BACK TO SCHOOL 2025 INFORMATION

Dear Parents and Carers

School uniform is an important part of a school’s identity and students should wear it with pride and distinction. Our uniform provides students with a sense of belonging to the Lumen Christi community.  Wearing the College uniform also creates equality amongst student and eliminates competition and discrimination. 

All Lumen uniform can be purchased in store at Lowes Bega 106 Auckland Street, Bega, or online at www.lowes.com.au

Bega store opening hours are

Please note these dates are subject to change at the discretion of the College and CECG.  Please contact the College should you require further confirmation.

Swimming carnivals are compulsory days for all students and participation in our College carnival is expected from every student.  Please sign up to Compass to provide consent for your child to participate.

There will be plenty of fun and lots of novelty events so there is no excuse for not having a go!

Carnival Venue, Dates and Times

Our 2025 College Swimming Carnivals will be held as follows: 

• Kinder to Year 6 - Friday, 7 February 2025 - Sapphire Aquatic Centre, Pambula Beach 
• Year 7 to Year 12 - Thursday, 20 February 2025 - Bega War Memorial Pool, Bega

Programs for both Carnivals are included in the above attachments.

Kindy, Year 1 and any student who is under 8 years of age will participate in novelty events in the small pool. There will also be ungraded 25 metres events and graded 50 meters events for Years 2 to 6.

What to Bring

Students need to pack their own recess, lunches and drinks or purchase food from the canteen at the pool. Seaspray Cafe orders will not be delivered to either carnival.

What to Wear

Students should wear their house colours for “War Cries” and the rest of the day.  Whilst the carnival is undercover, please ensure your child has a hat and sunscreen.

Pool Entry

There is no cost to enter the pool on LCCC Carnival days as the cost has been included in your child’s College fees.  

Further Information

Please contact Megan Hergenhan at the College if you have any other questions by telephoning 6495 8888 or emailing megan.quarmby@cg.catholic.edu.au.

The College provides classroom based technology in Kinder to Year 6.  Year 7 to 12 students are required to provide their own compliant device (BYOD) to engage in all technology based classroom activities.

The use of web based technologies at the school, such as Microsoft Teams and Google Suite, mean that student devices need to be capable of running a web browser to access and operate these programs to be used effectively as a learning device.

Staff and students have recognised the additional benefits that modern Laptop and Chromebook style devices can bring to the learning environment, as these work well with the current software requirements.

The College also maintains computer and technology resources for specialist subject areas where more processing power or there are specialist software requirements.

Information about types of devices and minimum technology requirements can be downloaded below.

Your child's Book and Stationery Lists for the 2024 school year can be downloaded below.

We are delighted to announce the Primary Class teachers for 2025.

Kindergarten - Mrs Danielle Lynn

Year 1 - Ms Amy Chester

Year 2 - Mrs Alicia Kelly and Mrs Bec Beed

Year 3 - Mrs Kate Baker and Mrs Fiona Spinks

Year 4 - Mrs Phillipa Stewart

Year 5 Violet - Mrs Virginia Shaw

Year 5 Crimson - Mrs Cristal Dinwoodie

Year 6 - Ms Ethna Farrell and Justin Short

Classroom Support: Ms Debbie Lewis

Music - Mr Justin Short

STEM - Tori Cordova

Seaspray Cafe will reopen on Tuesday, 4 February 2024.

Qkr! will be available for preordering - ordering over the counter and cash sales will also be available upon reopening.

A full Cafe menu can be downloaded below.

Should you have any questions about the Cafe please contact our Food Services Officer, Leanne Fraser by telephoning 6495 8888 or emaling lccc@cg.catholic,edu.au

NSW Community Health will visit the College to provide Year 7 and Year 10  vaccinations to students next year.

We will confirm dates early next year, but expect it will be Term 1 for Year 10 and Year 2 for Year 7 and a catch up clinic may be scheduled for later in the year.

