Learning and Curriculum Primary - Stage 3

ICAS Assessments  

This year, we are again pleased to offer our Years 5 and 6 students the opportunity to sit the ICAS English, Writing, Mathematics and Science Assessments. This is optional and parents/carers are required to sign up for their son. 

These challenging competitions present real-world scenarios where students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. You can learn more about the ICAS Assessments at the following site: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas. 

Parents/carers are invited to register and pay for their son to participate in either or all assessments by completing the following: 

1. Go to the Parent Portal: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps. 

2. Enter our school’s access code – FKS095 

3. Enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment. 

Registration and payment close on 28 July 2025. 

After payment is made via the Parent Payment System you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records. ICAS assessments will be run before school (approximately 7:30 AM) over a number of days in Term 3. 

Daniel Fields                                                                   Sarah Tatola                                               

Head of Curriculum (Stage 3)                                Head of Teaching and Learning (Stage 3)

Drain Art - Year 7 

Throughout Term 2, Year 7 Visual Arts students have been learning about the impact of plastic pollution in the ocean.  An estimated 8 to 10 million metric tons of plastic enters the ocean annually, causing devastating impacts to marine life, irreversibly altering ecosystems and most concerningly, breaking down into microplastics which find their 

way into our own bodies!  

Students have engaged in research tasks to raise awareness of these environmental concerns and then, in small groups, have created visual awareness for these issues through the form of Drain Art.  The boys have worked together to transform various rain run-off drains across the College into thought provoking spaces that challenge the larger school community to think about where their plastic pollution goes, most specifically, the waste that they do not dispose of properly in the College bins.  

Drains have been transformed into the mouths of hungry sea creatures, the faces of curious deep-sea divers and the meeting points of waterfall adorned oases.  

Paired with clever slogans such as "Sometimes the most dangerous sea creature is not a shark" or "Keep the water clean like Breen", the Year 7 students have creatively found ways to engage their peers with relatable and meaningful messages in the hopes to change attitudes towards to the correct disposal of their waste.  Well done Year 7!

Anthony Porra

Acting Head of Visual Arts