Senior School Photo Day

Please refer to the attached PDF for important information regarding the upcoming Senior School Photo Day, to be held on 3rd March, 2023:

Year 7 and Year 10 Vaccinations

Our Vaccination Day for year 7 has been postponed to Term 2 for Monday, May 29th 2023.

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations.

The browser to use must be either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. If you have any issues logging on, please call NSW Health on 4734 2022

In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV). In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

How to provide consent:

To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school
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:
1. Enter your child’s personal details
2. Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
3. Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement
4. Provide consent

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.

NSW Health has also provided answers to parents Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Vaccination programs for Years 7 and 10:

The benefits of providing consent online:

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).

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination

Important Information for Parents on School Routines:

We publish below the responses to your Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

If you child is running late, leaving early or will be absent

Below is the process to follow when your child is running late, leaving early or will be absent.

Where do I collect my child during the school day?

The person collecting the student must collect them from Student Reception and sign them out.

What do I do if my child is sick at school?

Student must report to Sickbay for assessment/ monitoring.
Students must not contact parent/carer
The school will then phone parent/carer to organised for someone to collect
Collect from sickbay located in Senior School Reception

Where is Lost Property?

Have you placed your child’s name clearly in their school uniform, items, etc
Please come to Senior Student Reception if you have lost something.

Change of contact details?

Please update via portal, email seniorschool@bmgs.nsw.edu.au or through the portal.
Student Medical Record Updates: Please complete the form found on the Portal under the folder Student Medical K to 12. And email to sensiorschool@bmgs.nsw.edu.au

Excursions

Excursion Permissions are a legal requirement for school records and have gone Digital. A written response by completion of forms are requirement for school records.

Miss Rebecca Kaczmarczyk

Senior Student Reception

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