We encourage parents to complete their online consents prior to the vaccination date. For parents who are unable to provide consent online, paper consent forms will be available at the College.

Below is some important information about your Qkr account, including how to update your child's details in readiness for the 2025 school year. Please note Qkr will still be used for processing sales for the Seaspray Cafe and miscellanous purchases.

Updating Your Child's Details

The next time you access Qkr you will see a prompt to update your child's details. 

It's important that the information you enter is accurate as the College uses it to allocate your payments to you child.

Qkr! will remain open over the Christmas School Break ...

Qkr! will remain open over the School Holidays for those parent and carers who wish to continuing making fees payments.

The Seaspray Cafe which will reopen on Tuesday, 4 February 2025 and ordering over the holidays will also be available. (NOTE THE SEASPRAY CAFE WILL NOT DELIVER TO THE SWIMMING CARNIVALS)

Need Help with Qkr?

Directions for signing up to Qkr! can be found on our College website at this link or by downloading our Qkr How information flyer below.

If you are experiencing any issues with Qkr, including login issues or password reset, you should contact the Qkr! helpdesk by emailing Qkr_au@mastercard.com

For further information please contact the College by telephoning 6495 8888 or email lccc@cg.catholic.edu.au.

Student Bus Passes

The School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) gives eligible school students free or subsidised travel between home and school on NSW public transport.

Eligible cards are automatically updated for the new school year, so you'll only need to apply if you're:

• applying for a school travel pass for the first time
• changing name, school and/or address, or
• requesting an additional pass as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation.

Bus passes are distributed to students by the College at the beginning of Term 1 each year.  Receipt of your child's pass is subject to the date your online application is submitted.     

For more information, including how to apply for your child's bus pass, please visit https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-school-travel-pass

School Drive Subsidy - Are you eligible?

The School Drive Subsidy is available in areas where there is limited or no public transport. The subsidy is intended to partly offset the cost of using a private vehicle to drive the eligible student all or part of the way to school. You only need to apply if you're applying for the School Drive Subsidy for the first time.

To find out more please visit https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel/apply-for-school-drive-subsidy

Your Schoolzine Year Group subscriptions will be updated at the end of 2024.

If you are currently subscribed to your child's year groups there is no need to for you to take any action - your subscriptions will automatically be updated for you and will be ready to go at the beginning of the 2025 school year!

If you're not subscribed to your child's year groups it's a great way to filter information the College sends out and ensures you receive only the information that is relevant to your child's education at Lumen Christi.  You can subscribe by:

Email

• Open any Schoolzine email and scroll to the bottom of the email
• Click on the “Manage Profile” link.
• Select your child’s year groups from the list provided
• Select “Update Subscription”

or

ZSapp

• Tap “Manage” within SZapp
• Select your child’s year groups from the list provided

Schoolzine How To ...

For more information about signing up to Schoolzine please download our Schoolzine brochure or visit this this link or download our Schoolzine Information brochure.

For further information please contact the College by telephoning (02) 6495 8888 or emailing lccc@cg.catholic.edu.au

Parent Portal
Our Sentral Parent Portal provides you with 24/7 access to your child’s information including:

• Updating your child’s medical and emergency contact information
• Acquittal of your child’s absences
• Viewing your child’s attendance record, wellbeing details, daily timetable information, and Year 7 to Year 12 academic reports

Sentral Portal registration information is emailed to new students, parents and carers at the start of each school year.

Student Portal

The Sentral Student Portal is a one-stop shop for student resources. Using their College network login students can access their timetable, daily messages, resources and helpful links, homework and teacher messages anywhere at any time.

You can download more information about Sentral below.

As part of our ongoing efforts to offer diverse learning experiences your child may attend local and/or regular excursions throughout the 2025 school year.   These excursions are generally held on the College campus or local vicinity and fall within scheduled class times.  You would also have been asked to provide this consent on your child’s enrolment form.

Excursions not meeting this criterion will still require parental and guardian consent which can be made online via Compass!.  

Whilst this arrangement simplifies the excursion consent process, it will mean that keeping your child’s personal information and contact details up to date throughout the school year is vital.

By keeping your child’s details current, College staff are able to support your child should they require additional assistance whilst on College grounds or on outings or excursions in the general locality and are able to contact you quickly in an emergency. 

Whilst the provision of your child’s medical information is voluntary, if you do not provide all or any of this information, the College’s capacity to support your child’s health needs could be impaired.

To update your child's information please emailing details to lccc@cg.catholic.edu.au or providing written advice of any changes.  Unfortunately, the College is unable to update your child’s information on verbal advice and any changes must be received in writing.

Lumen Christi acknowledges that due to food processing practices, it is impractical to eliminate nuts or nut products entirely from an environment where there is food. Rather than proclaiming that we are a nut free school, we focus on being a nut aware school. 

For more information please read our Nut Aware Policy.

Sometimes keeping your child at home can be a difficult decision, but sending a sick child to school can result in a miserable day of learning.

There’s also a very good chance that your child is spreading their illness to their classmates, teachers and staff on College campus.

If your child is feeling unwell, for any reason, please keep your child at home.   

If you are concerned about your child falling behind in their studies, please contact their PC teacher who may be able to assist with having work sent home.

For further information please contact the College by telephoning (02) 6495 8888 or emailing lccc@cg.catholic.edu.au

Your observance of the following guidelines will help keep the carparks at Lumen Christi safer place for everyone:

Speed Limits and Penalties

• Carpark speed limit is 5kmph (walking pace).
• The speed limit in school zone Culgoa Crescent and Pambula Beach Road, is 40kmph between 8:00am and 9:30am and 2:30pm and 4:00pm. At all other times it is 50kmph.
• Please observe all safety and parking signs. Failure to follow signage could result in a monetary fine and loss of licence points.

Where’s the best place to drop off and collect my child?

• Exercise patience when entering the Kiss and Drop Zone and College car parks. 
• The Kiss and Drop Zone is the bay directly in front of the Primary building (Block 6), on Culgoa Crescent, is the preferred option for dropping your child/ren to and from College.
• Parents dropping off children within the College car park must use the designated parking area which has been set aside for them. This is the first  bay on the right as you enter the College car park (staff have been instructed to not use these parks so as to keep them available for parents).
• Do not allow your child/ren to get out of your vehicle unless you are actually parked in the designated parking zone or within the Kiss and Drop Zone.
• Do not pick up or drop child/ren off in the middle of the car park, or double park at any time. This holds up other vehicles and slows down the progress of Kiss and Drop and movement of traffic through the College car park. This is a particularly dangerous for small children who are then required to move in and around moving vehicles.
• Never do a U-turn or a three point turn outside the College, in the Kiss and Drop zone or College carparks as it puts children at risk of harm.

Please refer to the map below for traffic flow in College Car parks.

What else do I need to know about College Car Park Safety? 

• Do not park in the loading zone – this is clearly marked by signs and needs to remain available for deliveries.
• Do not park in the Bus Lane entry on Pambula Beach Road or along the Bus Lane exit on Culgoa Crescent.
• Do not park on grassed areas or mount the curb to park your vehicle on College grounds.
• Do not park in the small parking area closest to the College Front Office.
• Do not park in the Disabled Parking unless you have the appropriate permit.
• Do not walk through the parking area outside the Block 1 Administration offices. Please follow the yellow pedestrian markings.
• Do not park in bus lanes, at the southern and western sides of the College.
• Students are not permitted to ride bicycles/scooters through the College carparks. They are required to walk their bicycle / scooter off the College premises via a footpath. Helmets should be worn at all times.
• Lumen Christi students are not permitted to park vehicles in the College carparks. Parking is available at the Pambula Sporting Complex.

Remember to model safe and considerate
driving behaviour for your child
They will learn from you!