Pastoral Care
- Hair Policy
- Year 7 Vaccination Program
- Parent Support Group talk
Hair Policy
As students may be having a hair cut before the return to school for Term 4, I wish to remind students and parents of the College's hair policy.
Please see the attached for further information.
Year 7 Vaccination Program
NSW Health will offer vaccinations to all Year 7 students on Wednesday 15 October 2025;
Year 7 – Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (dTpa).
(Human Papillomavirus vaccine will be offered on 28 October 2025)
Also Year 8 – dTpa and HPV (if not already vaccinated in Year 7)
Year 10 – Meningococcal ACWY (if not given at the previous clinic)
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.
Consents given previously remain valid. If you no longer want your child vaccinated, you need to withdraw consent before the day of the school clinic. You can withdraw consent online, notifying the school or contacting the Public Health Unit on (02) 9485 6971.
How to provide consent:
Access the link to the NSW School Vaccination Portal; https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage and 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.
Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.
Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:
Enter your child’s personal details
Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement. Translations available in 28 languages
Provide consent.
(For detailed steps on how to provide consent please refer to guide on how to provide consent online on the NSW Health webpage.) If you require information in your language please visit Arabic, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
You will receive an SMS and email when you have successfully submitted the online consent form.
dTpa vaccine
This dTpa vaccine is the booster dose against whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus and diphtheria. This adolescent dTpa dose is recommended at age 11-13 years old and is still advised even if they have had whooping cough.
No Medicare?
If you or your child do not have a Medicare card or you don’t have I.T. access, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.
Student absent from school on clinic
If your child is absent from school and misses the clinic we can vaccinate them at school later in the year.
For more information on routine school vaccinations, visit
www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination .
If you require information in your language, visit
www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx
If you have difficulty completing the online vaccination consent form, please email
nslhd-phuschoolvaccinationprogram@health.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 9485 6971 for assistance.
Parent Support Group talk - coping with academic pressure
Fusion Sydney North is holding a one-off support group talk aimed to help parents of teens facing academic and emotional challenges. Aimed at parents with students aged 12-18 years.
When: Wednesday 1 October
From: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Fusion North Sydney, 5 Jersey Street, Hornsby
Mr Martin Gillogly - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care