Craig Moss – Coordinator of Gifted & Talented 7-12 Moss-Craig-2020

It is a busy Term 2 with many students involved in extra-curricular academic programs and competitions.

Da Vinci Decathlon

What:  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 and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy. The theme for this year is chance. 

Who: This event received a high amount of interest. We have entered five teams from High School.

• Year 7 – Johnny Menczel, Avalon Gold, Dylan Vitek, Daniel Zipser, Jessica Hart, Akeisha Kantor, Tali Same and Noa Rosenzveig
• Year 8 – Ashley Cohn, Liberty Waldner, Ariel Bloom, Daliah Smagarinsky, Elias Davis, Gabriella Solomon, Jessica Linker and Daniel Newfield
• Year 9 – Sophie Masnick, Alice Milner, Tamarah Aaron, Jesse Barel, Willow Gelin, Jasper Selinger, Oren Levin-Kahn and Gabriel Lee
• Year 10 – Jake Newfield, Ally Cane, Jake Sharp, Leah Wolf, Ruby Brody, Ruby Miller, Maayan Granot and Arielle Melamed
• Year 11 – Lily Berger, Samuel Moliver, Matt Lowy, Joshua Moses, Jesse Herdan, Eden Glass, Anna Davis and Myles Cohn

When: 

• Year 7 and 8 compete on Tuesday 4 May 2021
• Year 9, 10 and 11 compete on Wednesday 5 May 2021

The Evatt Competition

What: The New South Wales Evatt Competition is the NSW State round of the UN Youth Australia Evatt Competition, Australia’s premier debating and diplomacy competition. Evatt is a Model United Nations Security Council diplomacy competition for students in Years 9-12. It aims to educate young people about Australia’s place in the world and empower them as active citizens by developing public speaking, negotiation, teamwork, research, and diplomatic skills. 

The competition takes the form of a mock session of the UN Security Council. Teams of two students debate, amend, and vote on resolutions from the perspective of the country they are assigned. Teams will be allocated one of the fifteen countries that are members of the United Nations Security Council in 2020. The students judged the most effective diplomats proceed to the next round.

Emanuel School will be hosting one of the preliminary rounds.

Who: 

• Benjamin Cohen and Aiden Merten
• Alice Milner and Kian Hamburger
• Luca Calderon-Havas and Ellie Morris

When:

• Wednesday 2 June 2021, 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm at Emanuel School

Future Problem Solving (FPS)

What: FPS is a research-based, academic program that teaches problem solving strategies, collaboration, critical and creative thinking, and effective communication. The interdisciplinary approach helps develop ethical leadership skills and provides a unique opportunity for students to learn and apply essential life skills in the 21st century. 

Who: 

• Global Issues Problem Solving 
  • Year 7 – Boaz Simhi, Dylan Vitek, Jake Isenberg and Kira Levin-Khan. 
  • Year 8 – Liberty Waldner, Elias Davis, Daniel Newfield, Ariel Bloom and Jack Fridman
  • Year 10 – Jake Sharp, Jake Newfield, Arielle Melamed, Aiden Sheps and Jamie Schneider
• Community Problem Solving
  • Eden Levit and Ruby Brody
• Scenario Writing
  • Ashley Cohn
• Scenario Performance
  • Maayan Granot and Eden Levit

When:

• Practice submissions in Term 2. Qualifying submissions in Term 3. 
• The topic for Term 2 is Wearable Technology

National History Challenge 2021

What: The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be an historian, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. It emphasises and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation.

Theme for 2021 – Significance: History Matters

Who: 

• Alice Milner (Year 9)
• Ella Hart (Year 10)

When:

• Ongoing project – Submission in Term 3 (27 August 2021)