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2021 NSW State Da Vinci Decathlon Results to PUBLISH Copy 2021 NSW State da Vinci Decathlon Placings - Year 6 Overall Art & Poetry Cartography Creative Producers Engineering Rank School Rank School Rank School Rank School Rank School 1 Pymble Ladies College 1 Pymble Ladies College 1 Wollongong Public School 1 Wahroonga Adventist School 1 Wollongong Public School 2 Abbotsleigh Junior School 2 St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2 Holsworthy Public School 2 Central Coast Grammar School 2 Canberra Grammar Primary School 3 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 3 Queenwood 3 Redlands Junior School 3 Roseville College 3 Abbotsleigh Junior School 4 5D College 4 International Grammar School 4 St Andrew's Cathedral School 4 Ascham School 4 Broughton Anglican College 4 Ascham School 4 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 4 St Patrick's College Strathfield 5 Arden Anglican School 4 Santa Sabina College 6 Queenwood 6 Pacific Hills ChristianSchool 6 Abbotsleigh Junior School 6 Broughton Anglican College 4 St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School 7 Wollongong Public School 6 Pittwater House 6 Canberra Grammar Primary School 6 Pacific Hills Christian School 4 Loreto 8 St Patrick's College Strathfield 8 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 6 Pymble Ladies College 6 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 4 Pymble Ladies College 9 International Grammar School 8 Wollongong Public School 9 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 6 Cranbrook School 9 Redlands 10 Arden Anglican School 8 CHS 9 Pittwater House 6 Wrong Christian Community School 9 Roseville College 11 Holsworthy Public School 11 Ascham School 9 5D College 6 International Grammar School 9 St Luke's Grammar School 11 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 11 The King's School 9 Cranbrook School 6 Newington College Lindfield 9 Trinity Grammar School 13 Roseville College 13 Masada College 9 Moriah College Primary School 6 Trinity Grammar Preparatory School 9 Holsworthy Public School 13 Moriah College Primary School 14 Illawarra Christian School 9 Barker College 14 Kambala 9 Kincoppal-Rose Bay School 15 Canberra Grammar Primary School 15 Newington College Lindfield 9 Covenant Christian School 14 Santa Sabina College 9 Knox Grammar School English Science Mathematics Ideation Legacy Code Breaking Rank School Rank School Rank School Rank School Rank School Rank School 1 Knox Grammar School 1 Ascham School 1 5D College 1 Abbotsleigh Junior School 1 5D College 1 Oxford Falls Grammar 2 Wahroonga Preparatory School 2 Kambala 2 Wyvern House, Newington college 2 Queenwood 2 William Clarke College 2 The Scots College Preparatory 3 Queenwood 3 St Patrick's College Strathfield 3 International Grammar School 3 5D College 3 Moriah College Primary School 3 Loreo 4 Abbotsleigh 4 Abbotsleigh Junior School 4 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 4 Illawarra Christian School 4 St Patrick's College Strathfield 4 Ravenswood 4 Kincoppal-Rose Bay School 5 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 5 Emanuel School 5 Pymble Ladies College 4 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 5 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 4 St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School 5 Trinity Grammar Preparatory School 6 Abbotsleigh Junior School 6 Cranbrook School 6 Queenwood 5 Brisbane Boys' College 7 Hills Grammar School 7 Arden Anglican School 7 Holsworthy Public School 7 St Catherine's School 7 Roseville College 5 Moriah College Primary School 7 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 7 Santa Sabina College 8 Ermington Public School 8 PLC Sydney 7 Trinity Grammar School 8 St Patrick's College Strathfield 7 Pymble Ladies College 7 St Mary's Catholic Primary School 9 Pymble Ladies College 8 Ascham School 7 Ravenswood 8 Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College 10 MLC Sydney 10 St Columba Anglican School 9 Arden Anglican School 8 Wollongong Public School 7 Mosman Church of England Preparatory School 10 Holsworthy Public School 10 St Aloysius College 10 St Luke's Grammar School 9 St Catherine's School 11 MLC Sydney 7 Pymble Ladies College 10 Northern Beaches Christian School 10 The Scots College Preparatory 12 St Aloysius' College 12 Kambala 12 Arden Anglican School 12 Pacific Hills Christian School 10 Canberra Grammar School 10 Trinity Grammar School 13 William Clarke College 12 St Luke's Grammar School 12 Tangara School for Girls 12 Pittwater House 13 Scots All Saints College 14 Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Prep 14 PLC Sydney 12 Barker College 12 international Grammar School 12 St Luke's Grammar School 13 Ascham School 14 Roseville College 15 Wahroonga Adventist School 15 The Scots College Preparatory 15 Bellevue Public School 15 Holsworthy Public School 13 St Columba Anglican School 16 Holsworthy Public School 15 5D College 16 Wahroonga Adventist School 16 St Patrick's College Strathfield 15 Knox Grammar School 13 Trinity Grammar School.
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