{"id":5253,"date":"2026-03-13T13:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5253"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:29:20","slug":"reminder-year-10-year-10-vaccinations-18-march-2026-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/article\/reminder-year-10-year-10-vaccinations-18-march-2026-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder &#8211; Year 10 &#8211; Year 10 Vaccinations &#8211; 18 March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Letter from the Assistant Principal <\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>20 February 2026\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dear Parents\/Carers<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Year 10 Vaccinations<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>NSW Health will offer the following vaccinations to Year 10 students at our College.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Meningococcal ACWY on 18 March 2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If your child is in Year 10 you can provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations. Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>How to provide consent:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>1. To complete online consent for your child\u2019s school vaccinations, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.health.nsw.gov.au\/engage\"><strong>https:\/\/engage.health.nsw.gov.au\/engage<\/strong><\/a> and login using your ServiceNSW details. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver\u2019s licence. Refer to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/services\/myservicensw-account\/how-to-create-an-account\"> Service NSW<\/a> to create an account if you don\u2019t already have one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2. Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>3. Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Read a step-by-step<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-english.pdf\"> guide on how to provide consent online<\/a>. Translated guides are available in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-arabic.pdf\"> Arabic<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-korean.pdf\"> Korean<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-chinese-simplified.pdf\"> Simplified Chinese<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-traditional-chinese.pdf\"> Traditional Chinese<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-vietnamese.pdf\"> Vietnamese<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you or your child do not have a Medicare card or access, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form. Please contact the office if you require a paper form.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The benefits of providing consent online:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u2022 Easily update your child\u2019s details<br \/>\u2022 Receive SMS and\/or email notifications when vaccinations are given<br \/>\u2022 Faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/schoolvaccination\"> www.health.nsw.gov.au\/schoolvaccination<\/a> .<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you require information in your language, please visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Pages\/school_vaccination_language.aspx\"> www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Pages\/school_vaccination_language.aspx<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Kind regards<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ms Melinda Alvarez<br \/><strong>Assistant Principal<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Letter from the Assistant Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-5253","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/5253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}