ICAS Assessments

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please note the School's Access Code has changed, the new code is listed below.

We are delighted to inform you that Fitzroy North Primary School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS AssessmentsTM again this year.

ICAS is an optional assessment for Grade 3 to 6 students. It 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 and are invited to attend special award ceremonies to have their academic excellence publicly recognised. 

We encourage you to consider entering your child into ICAS this year. The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment, which 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 conducted online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to online assessments. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. The assessments will be during August and September (see dates below).

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

2022 Participation

For your child to participate in the ICAS Assessment you must:

• Complete the digital permission form for the school, no later than Friday 15th July 2022. The form can be found here: https://forms.gle/id5H15TeAHPEYp4z9      Before providing permission, please read the privacy collection statement.

• Register and pay for your child’s assessments directly online through the ICAS Assessments parent payment system (PPS). 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 Monday 1st August 2022.

Access details for parents

Your parent page link is:      https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps

Our school access code is: RRX209

Privacy Collection Statement

To analyse your child’s progress effectively, our school conducts an ongoing assessment program. The assessment we are using is a product of Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (Janison). In order to deliver the assessment Fitzroy North Primary School and Janison (through our school) collect your child’s personal information, such as their name, date of birth, year level and school results when you register your child to sit an assessment in the program. You must ensure that this information is accurate and current. 

Janison does not: 

• Collect any personal information or data of children other than as required for the purposes of completion of the exam; 
• Transfer any personal information or data obtained during the delivery of the ICAS exam out of Australia; 
• Share any personal information or data relating to children or students with any third parties; 
• Retain any personal information or data acquired during the delivery of the ICAS exam and all such information or data is deleted from all Janison systems immediately upon completion of Janison’s contractual reporting to the school. 

As the parent or guardian of a student who intends to sit an assessment, by registering your child into the assessment, you consent to our school and Janison collecting and using your child’s personal information for the purposes outlined above. 

If you do not provide your child’s personal information to us or Janison, we may not be able to deliver the assessment to your child. If you wish to access or correct your child’s personal information or to make a complaint about how we have handled your child’s personal information, please contact Janison’s Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by writing to Legal and Compliance Team, Janison Solutions Pty Ltd, 80 Bay Street, Ultimo, Sydney NSW 2007.

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,

Margaret Clark

ICAS Co-Ordinator