St Thomas Aquinas Primary School - West Belconnen
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25 Lhotsky Street
Charnwood ACT 2615
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Email: office.staquinas@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: (02) 6258 4077
Fax: 02 6258 5834

ICAS School Competitions

ICAS will return to STA this year. We encourage you to consider entering your child in ICAS. This fantastic assessment program allows students to challenge themselves and be recognised for their academic efforts. The assessment is now fully online and sitting dates will commence in Term 3. Learn more by visiting icasassessments.com.

View the 2023 ICAS dates and prices here

Parent ordering closes on 31 July 2023

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What is ICAS?  

ICAS is an online academic competition that is designed to assess 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 who participates will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Top performers will be eligible for medals.  

We encourage you to consider entering your child into ICAS this year.   

Learn more about ICAS here. 

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
  2. read the terms and conditions here:
  3. go to Parent Portal to purchase tests here:
  4. enter our school’s access code –EWU442
  5. enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment. 

Please note that the ICAS tests shown for selection are at the school’s discretion.   

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

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

Privacy Collection Statement  

The following information is aprivacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.  

Janison isaware of our responsibility to protect the identity of, and all information relating to, children, and students in general, from disclosure and consequentlyJanisondoes not:  

  • collect any personal information or data of children other than asrequiredfor the purposes of completion of the assessment,testorexam;
  • transfer any personal information or data obtained during the delivery of assessments, tests or exams conducted in Australia to anyjurisdictionoutside of Australia other than with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent orguardian;
  • transfer any personal information or data obtained during the delivery of assessments, tests or exams conducted in other international regions out of the child’sjurisdictionother than with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent orguardian;
  • 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,g.print/distribution companies, medal engraving, etc.) except with the specific consent of the person, or his or her parent orguardian;
  • use any personal information or data relating to children or students for marketing purposes.

Janisonmayretainpersonal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes byJanisonfor the duration of the schoollife cycleof 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 Officeratprivacy@janison.com.  

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

Please do not hesitate to contact your Classroom Teacher if you have any questions.