The Secondary School Immunisation Program provides free vaccines to eligible Year 7 and Year 10 students under the National Immunisation Schedule. 

Year 7 students:

·      Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough)

·      Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Year 10 students:

·      Meningococcal ACWY

The City of Greater Dandenong Council Immunisation Team will work with the College to implement the immunisation program and will inform you of the steps you need to take.

The Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 authorises secondary schools to provide their local council with student and parent/guardian contact information for any student scheduled to receive a vaccination. This information is only used to assist local councils to follow-up parents/guardians of students with incomplete or

missing immunisation consent forms.

Every day vaccinations save lives and make it possible for Victorians to live free from the illness and disability caused by many infectious diseases.

For further information please see Immunisation in Secondary Schools.

Important Information:

What information is given to local council?

The school provides the following basic student and parent/guardian contact information to the local council immunisation service:

·      student name 

·      date of birth 

·      gender  

·      year level and class group  

·      parent/guardian contact details  

·      language(s) spoken at home.

Why does the school provide this information?

·      To improve communication with parents/guardians regarding their child’s vaccination needs.

·      To ensure all eligible students are offered the opportunity to access free vaccinations at school.

·      To reduce the administrative burden on school staff to follow-up consent forms.

·      To eliminate manual data entry processes.

What do I need to do?

1.     Your local council will provide you with important vaccine-related information, along with either a hard copy or a link to an online consent portal. Please read through the information and complete all sections, regardless of whether you grant or decline consent.

2.     Provide your consent online, such as through the CIRV portal, or return the hard copy immunisation consent form. Consent forms (either online or hard copy) should be completed, regardless of whether consent has been granted or declined.

3.     Your information will be provided to the City of Greater Dandenong Council in early March. If you do not wish for your details to be provided, please advise the school, in writing, by sending an email to schoolnurse@lighthouse.vic.edu.au before Friday the 28^th of February.