Administration Spotlight

Important Messages

Parent Portal is now available as a mobile app!

You can now access Parent Portal with the Sentral for Parents app. Download Sentral for Parents for free through the App Store or Google Play Store.

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

If you’ve already registered, you can download the Sentral for Parents app to receive notifications when new information is available.

If you haven’t registered for Parent Portal yet, use this Parent Portal access link to log into or create your ACT Digital Account. To access Parent Portal, you will need your access key, you should have received this by email when we launched.

If you can’t find the email with the access key, please contact the front office team for help.

Some reminders about what you can do with Parent Portal:

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.

Head to our website for all the details: www.macgregorps.act.edu.au

Registering For Parent Portal

1) Sign up for an ACT Digital Account if you do not already have one.

This is an important step to securely verify the identity of parents and carers. It is not possible to set up an account without completing this step.

2) You will be sent an access key (code) and a Parent Portal registration link specific to MacGregor School via email to enable you to link your ACT Digital Account to your child's records.

For more information visit: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/parent-portal

Sustainable Steps Poster Competition

The Sustainable Steps Poster Competition invites Canberra school students to create a poster that will inspire Canberrans to take a simple action for sustainability. The competition is open to school students from preschool to Year 8. Entries close on Friday 11 October 2024.

Finalists’ posters will be displayed and winners will be announced at the Sustainable Schools Awards in early December 2024. Winners will receive a book prize. Find out more and download the entry form.

Spring School Holiday Program

School is almost out for the term, meaning it’s nearly time for some holiday fun! Get ready for some serious enjoyment with Libraries ACT's Spring School Holiday Program. Discover fun-filled activities, interactive storytelling sessions, craftwork, projects and more.

Check out the attached flyer to see what’s on offer these holidays.

Attachments: Spring School Holidays 2024

Free travel during MyWay+ transition, starts Friday 20 September

The next major phase for MyWay+ will start from Friday 20 September ahead of the next generation ticketing system going live this November. To get ready for the new ticketing system, the old equipment will need to be removed and new MyWay+ validators installed in both buses and along the light rail alignment.

As a result:

travel will be free from 20 September
NXTBUS will not be available during this transition period.

Please spread the word to your school community using the attached newsletter text.

For more information on the MyWay+ transition, including what changes are taking place, visit the Transport Canberra website.

Attachments:

Ways to pay (204 kb JPG)

‘Hats On Again’

In Canberra sun protection is required for part or most of each day between August and May. The end of May is ‘Hats Off Day’ whilst the beginning of August is ‘Hats On Again’ for all of us. Macgregor Primary School will be encouraging ‘Hats On Again’ this week (between 9am and 3pm) and will be asking all students to wear hats in the playground from Monday 5 August (Week 3).

School Parking Arrangements

We would like to take this opportunity to remind all families to park safety around our school and obey all road signage.

If you would like to safely drop your children off to school, then the best area is the turning circle at the front of the school. A reminder that this is a 'drop off' only spot between 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, meaning no parking is permitted.

You can park in Clode Crescent and Clode Place and walk your children into school. If parking along Hirschfeld Crescent, please do not park across residential driveways. As these are all residential streets, please follow all signage and remain patient with each other at busy times.

Above all, remember our student's safety is of the utmost importance.