Our Year 12 students are currently doing their HSC Trial Exams. These exams are the same length and structure as their HSC Exams and so are an excellent preparation tool for our students.

Could you imagine having to do something significant and not having the chance to practice first? Imagine having to play a musical instrument for an audience, playing a sport against another person, driving a car, or attempting to run a marathon without any preparation.

Whatever stage our students are at, they are taking steps to prepare them for the HSC and beyond. In terms of the HSC, Year 12 students need to study, revise and practice for their final exams. Year 7 students need to start that journey now by developing good study habits. Year 8 and 9 students need to be building on this and starting to take on more responsibility for their own learning.

Year 10 and 11 students should not be beginning their practice journey. They should be refining the methods of study that work best for them, based on what worked well (or did not work well) in previous years.

I encourage families to talk about where students are in terms of their learning and especially their study and revision at home; and make plans for what improvements can be made this semester.

School Vaccination Program: Catch-up Clinic

If students missed attending the recent Vaccination Clinic (Year 7 and 10) a Catch-Up Clinic will be held at the College on Tuesday 3 September 2024 between 8.45am and 10.30am.

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: https://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