Frequently Asked Questions

D.A.S.H

We partner with Delacombe Primary School’s D.A.S.H program to provide before and after school care.

Students are dropped off to Lumen Christi at the beginning of the school day and picked up at the end of the school day by the DASH minivan.

Link to DASH brochure here

KELLY SPORTS

Kelly Sports' after-school programmes give students the opportunity to get active and learn great new skills from enjoyable and encouraging coaching sessions.

Find out more about the days and times offered by the team at Kelly Sports by clicking the linnk below.

Link to Kelly Sports website here

A typical day at Lumen Christi:

8:30am Supervision commences

8:40am Classrooms are open

8:50am Prayer and Roll taken

9:00am Classes begin

10:50am First break - play

11:20am Children eat in class

11:30 am Classes resume

1:30pm Second break - eat then play

2:20pm Classes resume

3:20pm Dismissal

Students wear hats in Terms 1 and 4, and all students use a Lumen Christi school bag.

Summer uniform is worn in Terms 1 and 4, with winter uniform worn in terms 2 and 3.

Our uniform can be purchased from Beleza in Doveton Street, Ballarat. 

Students wear black leather shoes with their summer and winter uniforms, with runners worn only with the sport uniform.

Second hand uniforms are available through a parent community Facebook page 

OUR SCHOOL FEES FOR 2023

(Note these are not finalised until November 2022)

TUITION LEVY – This levy is charged to each family and remains the same regardless of the number of children you have in our school. This fee is to assist in meeting the shortfall in government funding to allow us to meet our running costs.

Tuition Fee $980 per family, per year

SCHOOL CAPITAL FEE - A levy of approx $330 per family, per year (finalised amount of this levy is set in November each year) is set to assist with loan repayments on the school and to create a financial resource to make provision for future capital expenditure.

STUDENT LEVY - An all-inclusive levy is charged per child at the beginning of the year. This levy covers purchase of classroom requisites and other classroom costs throughout the year e.g. books, library, art and craft etc. 

This provides the classes with what they need, saves you inconvenience and reduces costs generally. The cost of this fee is decided in each yearly budget and our aim is to keep this as low as possible. Student Levy F-Year 6 $360

per child

SWIMMING LEVY – This levy is an additional charge to cover an intensive swimming program for all students. These costs alter in accordance with bus and swimming costs. This is approximately $60

FOUNDATION / GRADE 1 & 2 EXTENDED ‘BIG DAY OUT’ EXCURSION - This fee is an additional charge to cover a ‘Big Day Out’ excursion. i.e. to the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff, the Melbourne Zoo etc. It covers the cost of the buses and admission/program costs, approximately $40 per child.

CAMP FEE

Our Grade 3, 4, 5, and 6 children attend an overnight/or longer camp each year.

The costs of these camps vary according to where we go and the length of the camp, approximately $220 - 360 per camp

Term 1

Staff  Monday 28 January - Thursday 28 March

Students Wednesday 31 January  - Thursday 28 March

Term 2

Staff Monday 15 April - Friday 28 June

Students Wednesday 17 April - Friday 28 June

Term 3

Monday 17 July - Friday 20 September

Term 4

Students Monday 7 October - Tuesday 17 December

Staff Monday 7 October - Friday 20 December

We offer Japanese as our language, and specialist classes include Visual Art, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Health and S.T.E.M. Students attend specialist classes weekly.

Families do not need to be Catholic to be welcomed as members of our school community.

While we are a practicing Catholic school, we are welcoming of families from all faiths and backgrounds, and our school community is reflective of the diversity of faith backgrounds in our city and country.