PHS Parent and Student Portal

As technology advances, there are many educational platforms that we use to enhance student learning.

Currently at PHS students have access to and are using:

• DEC Student Portal for emails
• PHS Parent and Student Sentral Portal
• Google classroom
• edmodo
• PHS website 
• ClickView

The PHS Parent Student Portal is one site where students can log into and access all of the above through clicking on the relevant links.  

There are other features of the portal that allows parents and students access to NAPLAN results, school report comments and attendance data, all of which allow students to take ownership of their progress and learning as well as allow parents to be able to monitor their child's progress.  PHS reports are also distributed and accessed through the portal.

Parent and student Sentral Portal instructions

This Quick reference guide can be used for both parents and students.

First time use and new user registration

The steps to access the Parent and student Portal are:

1. All parents and caregivers, are emailed their Parent and student Portal letters with their unique access key. If you do not have one contact the school.
2. Use Google Chrome to access the portal as some other browsers may not work as well.
3. Register for an account on the registration page 
   1. Enter in your user name. This must be your current email address.  Students are required to use their DEC email addresses eg. jane.smith@education.nsw.gov.au
   2. Create a secure password. Note - This is not where you put in the access key

1. Enter in the Access key from your letter
2. SUCCESS! You now have access to the PHS Parent and Student Portal.

Parent and student portal questions

Getting access to the portal

No portal letter

My child did not receive a Parent and student Portal letter or my child lost their portal letter.

Answer - Students can go to the front office before school or during lunch 2 to get a new letter.

Forgotten student email

My child went to register but forgot their email address and couldn't register

Answer - Students need to register using their student email address. This address is usually the students first name and last name separated by a dot.  For example Jane.Smith@education.nsw.gov.au  

Usually their name is the same as their login for the school computers. Some names, depending how common they are, will also have a number, for example Jane Smith2@education.nsw.edu.au

Any teacher at the school can advise students of what their email address is.

Used access key as password

I used my email address as the username, and the access key as my password and the registration didn't work.

Answer - When you register for the portal your username is:

• your current email address for parents
• DEC student email address for students.

Your password is:

• one that you create. 
• Your password is not the access key: 
  • Once you have typed in your user name, created a password and completed the rest of the registration form you will then be taken to another screen.
  • The second screen has a field titled Access Key.  Type in the access key from your portal letter.

Using the access key

Do I need to type in my access key every time I log into the portal?

Answer - No. You only need the access key to register. 

Missing content links in the portal

I have registered for the parent portal and there are no links to the other sites used by students at PHS.

Answer - Download Google Chrome. Sentral have advised that other internet browsers such as internet explorer and mozilla firefox have been known to not display all the text or links available to everyone on the site.

Problems registering or logging on to Sentral

Still having trouble registering or logging on? 

If you have followed the steps carefully and have checked the Parent and student portal questions, please send an email to pittwater-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au with these details:

• Parent full name
• Student full name
• Short description of issue eg.  what stage of the registration process is causing issues
• A contact number that you can be reached on during and after school hours.

Due to time constraints and teacher availability please email the school for assistance. Please do not call by phone for Parent and student Portal questions.