Southern Cross
Early Childhood School

Thinking of enrolling your child in 2025?

If your child turns four before 30 April 2025, they are eligible for enrolment in Preschool for the 2025 school year.

Southern Cross Early Childhood School is holding information tours for new families to enable you to see our lovely learning environment and to give you a chance to ask any questions you may have about enrolling at Southern Cross Early Childhood School.

• Thursday 4 April, 9.15-10.00am
• Monday 8 April,  4.00-4.45pm
• Thursday 2 May, 10.00-10.45am
• Monday 6 May,  3.30-4.15pm
• Wednesday 8 May, 4.30-5.15pm

Enrolment for the 2025 school year will be available from Tuesday 30 April 2024 and can be found here: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/enrolling-in-a-public-school 

To book in  please contact  Nicole on nicole.emerton@ed.act.edu.au

During term 1 we are rolling out a new Parent Portal, a secure online platform used to share student information between you and your child’s teachers.

Using the Parent Portal on your mobile phone, tablet or computer, you will be able 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. 

One of the many benefits of the Parent Portal is that it will be used by all ACT public schools from preschool through to year 12, so there will be no need to use a different system as children change schools during their public-school journey. If you have children at nearby schools you will not need to sign up to the system twice. You will be able to easily add a student to your account once their school has access to the Parent Portal.

•          Driver's licence
•          Australian Passport
•          Birth certificate
•          Australian citizenship certificate
•          Change of name certificate
•          Marriage certificate
•          ImmiCard
•          Australian visa
•          Medicare
•          Centrelink Concession Card

Visit the ACT Digital Account website to create your account: https://www.myaccount.act.gov.au/

Our first whole school athletics carnival since 2019 was a huge success!

The scene was set, picnic rugs were out, children were ready and drink bottles were full. Mother Nature put on a wonderful show for the day and the children were off, running, throwing, jumping and pulling their way to athletics glory. 

The tug-o-war, 70 metre race and tree relay were unanimously voted favourite events for the day. It was also agreed that the adult tug-o-war should become an annual event. I believe the staff are already training for the rematch. 

It was wonderful to see such a high level of engagement from children, staff and parents and equally wonderful to have so many families watching and cheering. 

Thank you to our amazing parent volunteers! These events cannot happen without you and it made the day even more special for our children.