ICAS Assessments™ (SA)
North Shore (Norwood) is an Official Testing Centre for 2020 ICAS Assessments™
Registration for 2020 ICAS Assessments™ at our SA campus is now open.
North Shore Coaching College is proud to offer the world-renowned ICAS Assessments™ to all students, provided their schools are not currently offering the ICAS Assessments™ that they intend on entering.ICAS Assessments™ will be available in Digital Technologies, English, Mathematics, Science, and Spelling Bee.
ICAS Assessments™ are an annual competition designed to recognise academic excellence for high potential students. These online assessments are designed to recognise and reward academic excellence. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning. To ensure an engaging and beneficial experience for all students, new ICAS Assessments™ are developed annually for each subject in every year level. All students will receive printed certificates of achievement. Highest performing students have an opportunity to win medals (subject to determination by ICAS Provider; Janison Solutions). The highest scores achieved by North Shore Coaching College students will be recognised with a special award to be given at the discretion of the Principal.
North Shore Coaching College offers past papers; up to and including the Year 2018, which may be purchased to assist your child in preparing for the ICAS Assessments™. These past papers provide a valuable opportunity to gain assessment experience whilst acquainting candidates with the style and content of possible question types. Please order these past papers online at the North Shore Shop.
Registration is open to all students in SA who will not be sitting the relevant ICAS Assessment™ at their school. The ICAS Assessments™ will be held at the Norwood, SA Principal Campus only. Registration closing date is 10:00am on Wednesday the week of the ICAS Assessment date.
IMPORTANT: ICAS Assessments™ are online-based. You will need to bring your own compatible device to complete the ICAS Assessments™ online. Any laptops, tablets (except iPad Mini), Chromebooks, Macs etc., with an internet browser (ICAS Provider recommends Google Chrome) for the ICAS testing platform. Mobile phones/Smartphones are NOT compatible devices.
- Please ensure that your device is compatible with the ICAS Provider’s technical requirements. To view the ICAS Provider’s Online Assessment Platform Technical Requirements, please visit: https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/support/technical-requirements/
- Please ensure the device being used for the ICAS Assessments™ passes all requirements of the UNSW Global Technical Readiness test prior to arriving for the ICAS Assessments™ at North Shore Coaching College: https://grammartrt.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/pages/technical-readiness_technical-readiness. Mobile phones/Smartphones do NOT meet the minimum requirements.
- Please check carefully to ensure that your device is functional prior to the ICAS Assessments™ as we do not have spare devices, and will not be responsible if you are unable to undertake the ICAS Assessments™ due to device failure.
- North Shore Coaching College Norwood campus will be providing free WIFI for your child to complete the ICAS Assessments™.
- Students sitting Spelling Bee assessment online must ensure that the latest version of the locked-down browser app, Janison Replay, is installed, which is downloadable from https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational- assessments/support/technical-requirements/locked-down-browser-application- instructions/
- You may only register for the year level/school grade in which your child is currently enrolled at school.
- You may only register for the ICAS Assessments™ subjects which your child will NOT be sitting at school.
- You may only register for 1 x ICAS Assessments™ subject per available day and time slot.
- ICAS Assessments™ in SA will be held at the North Shore Coaching College Norwood campus only.
- Please ensure you are available for the date(s) and time(s) you select. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the specified starting time to ensure your child has sufficient time to set up their device for the online assessment. Note that the ending time listed in the ICAS calendar below is approximate; please refer to the ‘Assessment Lengths’ table below for the length of the test your child will be sitting. Allow an additional 30 minutes (approximately) for setup, pack down and administration; for example, if your child is sitting the Year 6 Digital Technologies paper at 5:15pm, you should arrive by 5pm and pick up your child at about 6:05pm.
- All fees paid are non-refundable.
Assessment Lengths
School Year Level/Grade | Digital Technologies | Science | Writing (not available in 2020) | Spelling Bee | English | Mathematics |
Year 2 | – | 45 min | – | 40 min | 35 min | 35 min |
Year 3 | 30 min | 45 min | – | 40 min | 45 min | 45 min |
Year 4 | 30 min | 45 min | – | 40 min | 45 min | 45 min |
Year 5 | 35 min | 55 min | – | 40 min | 50 min | 45 min |
Year 6 | 35 min | 55 min | – | 40 min | 50 min | 1 hour |
Year 7 | 40 min | 1 hour | – | 40 min | 55 min | 1 hour |
Year 8 | 40 min | 1 hour | – | – | 55 min | 1 hour |
Year 9 | 45 min | 1 hour | – | – | 1 hour | 1 hour |
Year 10 | 45 min | 1 hour | – | – | 1 hour | 1 hour |
Year 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Calendar of ICAS Dates and Times: To book online, please select your tickets below, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the ‘Register Now’ button.
Please complete separate bookings for each child you wish to enter; i.e. select desired tickets for Sibling 1, register, and complete payment, then come back to this page and repeat the process for Sibling 2, and so on. Before you register, please read the Terms & Conditions below.
- ICAS Science (Y2-10) - Sunday
August 16, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - ICAS English (Y2-10) - Saturday
August 22, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - ICAS Digital Technologies (Y3-10) - Sunday
August 23, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - ICAS Mathematics (Y2-10) - Saturday
August 29, 2020 - August 30, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - ICAS Spelling Bee (Y2-7) - Sunday
August 30, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - CANCELLED: ICAS Writing (Y3-4 [offline]) - Saturday
August 15, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm - CANCELLED: ICAS Writing (Y5-10) - Saturday
August 15, 2020
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue: SA Head Campus - Norwood
Venue Phone: (08) 8123 1663
Venue Website: https://www.north-shore.com.au/locations/norwood/
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