Belmont High School Quantum

September 2017

Belmont High School

Quantum Building Harmony and Success

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NSW SCHOOL VACCI NAT ION PROGRAM 2017

Schoo l vacc inat ion c l in ic s cont inue in t o Te rm 4

Week 3 , Tuesday Oct ober 24 , 2017

WHAT I F MY C HILD HAS MISSE D A V ACCI NE

I f your ch i ld has mi ssed any vaccinat ions they w i l l be of fe red any m i s sed doses a t

t he next c l i n ic at the i r schoo l .

WHAT I F MY C HILD HAS NOT RECE IVED ALL HPV V ACCINES BEF OR E THE E ND OF 2017?

An y year 7 s t udent w i th m i s sed doses o f HPV vacc ine can be caught up in 2018 .

ADDIT IONALLY:

Any 2017 year 8 s tudent who commenced HPV vac c inat ion w h i le in year 7 and i s

ye t t o f i n i sh the cour se o f HPV (and w ho has not rece ived any f rom t he i r loca l

doct or ) can s t i l l rece ive th i s at the next c l in ic at t he i r schoo l .

Any year 11 o r 12 s t udent w ho ret u rned a s igned consent ca rd fo r M en ingococcal

ACWY vacc ine and d id not rece ive th i s i n Te rm 2 (and who has not rece ived i t

f rom t he i r loca l do ct or ) can s t i l l rece ive t h i s at t he next c l i n ic at t he i r schoo l .

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As o f Ju ly 2017 an y s tudent who has m i s sed schoo l p ro gram vacc ines o r any

ch i ldhood vacc ines can now rece ive these vacc ines f rom t he i r loca l doct or . Fo r

more in fo rmat ion p lease re fe r t o www . immun i se .hea l t h .gov .au and c l ick on

“Nat iona l immun i sat ion p rogram – expans ion” .

Don’ t fo rget a Record of V acc inat ion i s g i ven t o each s t udent fo r each

vacc inat ion . Pa rent s/guard ians shou ld e nsure t hat t h i s record i s kept fo r futu re

re fe rence and shou ld not as sume t hat t he i r ch i ld has been vaccinat ed i f t hey do

not receive t h i s Record of V acc inat ion .

An y ques t ions , p lease v i s i t t he NSW Min i s t r y o f Heal th w ebs i t e at :

h t tp ://w ww .hea l t h .n sw .gov .au/ immun i sa t ion/Pages/schoo lvacc inat ion .aspx

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CAREERS NEWS

YEAR 12 – HSC FACT Your HSC marks for each course are a 50:50

combination of your school assessment

marks and external exam marks. Learn more

about how the HSC and ATAR work by

downloading the free booklet:

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Over 25000 people have applied for undergraduate courses this month. It costs

more to apply after September so be an early bird and get your application in

today. To get started visit http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN CAREERS? Nursing @ Narla – students have been volunteering at Narla Village. Students have been observing and following Registered Nurses at Narla. Congratulations to Kyle Brown, Talesha Holt, Caitlan Johnston, Keirra Eastham, Indiana Harrold and Hannah Mulliett. Landscaping Lads – working with Mr McGrevy maintaining grounds and landscaping gardens. Ozharvest – BHS students have been lending a hand at Belmont Neighbourhood Centre. Thank you to Jack Phillips, Abbey Penfold, Dom Maley, Brittany Sletten, Gloria Dunn and Torry Roberts. White Card – another 10 students qualified to work on a construction site. Congratulations Joel Blackburn, Bonnie Burgess, Liam MacKenzie-Wolter, Shanaye McDonald, Thomas McEwan, Will Morrow, Alaeldin Mohamed, Abbey Penfold and Sam Taberner. First Aid – 18 students qualified to provide First Aid. Career Links – Each week students are sent the weekly Career Link’s email. The email contains all the local job, apprenticeships and traineeships in the Hunter region. It is so important all students are regularly checking their school email account for updates.

Please use http://www.belmonthighcareers.com for all your Careers information.

www.belmonthighcareers.com.au Check out our Careers Website for all

your Careers needs!

Changing Your University Course

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SCHOOL SHOE REQUIREMENTS Th e s c h o o l mu s t a b i de w i t h t he W H & S s a f e t y r u le s t h a t a r e n ow l a w i n a l l D E C s c ho o l s a c r o s s t he

s t a t e . Wh e n p u r c h a s i n g y o u r c h i l d ’ s f o o t we a r , u se t he f o l l o w i n g i ma g e s a s a g e ne r a l g u i de .

A l l s h o e s M U S T b e f u l l l e a t h e r , b l a c k sh oe s . O u r un i f o r m c o d e s t a t e s t h a t t h e s e sh o e s a re t o be

w o r n on a l l s c h o o l d a y s e xc e p t Th u r s d a y , w h e n fu l l l e a t he r s p o r t s s h o e s mu s t b e w or n .

Co r r e c t F o o tw e a r – fo r u se w i t h o u r sc h oo l u n i f o r m – b l a ck le a th e r , la c e up s ho es . M u s t n ot

e x t e n d o ve r th e an k le o r h a ve a p l a t f o r m. Th e l e a th e r mu s t c o ve r th e wh o l e f o o t f o r s a f e t y .

I n c o r r e c t Fo o tw e a r – D u e t o WH & S p o l i c y a n d t h e s a fe t y o f y ou r c h i l d s l i p o n s h oe s a n d s ho es

t h a t d o n o t c o ve r t h e w h o l e f o o t a r e NO T ac c e p t a b l e .

Co r r e c t F o o tw e a r f o r S p o r t – S p o r t s h oe s s h o u l d be p r e d o mi n a n t l y w h i t e , e i th e r l a c e u p o r

Ve l c r o . S h o e s sh o u l d b e su p p o r t i ve o f t he fe e t du r i n g ex e r c i se . Th e w h o le o f t he u p p er f o ot

mu s t h a ve a s o l i d c o ve r .

I n c o r r e c t sp o r t s s h o es - S l i p o n s p o r t s s h oe s a r e n o t pe r mi t te d , t h e s e i n c lu d e c an va s s h o e s a s

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