Australian Maths Competition (AMC) / ICAS

Australian Maths Competition (AMC)

Hosted by the Australian Maths Trust

Dear Parents and Families

Children in Grades 3-6 have the opportunity to sit the Australian Maths Competition (AMC) in August this year.  The AMC is a well established and highly regarded competition which has been running for 40 years in more than 30 countries.

The competition aims to be accessible to all students, not just those who are mathematically confident. There is an emphasis on problem solving, a valuable life skill, and the questions are designed to be fun for the children. 

Over 1,000 students share the prizes and around 50% of participants qualify to receive a Certificate of High Distinction, Distinction or Credit. All other entrants in the competition receive a Certificate of Participation or a Proficiency Certificate. All students are also provided with a detailed report showing how they performed on each problem with wider statistical rankings.

Further information regarding participation and payment has been distributed via Compass, and payments are now open.

We look forward to seeing our students enjoy this fabulous opportunity.  If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Amy Armstrong

Australian Maths Competition Coordinator

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ICAS Assessments 2024

Dear Parents and Guardians ,

Bundoora Primary School is proud to again be partnering with ICAS Assessments to reward and recognise academic achievement. This year, students will have the opportunity to participate in the prestigious ICAS Assessments, allowing them to apply their higher-order thinking skills and gain recognition for their efforts. 

What is ICAS?  

ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics and Science.  

Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals.

To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)

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: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)  

2.       Read the Privacy Collection Statement below.

3.       Read the terms and conditions here: (icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf) 

4.       Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here: (shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps)  

5.       Enter our school’s access code – CKA232 

6.      Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.  

Please note that the ICAS subject areas 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 All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these 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 systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.

We are excited to be offering ICAS to our students this year and look forward to celebrating their achievements. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.  

Kind regards,

Amy Armstrong