Year 7 Vaccinations
NSW Health will be attending St Joseph’s on Tuesday 8 April 2025
In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough).
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.
If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10, you can give consent online for their routine school vaccinations.
How to Provide Consent:
- To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit the School Vaccination Program online consent portal (https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage)
- For detailed steps on how to provide consent, please refer to the NSW Health webpage How to Provide Consent (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/online-consent-school-vaccination.aspx).
- Follow the steps to log in to your existing Service NSW 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 https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/services/myservicensw-account/how-to-create-an-account to create an account.
- 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 are available in 28 languages please refer to the NSW Health webpage https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx
- Provide consent.
Alternatively, you can access the QR code below. Scroll down to school vaccination program, select log in, select Service NSW Account and log in with your Service NSW details. Please note that a hard copy Consent package may be collected from the school administration office if you are unable to complete consent online.
Important Information For Parents
A reminder to ensure that your child/ward who are unwell (even with mild respiratory symptoms) should not attend the clinic.
Please ensure that students have had their breakfast on the morning of the clinic. This is to reduce the risk of the child feeling unwell following vaccination.
Students are asked to wear loose fitting shirts e.g. sports uniform as this provides the nurses with a safer access to the correct site of the upper arm.
