Pastoral Care 

• School communication between home and the Sentral Portal

• School Counselling Team

School communication between home and the Sentral Parent Portal

The school uses Sentral for communications between the school and parents/carers.

Notes, permission slips, the school calendar, booking parent/teacher interviews, advising of your son’s absence, and checking timetable and reports are all done via Sentral. Parents can download the Sentral for Parents app, and search for St Pius X College, Chatswood to register/ log in. To add a student, parents will need their son’s Student Access Key, which has been emailed to parents.  If you need assistance please email the school: SPortalHelp@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Families are using the Sentral Parent Portal to:

• Access student reports 

• Monitor your son’s merits and demerits for academic and behaviour 

• Book Parent/Teacher Interviews

• Timetables - View your sons class timetable

• Excursion and incursion information, permissions and payment

  • Pay Invoices - View your current and past fee invoices (this feature is not currently available)

• Attendance - Action absence notifications and advise of future absences including leaving early.

PLEASE NOTE: CLIPBOARD is only used for Cocurricular Absences. 

All absences from the College must be documented within Sentral.

Accessing the Sentral Parent Portal

Families can access this information via the Sentral Parent Portal on their computer or the App on their mobile.

• To access the Sentral Parent Portal on your LAPTOP please visit https://sentral.stpiusx.nsw.edu.au/auth/portal to register or login

• To access the Sentral App on your MOBILE PHONE please download Sentral for Parent for iPhone or Sentral for Parents for Android, search the school and then register or login

  • Parents will need the Student Access Key to get Sentral set up.

    • This is sent to parents at the start of the year via email 

    •  If you are new to the school and do not have your son’s Student Access Key please email SPortalHelp@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

     

• For more details on how to register and use the Parent Portal or App please visit https://www.sentral.com.au/getting-started which has step by step instructions and videos on how to get started. 

• For FAQs and Troubleshooting please visit https://www.sentral.com.au/portal-app-help 

Attendance and the Sentral Parent Portal

All parents are required to record absences and early departures via Parent Sentral App. 

Whole Day Absences

If a student is going to be absent for a day or more, parents must register this via the Sentral Parent app.

• Click on Absences, then the + button at the top right of the screen

• Select the student, the reason, and the first and last day he will be absent

• In the Comments, note the reason for the absence

Late Arrivals

If a student is running late, parents must notify the school via the Sentral Parent app.The student must report to Student Services when he arrives as school to be signed in.

• Click on Absences, then the + button at the top right of the screen

• Select the student, the reason, and the date he is running late for as the start and end date

• In the Comments, note the reason for the absence and estimated time of arrival

Early Leavers

If a student needs to leave early for an unavoidable reason, parents/carers can notify the school in advance via the Sentral Parent app.

• Click on Absences, then the + button at the top right of the screen

• Select the student, the reason, the date he will be leaving early for as the start and end date

• In the Comments, note the reason for the absence, who will be picking him up or if he is able to make his own way home

The student then reports to the Student Services to be signed out.

School Counselling Team

We warmly welcome two new counsellors to our School Counselling Team this year - Ms Sophie Parkes and Ms Marielle Flores.

Below are the days of work for the counselling team:

Ms Joe McCarthy - Tuesday to Thursday

Mrs Judy Gill - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

Ms Sophie Parkes - Monday to Wednesday

Ms Marielle Flores (Junior School) - Wednesday to Friday.

For all counselling contacts, please use the following email:

scounselling@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au 

Mr Martin Gillogly - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care