ICAS Information for OLGC Parents

ICAS 

This year we will offer students in year 3-6 the opportunity to participate in the ICAS English, Mathematics and Science assessments.  

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, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee, and Digital Technologies.

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 go to the Parent Portal to sign up to your chosen subject areas using the link and code below.   

Registration for all subject areas closes on Monday 28 July at 11:59pm. 

ICAS is not compulsory, and we extend the invitation for participation to interested families. Each test attracts a cost per test, which parents are required to pay for. Tests dates and costs are below.  

Please be aware that test dates are set by ICAS. Tests are completed within school time and take place around our usual school schedule, and when teachers are available to administer and supervise.  

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 proud to be offering ICAS to our students this year and encourage you to consider entering your child. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.   You can download the Parent Permission Slip below.

Kind regards, 

Alexis Conn 

Assistant Principal