Illness or Misadventure

Should I submit an illness/misadventure application?

An illness/misadventure application is for students who, for a valid reason:

• are late in submitting a task,

• fail to complete the task on the day assigned day,

• are absent on the day of the task or examination, or

• are requesting an extension to a task.

Students must complete and submit an illness-misadventure application within five school days of their return to school.

Illness: If you were sick or injured or had a diagnosed medical condition affecting your performance or causing you to miss an examination, assessment task or submit a task.

Misadventure: An incident or circumstances affecting your performance in examinations or assessments tasks or prevented you from submitting a task by the due date.

For an application to be considered, it should be accompanied by a medical certificate or report, a written statement from a parent, guardian or health professional and/or any other relevant documentation.

The application will be based on evidence supplied by the student and in other submitted documentation, and will be made in consultation with the Head of Academic Innovation and at least one of the following:

• Subject Teacher

• Wellbeing Facilitator/Leader

• Academic Leader

• Administration Coordinator

• Head of Secondary

• Head of School

Once the application has been reviewed, the student will be contacted regarding a decision and the nature of any subsequent arrangements, such as extensions and/or alternative dates. Usually, students will sit for in-class tasks or examinations as soon as possible after they return to school (in most cases on the day they return) and, depending on the nature of the assessment, an alternate task may be set.