Year 10 (& Year 7 catch-up) Vaccination Clinic Dates and Online Consent

Year 10 (& Year 7 catch-up) Vaccination Clinic Dates and Online Consent

In Week 2 of Term 3, all Year 10 Students will be offered the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine through the NSW School Vaccination Program offered by NSW Health on Friday 2 August.

Additionally, any Year 7 students who missed the Term 1 Clinic will be caught up with the dTpa and the HPV vaccinations. If your Year 7 child is on the list to be vaccinated at the upcoming Clinic you will receive an email from the school.

Vaccinations will only be provided at school if consent has been received. Online consent is accepted through the NSW Health School Vaccination Program portal.

How to provide consent:

  1. To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit here.
  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:

Detailed instructions can be found on the NSW Health website.

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

If your child misses the school vaccination clinic, the immunisation nurses will try to catch them up at their next visit (scheduled for early 2025). Alternately, you can speak to a GP or pharmacist about catching up on vaccinations.

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit here.

or if you have any questions, please contact South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit on:

9382 8333 (Ext 2).

If you require information in your language, please visit here.

Phil Rogers
Director of Administration