Assistant Principal
We are now in our second week of ZING dance at Holy Family. Each week our instructor, Lily, begins with a cultural warm up and introduces new vocabulary to do with movement and dance. The students are then taught new moves - building up to a complete dance throughout the term.
The students, and teachers, are enjoying these lessons immensely. They are engaging and heaps of fun. Please see photos below of Year Five beginning to learn the "Jive".
Students will be showcasing their new talents to parents at the end of this term and taking part in an interschool challenge - more details to come in the upcoming weeks.
ICAS - Reminder- The Parent Portal Closes 31st July
Holy Family will again be participating in the ICAS competition this year.
What is ICAS?
ICAS is an online academic competition that is designed to assess students’ higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. At Holy Family we offer English, Mathematics and Science assessments from Years 3-6 only.
Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition and development. Every student who participates will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Top performers will be eligible for medals.
How to participate in ICAS
If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:
1. read about ICAS subjects and prices here:
2. read the Privacy Collection Statement below.
3. access the page to read their terms and conditions
4. go to Parent Portal to purchase tests here:
5. enter our school’s access code – EPW552
6. enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to participate in
Please note that the ICAS tests shown for selection are at the school’s discretion.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.
ICAS Results and Certificates
We will notify you of the date(s) that we run ICAS at the school and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Once we have received your child’s ICAS certificate, we will send it home with your child. The back of the certificate shows ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”, that you and your child need to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.
Privacy Collection Statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.
ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our)
To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not
· collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
· transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
· share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
· use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.
You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.
We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our system or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.
Have a lovely weekend.
Sam Edwards
Assistant Principal