As a parent or carer, you are an important part of our school community. We offer a range of services to support you and your family.
Counselling for families
The school counsellor can assist when families undergo a trauma or big change. Contact us to make an appointment. For information in community languages, see school counselling service.
Outside of the education system, free telephone counselling services are available to support families who may be going through a difficult time.
- Lifeline – 24-hour telephone counselling service. 13 11 14.
- Mensline Australia – 24-hour telephone counselling service for men. 1300 789 978.
- Parent line – 24-hour advice and information service. 1300 1300 52.
Interpreting and translations
We will help you communicate with our school. If you’d like an interpreter for a school meeting, let us know and we will arrange one, if available.
If you don’t speak or understand English well and want to contact us, call TIS National on 131 450 and ask for an interpreter in your language. The operator will call the school and get an interpreter to help. This service is free.
For more information, listen in your language.
Visit the department’s translated documents section for important information that’s relevant for your child’s education in many languages.
Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C)
Our Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C) is made up of parents and carers, teachers and community members. The P&C meets regularly to contribute to decision-making, developing policies and management plans as well as fundraising.
Parent portal and mailing list
The parent portal is part of the school's intranet and allows parents to access school-related information about their children.
The portal displays a copy of your student's details, such as home address, medical records, and parent and emergency contact details, which you can check and update as needed.
Once linked to the parent portal, you can access your student's academic reports, daily notices, school calendar, parent-teacher interview bookings, copies of school documents, student timetables and attendance records.
To register for access, please visit the Galston High School parent portal website and fill in your details. Once we correctly match your information to a student, we will approve your account and provide you with an individual access key. If we cannot match your details to a student, we will contact you directly to verify your access. Please note that we cannot match incoming Year 7 students until they start school the following year. These applications will be processed at the beginning of each year.
If you are not a parent of a current student and still wish to receive general information about the school, such as newsletters, please email galston-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au, and we will add you to the relevant email list. Please note that we do not pass your details onto any third parties, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
You may need to check your junk and spam mail folder initially in case the emails are directed there. If this does happen, please tell your email program that emails from this address are not spam.
All email enquiries should be sent to the school email galston-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au