NSW SCHOOL VACCINATION PROGRAM

NSW Health will be coming to McAuley on 27 March to conduct the NSW School Vaccination Program. If there are any students in Years 8 & 11 that missed the vaccination program last year and would like to participate, please complete the online registration and consent.

In 2024 the following vaccines will be offered: 

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

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations. 
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received. 
 
How to Provide Consent: 

1. To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage
2. For detailed steps on how to provide consent please refer to the NSW Health webpage: How to Provide Consent.
3. 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. 
4. Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required. 
5. 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. Translations available in 27 languages.
4. Provide consent. 

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, or you are not able to provide consent on-line, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school office. 
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).  

If you require assistance to provide on-line consent, please contact Albury Public Health:

• Phone: 02 6053 4800 and press option2    OR
• Email: MLHD-Immunisation-PHU@health.nsw.gov.au with your child’s name and your contact details and we will call you back. 

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.
 
If you require information in your language, please visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx

There are some useful files attached that will assist you with registering for the vaccination program.

If you have any questions, please contact the school office.