School

Legacy
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - Saint Ignatius' College

Year 7 Results

Overall
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Seymour College
Equal 3rd - Scotch College & Saint Ignatius' College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Mercedes College
3rd - Seymour College

Creative Producers
Equal 1st - Loreto College Marryatville & St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 3rd - Pedare Christian College & St John's Grammar School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Concordia College

Science
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

English
1st - Loreto College Marryatville
2nd - Saint Ignatius' College
3rd - St Andrew's School

Engineering
1st - Seymour College
Equal 2nd - Concordia College & Saint Ignatius' College

Cartography
1st - St John's Grammar School
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - Mercedes College

Mathematics
1st - Scotch College
2nd - St John's Grammar School
3rd - Seymour College

Legacy
1st - Pembroke School
Equal 2nd - Seymour College & Wilderness School

Code Breaking
1st - Scotch College
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 3rd - Immanuel College & Pembroke School

Year 9 Results

Overall
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Westminster School
3rd - Immanuel College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Concordia College
2nd - St Mary's College
3rd - St John's Grammar School

Creative Producers
1st - Walford Anglican School For Girls
Equal 2nd - Pulteney Grammar School & Westminster School

Science
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Saint Ignatius' College

Engineering
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - St Aloysius College

Cartography
1st - St Peters' Girls' School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Walford Anglican School For Girls

English
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St Aloysius College
3rd - Westminster School

Mathematics
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Westminster School
3rd - Pembroke School

Legacy
1st - Walford Anglican School For Girls
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - Immanuel College

Code Breaking
1st - St Peters' Girls' School
2nd - Immanuel College
3rd - Westminster School


Results 2019

Year 5/6 Results
Overall
1st - Seymour College
2nd - Stradbroke School
3rd - St Andrew's School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - Emmaus Christian College
2nd - St Dominic's Priory College
3rd - Trinity College Gawler River

Creative Producers
1st - Scotch College
Equal 2nd - St Andrew's School
Equal 2nd - Pulteney Grammar School

Science
Equal 1st - Stradbroke School
Equal 1st - Burnside Primary School
3rd - St Andrew's School

Cartography
1st - Seymour College
2nd - Burnside Primary School
3rd - Stradbroke School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Scotch College

Mathematics
1st - Westminster School
2nd - Magill School
3rd - Burnside Primary School

General Knowledge
1st - Seymour College
2nd - St John's Grammar School
3rd - St Andrew's School

Code Breaking
1st - St John's Grammar School
2nd - Magill School
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Engineering
1st - St Dominic's Priory College
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - Pedare Christian College

English
1st - Scotch College
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Stradbroke School

Year 7 Results

Overall
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - Immanuel College

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
1st - St Dominic's Priory College
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - Concordia College

Creative Producers
1st - Pulteney Grammar School
2nd - Scotch College
3rd - St Andrew's School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Concordia College
3rd - Walford Anglican School for Girls

Science
1st - Stradbroke School
Equal 2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd - St Peter's College

English
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Immanuel College
3rd - Scotch College

Engineering
1st - Loreto College
2nd - Immanuel College
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

Cartography
1st - Walford Anglican School for Girls
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - Wilderness School

Mathematics
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd - Westminster School
Equal 2nd - Wilderness School

General Knowledge
Equal 1st - Stradbroke School
Equal 1st - St Peter's College
3rd - Pulteney Grammar School

Code Breaking
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - Magill School
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Year 9 Results

Overall
1st - Prince Alfred College
2nd - Glenunga International High School
3rd - Pembroke School

Disciplines
Art and Poetry
Equal 1st - Concordia College
Equal 1st - Pembroke School
Equal 3rd - Seymour College
Equal 3rd - Wilderness School

Creative Producers
1st - Concordia College
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - Glenunga International High School

Science
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - St John's Grammar School
3rd - Walford Anglican School for Girls

Engineering
1st - Prince Alfred College
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - Saint Ignatius' College

Cartography
Equal 1st - Prince Alfred College
Equal 1st - Temple Christian College
3rd - St John's Grammar School

English
1st - Prince Alfred College
Equal 2nd - Glenunga International High School
Equal 2nd - Seymour College

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd - Immanuel College
Equal 2nd - Prince Alfred College

Mathematics
1st - St Peter's College
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Adelaide High School

General Knowledge
1st - Prince Alfred College
2nd - Glenunga International High School
Equal 3rd - St John's Grammar School
Equal 3rd - Temple Christian College

Code Breaking
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Pedare Christian College
Equal 3rd - Adelaide High School
Equal 3rd - Saint Ignatius' College

Results 2018

Year 9 Results
Overall
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - St Peter's College

Disciplines
Creative Producers
1st - Seymour College
2nd - Immanuel College
3rd - Pembroke School

Science
1st - Immanuel College
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - St Peter's Girls' School

Art & Poetry
1st - Walford
2nd - Prince Alfred College
3rd - Pembroke School

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - Wilderness School

Code Breaking
1st - Emmaus Christian College
2nd - St Peter's College
3rd - Adelaide High School

General Knowledge
1st - St John's Grammar School
Equal 2nd - St Peter's Girls' School / Trinity College North

Mathematics
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - St Peter's College
3rd - Emmaus Christian College

Engineering
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
Equal 2nd - Temple Christian College / Seymour College

Cartography
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - St Peter's College

English
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
Equal 3rd - Pembroke School / Prince Alfred College

Year 7 Results
Overall
1st - Stradbroke School
2nd - Concordia College
3rd - Pulteney Grammar School

Disciplines
Creative Producers
Equal 1st - Stradbroke School / Pulteney Grammar School / Pedare Christian College

Science
1st - Prince Alfred College
2nd - St Peter's College
3rd - Stradbroke School

Art & Poetry
1st - Norwood Primary School
2nd - Immanuel College
3rd - St Dominic's Priory College

Ideation
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Westminster School

Code Breaking
1st - Stradbroke School
2nd - Concordia College
3rd - Pembroke School

General Knowledge
1st - St Peter's College
Equal 2nd - Concordia College / Stradbroke School

Mathematics
1st - Stradbroke School
2nd - Prince Alfred College
Equal 3rd - St Peter's College / Trinity College North

Engineering
1st - Trinity College North
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Magill School

Cartography
1st - Concordia College
2nd - Seymour College
3rd - Stradbroke School

English
1st - Wilderness School
2nd - St Dominic's Priory College
Equal 3rd - Pembroke School / Seymour College / Westminster School

Year 5/6 Results
Overall
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Emmaus Christian College
3rd - Loreto College

Disciplines
Creative Producers
1st - Westminster School
2nd - Pembroke School
3rd - Trinity College North

Science
1st - Pembroke School
2nd - Walford
3rd - Loreto College

Art & Poetry
1st - St Peter's Girls' School
2nd - Pulteney Grammar School
3rd - Pembroke School

Ideation
1st - Norwood Primary School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Wilderness School

Code Breaking
1st - Magill School
2nd - St Peter's Girls' School
3rd - Stirling East Primary School

General Knowledge
1st - Emmaus Christian College
Equal 2nd - Loreto College / Pembroke School

Mathematics
1st - Stradbroke School
2nd - Westminster School
3rd - Stirling East Primary School

Engineering
1st - Stradbroke School
2nd - Norwood Primary School
3rd - Stirling East Primary School / Wilderness School

Cartography
Equal 1st - Emmaus Christian College / Westminster School
3rd - Norwood Primary School

English
1st - Emmaus Christian College
2nd - Wilderness School
3rd - Seymour College