This year Immanuel Gawler will once again be giving students the opportunity to take part in the ICAS competitions.  Students are able to take part in tests in a range of different curriculum areas, including Digital Technologies, Writing, English, Science, Spelling Bee and Mathematics.  The primary school level tests are designed for students in Years 2 to 6.

ICAS testing will be taking place next term and as with last year, testing will be undertaken online.

Immanuel Gawler already conducts comprehensive standardised testing and the purpose of ICAS is not to have students take part in additional diagnostic testing.  Participation in ICAS testing is voluntary and the testing provides an opportunity for students to take on a challenge in the various curriculum areas covered by ICAS.  We would encourage students who excel in these curriculum areas to take on this challenge.  The University of New South Wales awards certificates to recognise student participation and achievement in ICAS testing.

DATES AND FEES FOR ICAS TESTING ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* Available for Years 3 – 6 only

Arrangements for the ICAS competition have changed this year and tests can be purchased directly through the ICAS website.

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 Parent Portal to purchase tests here: (shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps)  
5. enter our school’s access code – NQR466   (you need to type this code in – not copy/paste)
6. enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment.  

After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.  

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.

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.

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.  

Please be aware that the ICAS Parent Portal will be open for payments until  Monday 31 July 2023.  All orders and payments for the ICAS competition must be made by this date.

If you have any questions regarding the ICAS competition, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Boesch

Coordinator of Learning