ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
What you need to do if you
miss an assessment task or are
late on the day of an assessment
task

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• The day of an assessment task means the
day of an in-class task OR the day a task
is due to be submitted

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• If you are unwell or unable to complete a task to your true
ability DO NOT SIT THE TASK. If you sit a task and then
say you were sick or upset etc, this cannot be taken into
consideration. Your paper will be marked as is.

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• YOUR PARENT/CARER MUST RING THE SCHOOL
BY 8.45 IF YOU ARE ABSENT ON THE DAY OF AN
ASSESSMENT TASK OTHERWISE YOU WILL
RECEIVE A ZERO

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• All hand-in tasks must be submitted
before 8.45am (years 11 and 12 to
Student Office; Year 10 in undercover
area)

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• Some Year 10 tasks only may be
submitted during class time or as directed
on assessment notification.

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• Please note that FOR YEAR 10 ONLY – if a hand-
in task is not submitted on the due date a penalty
of -10% per day will be incurred.

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• On the day you return to school you must
get an I/M form from the Student Office or
Mrs Halcrow

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• An I/M form must be accompanied by a medical certificate
or a misadventure statement. Very few circumstances do
not require this and will be decided by counsellors, Year
Coordinator or Mrs Halcrow

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• Please note that a doctor’s certificate must be
dated on the day of illness – it cannot be back
dated e.g “Mary states that she was sick on
March 10”

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• The I/M form must be completed and
returned to Mrs Sue Flint in the Kulilla
Centre within
• 5 days of return to school

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• If the form is not returned within 5 days
you will receive a zero for the task unless
there are exceptional circumstances

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• To complete an I/M form
properly, you need to ensure
that all sections are completed
and all signatures acquired
(yours, parents Year Coordinator
and KLA coordinator – Mrs
Halcrow will sign after you give
the form to Mrs Flint). DO NOT
hand an incomplete form to Mrs
Flint or it will be returned to you

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• When you see the relevant
subject coordinator to complete
his/her section of the form a
decision will be made as to
whether you complete an
alternate task or receive an
estimate

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• Do not assume what the
coordinator’s decision will be.

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• If an alternate task is decided
you must be prepared to do it
within the next few days at the
coordinator’s discretion

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• IT IS NOT YOUR DECISION AS
TO WHETHER YOU DO THE TASK
AND WHEN

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• If you do not follow these steps
you WILL receive a zero. You will
be interviewed by Mrs Halcrow
and she will phone your parents.
An ‘N’ Award warning letter will
be mailed to your parents

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
• If you receive a zero you have
the right of appeal. An appeal
form may be obtained from Mrs
Halcrow and needs to be
returned within 7 days of the
date of the letter sent to parents

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE
QUESTIONS ???????

PLAGIARISM
• Plagiarism occurs when work of
another author is used in a student’s
work without acknowledgement
• The college has a very strong policy
against plagiarism of any type
• If a task or part of a task is
plagiarised the marker will determine
which sections of the work are
involved

PLAGIARISM (cont’d)
• The work is then taken to the
Academic Care Coordinator who, in
consultation with the Dean of
Studies, will determine the degree of
penalty to be applied.
• No teacher feedback or
communication about the task will be
given until a decision is made about
the plagiarised work

PLAGIARISM (cont’d)
• The student involved in the
plagiarism will be interviewed by the
Academic Care Coordinator and
advised of the decision
• The teacher will then be advised
• Only then will the task and feedback
be given to the class.