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I have received an N Warning notification in the mail. What does this mean?
If a student in Years 10-12 fails to submit a task or complete an event on or by the due date the principal may issue an N Warning Letter. Usually a letter will be issued after three (3) days from the date of the task or event in the event that the task has not been submitted. Our policy states that penalties apply for lateness including a 50% penalty for a task handed in late on the day it is due or one day late; 80% after two days & zero marks three (3) or more days after its due date (public holidays, weekends and school holidays are included in the calculation). Sign and return the letter to the sign to acknowledge receipt and ensure that your daughter makes a genuine effort to complete & submit the task by the date indicated on the letter. If the task is not received the principal may issue a second N Warning Letter & therefore may withhold the course from the student. This may result in a student not satisfactorily completing the requirements for the award of the RoSA, Preliminary or HSC.
My daughter is too sick to sit or submit the task but you are making her do this. Why?
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) expects that irrespective of the situation that students will attempt to complete all assessment work as well as all of the set experiences as determined by the school. NESA will expect that students attempt all the HSC exams for which they have been entered and then seek to appeal using NESA's Illness/Misadventure Appeals process. Their expectation is that this is to be no different at the school. In the interests of fairness all students must attempt the task & we have procedures in place to assist students who experience genuine illness or misadventure. In the event of the HSC your daughter must present to the Presiding Officer and attempt each exam; they will need to get a certificate for each day of each event for which an appeal is being made.
Why do I need a doctor's certificate each time my daughter is sick from a task or event?
NESA requires students to produce evidence to support any appeal for Illness or Misadventure. The doctor must clearly show that the illness (or misadventure) has had a direct impact on sitting or completing a task; merely producing a certificate which states "... is unfit for duties" will not be accepted as evidence to support the appeal. The principal has the right to reject any certificate which is back dated, does not suggest that the illness has had an impact on the task or is not considered as a bone fide reason for not completing a task. In the event of an assessment block or exam week a student must be able to produce evidence for each event that they are appealing. This is standard practice for the HSC.
We are planning a family holiday within the term; my daughter has an assessment(s) due or exam(s) to sit. Can they be moved?
Attendance at all assessment events or examinations is compulsory. The NSW Education Act (1990) requires every child from 6 years to 17 years of age to be at school every day the school is open. The only acceptable reason for an absence is an illness that is fully documented. It is never acceptable for a student in Years 10, 11 or 12 to take a family holiday or overseas travel during the school term. If a student is absent on a family holiday, or overseas travel during the school term and misses an Assessment Task, Event or examination no marks will be recorded for that Assessment Task, Event or examination.
Extensions and/or alternative arrangements will not be granted nor made for family holidays or non-necessary travel for events such as weddings, religious festivals, parties, illness of pets, overseas visitors, etc. that impact on the assessment programme of the College. Arrangements for such events should be made outside of the school week or term. If students fail to comply they will be awarded zero marks for the task.
All applications for leave must be formally lodged with the principal in writing.
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