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Southern Cross Early Childhood School

Southern Cross Early Childhood School is situated in Scullin in the Belconnen region of the ACT. The school caters for children from birth to eight years, and offers integrating services including child care, Preschool to Year 2 education and a range of community programs.

Watch this video to find out more about Southern Cross Early Childhood School: https://youtu.be/xYwJqJSLyMQ

The School is built on the land of the Ngunnawal people. The contribution of the traditional owners of the land is acknowledged at all school functions.

The school ensures continuity for children in both their learning and relationships during their early years. The School's motto, "From Little Things Big Things Grow", encapsulates the value placed on providing a caring and nurturing environment for our young children to grow and develop into active and successful members of our community. High quality early education is offered through a focus on play-based learning, explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy, science, sustainability, physical education and all aspects of the Arts.

Watch this video to hear more about the benefits of enrolling your child in an Early Childhood School in the ACT: https://youtu.be/h0BmHHMVtRw

Front of School SCECS an Early Childhood School Sensory Courtyard

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Latest News at Southern Cross Early Childhood School

12 Mar 2024

Preschool 2025 Information Tours

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

08 Feb 2024

Coming soon: Parent Portal

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.

Sign up now

To access the portal, you will need to create or have access to an ACT Government Digital Account. You can sign up now and complete the level 2 identity verification process to get ready for our launch this term.

To complete the identity verification process you will need one of the following:

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/

If you have any issues with creating your account and completing your level 2 identity verification you can get in contact with ACT Digital Account to resolve by calling 13 22 81.

You will receive an email in term 1 with an access code to link your existing account to your child’s records. If you have any questions, please contact the school on nicole.emerton@ed.act.edu.au or call 61420020

For more information about Parent Portal, visit the Education Directorate website: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/parent-portal.

20 Sep 2023

Southern Cross Athletics Carnival

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.