Oatlands Primary School Newsletter

ICAS

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 

We are delighted to inform you that Oatlands Primary School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments TM this year.

 

ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee and Digital Technologies.

 

Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition and development. Every student will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Top performers will be eligible for medals. 

 

The assessments are suitable for students in Grades 3 to 6 wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment, that has been running for 40 years. Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.

 

ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to online assessments. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. 

 

Learn more about ICAS here: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas

 

 

2022 Participation

 

Parent payment system 

 

Our school has signed up for the ICAS Assessments parent payment system (PPS) for Writing, Digital Technologies, English, Science, Spelling Bee and Mathematics.   Through this system, parents can pay for ICAS directly online while tests will still be held at our school. Please use the following details to register your child no later than Friday, 29th July 2022.

 

            Your School Access Code is – VDV742

            Your Parent Page Link is – https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps

 

These assessments will take place during the day.

 

Privacy Collection Statement

 

Janison is aware of our responsibility to protect the identity of, and all information relating to, children, and students in general, from disclosure and consequently Janison does not:

  • collect any personal information or data of children other than as required for the purposes of completion of the assessment, test or exam; 
  • transfer any personal information or data obtained during the delivery of assessments, tests or exams conducted in Australia to any jurisdiction outside of Australia other than with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent or guardian; 
  • transfer any personal information or data obtained during the delivery of assessments, tests or exams conducted in other international regions out of the child’s jurisdiction other than with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent or guardian;
  • share any personal information or data relating to children or students with any third parties (other than a third party whose services are necessary for servicing our products, e.g. print/distribution companies, medal engraving, etc.) except with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent or guardian; 
  • use any personal information or data relating to children or students for marketing purposes. 

 

Janison 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. 

 

We are proud to offer the ICAS Assessments and look forward to some fantastic results later in the year.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.

 

Kind regards,

 

Wes Holloway

Principal