College Updates Term 3 Week 2 - 31 July 2025

Reminders:

Bookweek Celebrations - Friday 22 August 

Primary Learning Journey - Tuesday 2 September

Lumen Day - 3 September

These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the College. Any changes will be advised to parents and carers via Schoolzine.

The HSC Trial Examinations Timetable has been published. Please ensure your child is aware of when and where their exams are and arrive at school by 9:00am so that they are ready assembled for the instructions and start time.  

If they are unwell or unable to attend an exam due to misadventure, please contact the College so we can account for their whereabouts.  They will need to complete a Summative Assessment Variation Form, which can be downloaded from the Assessment Booklet on Sentral. 

An audible waterfall trailing past a campsite with hidden native reptiles and amphibians has sprung up in the Lumen library! It must be Book Week very soon… in fact, it’s just a few weeks away!

All of Week 5 this term, primary students will be celebrating CBCA Children's Book Week. The theme for Book Week 2025 is "Book an Adventure.”

Book Week celebrates literacy and a love of reading, books and book characters. It is a week that students come together and enjoy sharing their favourite books and characters with their peers and the wider college community. We also celebrate the CBCA award shortlist and read the celebrated books in class. The shortlist and many of the notables, are currently on display in the library… and there are many!

This year we have two visiting authors, timed to celebrate Book Week. Sofie Laguna will work with some of the students in years 5 – 12, and Catherine Meatheringham will visit K – 4. Such visits further enhance our wonderful literacy work across the school.

Book Week will culminate on Friday 22 August at 9:15am in the Lumen Hall with a Character Parade. Primary parents and carers are welcome to come and watch the parade. K – 6 students from each class will introduce their character and the book that it comes from (which they do not have to bring) and parade their characters past the audience.

Robert Irwin from Australia Zoo (or someone trying to look like him), will be visiting to help award prizes for Most Creative, Best Effort and Most Bookish. We are looking forward to another fantastic Book Week and seeing all the wonderful characters that students portray on the day. 

We know our students are amazing, so we’re giving them the opportunity to showcase and celebrate their talents in the world-renowned ICAS competition this year.

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 this Link

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 Privacy Collection Statement below.
3. Read the terms and conditions here
4. Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here
5. Enter our school’s access code LNN237
6. Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.  

Please note that the ICAS subject areas 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

All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal

If you have any questions contact Helen.Bigelow@cg.catholic.edu.au

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