The Scotch Year 7 da Vinci Decathlon team placed third in the 2021 National Competition which was held online during the holidays. They won the Mathematics and Cartography sections and placed 3rd in Ideation and Science with strong results also in Creative Producers.

Scotch fielded seven teams in the 2021 da Vinci Decathlon which is run by Extension Studies across years 7-10. All teams enjoyed the challenges and were successful in some of the disciplines. A year 10 team were placed 2nd overall in Victoria and a Year 7 team went on to represent Victoria in the National Competition.

Having been hailed best speaker in the grand final of the interstate competition, a Year 12 boy has been appointed as captain of the National Debating team.

A Year 10 boy was a finalist in the Rotary four-way test public speaking competition, delivering a 6-minute speech in which he argued that political rhetoric was an impediment to social justice.

This year's fundraising from the 24-hour hike has been donated to Bo Children's Hospital in Sierra Leone. At assembly Ms Alison Lemoh, daughter of the founder of the hospital, spoke of the challenges of low infant life expectancy and how poor infrastructure limited access to help. It is hoped that the funds will help provide an X ray machine.