Head of Secondary
"As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart." Proverbs 27:9
A theme that will run through the year in the Secondary School is 'What is your character?'
Character is not about intelligence or talent, it is about the type of person you are. All students, regardless of ability, can demonstrate excellent character traits – they can, for example, be hard working, respectful, and kind.
I explained at assembly this week that I cannot just look at a person and know their character. Their character is observed in their actions. As the Proverb above says, a person’s life (actions) reflects their heart (character).
All of our students are able to be hard working. However, if their actions include not completing classwork and homework, or not putting effort into their assessment tasks, they are not showing people around them that they are hard working. All students are capable of being respectful and kind, but sometimes in their actions they show that these are not yet a part of their character.
My challenge to Secondary students as we begin a new year is to act in a way that demonstrates who they are. I encourage students to, through their actions, let us see their true character.
School Vaccination Clinic Dates 2024
Year 10: MeningococcalACWY - Thursday 29 February 2024
Year 7: HPV and dTpa - Tuesday 4 June 2024
Online Consent for Year 7 and Year 10 School Vaccinations
If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations.
In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV).
In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.
How to provide consent:
- To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school
- 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.
- 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
- Provide consent
If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.
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).
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
