Especean

Wellbeing - Senior School

Term 1:Week 4 - 2025 Vaccination Program

In 2025 the following vaccines will be offered: 

  • In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough), (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV) on Tuesday 3 June.

     

  • In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine on Thursday 21 August. 

Vaccinations will only be provided at the College if consent has been received. If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10, you can give consent online for their routine school vaccinations. 

How to Provide Consent: 

1.  To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit the School Vaccination Program online consent portal. 

 

2.  For detailed steps on how to provide consent, please refer to the NSW Health webpage How to Provide Consent  

 

3.  Follow the steps to log in to your existing Service NSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver licence. If you don’t have a Service NSW account, refer to https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/services/myservicensw-account/how-to-create-an-account to create an account.

 

4.  Update or confirm your personal details with Service NSW as required. 

 

5.  Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child. 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 (Translations are                   available in 28 languages, please refer to the NSW Health webpage.)

d.    provide consent. 

 

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, internet access or you are unable to complete the online consent, please contact Ms. Capobianco (Year 7) or Mr. Fox (Year 10) to ask for a paper consent form. 

 

The benefits of providing consent online: 

  • SMS notification three days before the clinic to remind you of the vaccination day.

  • Easily update your child’s details.

  • Receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given.

  • Faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). 

Please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccinationfor more information on routine school vaccinations. 

 

If you require information in your language, please visit 

www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx. 

 

Robert Simpson

Director of Senior School