TERM TWO 2010
Monday 21 JUNE 2010
Dear Parents
A warm welcome to parents and caregivers who have enrolled children this term.
It is that time of the year again when students pay their entrance fee and prepare to sit the ICAS exams. For those parents that are unfamiliar with, or would like to know more about the ICAS we have an informative article at the end of this newsletter.
For many primary students ICAS is the first chance they get to sit a national test paper in exam conditions and it is great practice for future exams. Controlling nerves, working under pressure in timed conditions are just some of the benefits gained from sitting these tests. Good luck to all our students who enter!
The timetable of our ICAS Holiday programme is outlined below.
Happy holidays and we look forward to seeing everyone back in Term Three.
Kind regards
Joanna Mamo
Manager
HOLIDAY HOURS
Straight A's will break for the holidays with normal lessons finishing on Saturday July 3 and recommencing on Monday 19 July.
Straight A's office will close on 9 July and reopen on 19 July. We will be open for holiday classes from the 5 July to the 9 July.
HOLIDAY CLASSES
We will be running daily lessons during the first week of the school holidays. The lessons can be in either Mathematics and /or English and are not restricted to Straight A's students.
We are able to cover specific areas of weakness, extension work or revision in the student's learning.
The cost per lesson is $42.00
Lesson Times: Monday 5 July - Friday 9 July
9.30a.m. - 10.45a.m.
ICAS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME TIMETABLE
Monday 5 July Year 4/5/6 Mathematics 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Tuesday 6 July Year 7/8 Mathematics 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Wednesday 7 July Year 4/5/6 English 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Thursday 8 July Year 7/8 English 12:30pm - 2:30pm
COST: $75.00 per student for the 2 hour session.
Students will also take home past papers to revise.
Please ring Straight A's to make a booking. Ph: 5289207
Term Three 2010 Fees
10 weeks
- $420.00 - 1 child
- $840.00 - 2 children
- $1260.00 - 3 children
- $1680.00 - 4 children
- $42.00 - 1 child
- $84.00 - 2 children
- $126.00 - 3 children
- $168.00 - 4 children
Term Three 2010 Dates and Class Times
Monday 19 July 2010
to
Saturday 25 September 2010
Monday-Friday:3:30pm-4:45pm, 4:45p.m.-6:00p.m.
Saturday: 9:00a.m.-10:15a.m., 10:15a.m.-11:30a.m.
Late night: Monday and Wednesday 6:00p.m.-7:15p.m.
We are currently booking your child in for the same time next term (Term Three 2010). If this doesn't suit, please let us know as soon as possible as next term's organisation is underway.
ICAS COMPETITIONS
WHAT IS ICAS?
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is conducted by Educational Assessment Australia. Educational Assessment is wholly owned by the University of New South Wales.
Students from twenty countries now particpate in ICAS with New Zealand being one of these twenty countries. ICAS papers are produced for Year 4 students and above in the following subject areas:
English, Mathematics, Science, Computer Skills, Writing, Spelling
ICAS papers assess the skills students require to address the curriculum.
Every student receives detailed diagnostic information in the form of a report that measures their progress from previous years and a certificate acknowledging their level of achievement.
Schools receive comprehensive reports designed to validate and enhance other school based assessments.
The results from these tests are becoming increasingly important for schools in attaining school wide assessment data. Many of our students at Straight A's sit the ICAS papers each year.
Our programme for these coming holidays will concentrate on preparing students(Year 4-8) for the ICAS English and Mathematics papers they will sit on August 3rd and 17th respectively if they have enrolled in them.
We will revise past papers and look at test techniques, skills needed and test strategies.
Skills covered in each area will include:
ENGLISH
Reading and language skills in a range of texts. Locate, identify, interpret, infer and synthesise information in and about texts, focusing on the aspects of:
reading for meaning in literacy texts
reading for meaning in factual texts
textual devices
syntax
vocabulary
MATHEMATICS
Mathematical skills in a range of contexts from the following areas:
Algebra and Patterns
Measures and Units
Space and Geometry
Sally Clarke
Director