Connecting with our school

It is important to us that we work in partnership with parents and carers. Communication between home and school is key to this.

We recognise however that it can often be difficult communicating with teachers because they have a very full timetable; and that parents and carers also have very busy lives.

We will always work to get back to your enquiries within a reasonable timeframe. We aim to do this within 3 workings days. If your matter is urgent we will get back to you as quickly as possible.

Our school provides regular updates about what is happening at our school in a number of ways. Families are encouraged to read our School Communication Policy  for the best ways to get in contact with our school and ways to connect with us.

Gungahlin College Communication Policy (pdf 199KB)

Parent Portal

Parent Portal is a secure online platform used to share student information between you and your child’s teachers.

Use Parent Portal to:

• notify us if your child is sick or explain an absence
• book parent/teacher interviews
• receive academic reports
• receive our school newsletter
• receive messages from your child’s teachers
• make payments
• access the school calendar and your child’s student timetable.

Parent Portal is used by all ACT public schools from preschool through to year 12. If you have children at other ACT public schools, you don’t need to sign up to the system twice. You can access their information from one account.

You can also access Parent Portal through the Sentral for Parents app. Download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store.

If you would like to access Parent Portal via a web browser on your mobile phone, tablet or computer, use this Parent Portal access link. When you are logged into Parent Portal, we recommend saving the browser as a favourite or to the homepage on your mobile phone for quick access in the future.

Access to Parent Portal and Sentral for Parents app is via your ACT Digital Account. If you still need to register, use this Parent Portal access link and log in or create your ACT Digital Account. You will need your access key, which you should have received by email when we launched.

If you have any questions, please contact Student Services at gungahlincollege@ed.act.edu.au or 6142 1000.

For more information about Parent Portal, visit the Education Directorate website.