Year 7 & 10 Vaccinations Reminder

Dates

Term 2: Tuesday 21st May 2024

All Year 7 Students:

  • Gardasil (HPV) 1 Dose Only
  • Boostrix (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis-whooping cough) 1 dose only

Term 3: Wednesday 11th September 2024

Catchups for Year 7 & 10 (late form submission/ absentees)

Consent for School Vaccinations

Consent for each vaccine must be provided by parents/guardians for students to receive free vaccinations at school.

From 2024 parents/guardians can provide consent online for their child’s routine school vaccinations on the online consent portal. Select login with Service NSW Account.

To provide online consent you will need:

  • your Service NSW log-in details
  • Medicare card details for you and your child.

Read a step-by-step guide on how to provide consent online. 

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form – available on request from the College.

Parents can withdraw consent at any time before vaccination takes place:

  • where consent has been given online, please log-in to the secure NSW Health portal and follow the prompts to withdraw consent, or
  • where consent has been given on the physical consent form, please write to the College to advise the student's name, school grade and those vaccines the withdrawn consent applies to.

The procedure for Withdrawal of consent is available on the NSW Health website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation and it is also outlined in the user guide.

Changes to Vaccinations for 2024

Ø  Gardasil (HPV) is now a 1 x dose schedule and will only be available as a school-based program to Year 7 students. Year 8 students who consented for their vaccination in Year 7 at school, and did not receive the vaccine, will be offered a catch up during 2024– names will be supplied from Health NSW to the College before each clinic.

Ø  Boostrix is only available to Year 7 students. It is a single dose. Year 8 students who consented for their vaccination in Year 7 at school, and did not receive the vaccine, will be offered a catch up during 2024– names will be supplied from Health NSW to the College before each clinic.

Ø  Nimenrix (Meningococcal ACWY) – only to Year 10 students. It is a single dose. Year 11 students who consented for their vaccination in Year 10 at school, and did not receive the vaccine, will be offered a catch up during 2024– names will be supplied from Health NSW to the College before each clinic.

Ø  To improve vaccination completion, students will be opportunistically offered any missed doses throughout the year where possible.

 

Education Material For Students - THE HPV PROGRAM: