Volume 36 Issue 4 - 21 March 2024

Vaccinations

NSW Health is offering the vaccination against meningococcal disease (given as one injection) through the School's Vaccination Program. On Wednesday 27 March 2024, nurses from NSW Health will be visiting the College to administer this vaccination to Year 10 students.

If you would like your child to receive this vaccine you must complete the online consent form. Vaccinations will only be provided at the College if consent has been received by NSW Health.

How to provide consent:

1.To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage

2.Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one. 

3.Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required. 

4.Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:  

               a)  Enter your child’s personal details
               b)  Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child  
               c)  Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement
               d)  Provide consent  

On the day of vaccinations, please ensure that your daughter has a healthy-sized breakfast and drinks plenty of fluids throughout the day. Also please advise your daughter to wear her SPORTS UNIFORM on this day.

Please note, the College’s role in the administration of these vaccines is purely as a facilitator.

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination or call the Liverpool Public Health Unit on 9794 0855.

If you require information in your language, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx