2026 Parent Payments Reminder

Lancefield Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of Lancefield Primary School’s voluntary financial contributions for 2026.

Schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard curriculum requirements and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. Nevertheless, the ongoing support of our families ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students.

We want to thank you for all your support, either financial or volunteering your time. This has made a huge difference to our school and the programs we can offer.

The environment and resources that we enjoy at Lancefield Primary School represent the contributions made by our parent and carers. Parent/carer voluntary

contributions make a significant difference to the quality of our programs. This financial support ensures that we can continue to provide the excellent range of facilities and resources for your children for example:

Provide high quality programs and specific subject materials and equipment for English,
Mathematics, STEM, Art, Topics, Auslan and PE;
Maintain sufficient class sets of books for students to develop their reading skills including phonics program;
Provide online learning subscriptions as well as Oliver library system;
Arrange for student supplies and class bulk supplies;
Develop our Wellbeing School Wide Positive Behaviour approaches including Kimochis;
Maintain our high quality, bespoke SAKG Prep-6 program.

Please find below Lancefield Primary School’s voluntary financial contributions schedules for 2026 which include an overview of what your contributions will help us to provide. As for 2025, 2026 student/classroom supplies are provided for each year level/class rather than individual student packs. Providing resources in this way reduces wastage (supplies are ordered taking stock on hand into account). We have worked very hard to keep costs down as compared to previous years to reduce financial burden on families.

We invite families to make a voluntary financial contribution and indicate on the attached schedule/s how much you would like to contribute. Please provide this to the school office when making a contribution so that contributions can be receipted as per your wishes.

For further information on the Department’s Parent Payments Policy please see a one-page overview below.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF)

Applications are open for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF). The CSEF helps eligible families cover the cost of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

Payment amounts for eligible families this year have increased to $400 for primary and secondary school students. This is up from $154 and $256 respectively. Completed applications are to be submitted to the school by Friday 26th June 2026. Families that have been in receipt of CSEF previously do not need to complete a new application unless there have been changes to family circumstances or need to add a sibling.

Attendance - Unexplained Absences

Could parents/carers please check their Compass app for any unexplained absences and follow the steps to add an attendance note. Alternatively, you can contact the office and we can enter an absent note on your behalf.

Conveyance Allowance

Conveyance allowance is a contribution towards transport costs and is not intended to cover the full cost of transporting children to and from school.

The conveyance allowance may be available to students attending government or non-government schools and:

travelling by public transport or by private car, motorbike, bicycle or bus, and
whose nearest school is not serviced by a free school bus provided under the School Bus Program

To be eligible for the conveyance allowance a student must reside 4.8km or more from the school/campus they attend. This distance is measured as the shortest practicable route from the student’s residence to the school/campus using all-weather public roads drivable by car.

The Student Conveyance Allowance System (SCAS) assesses this eligibility criteria by:

determining the shortest route between the student’s address and the school/campus attended (whereas other public mapping tools commonly measure the shortest travel time)
producing a table showing distances to nearby like schools, for comparison, which assists schools to determine whether the student is attending their nearest school/campus.

The distance measured does not include private driveways.

Applications can be completed using the form below and submitted to the school by the following dates:

Claim period	Claim submission closing date	Estimated pay run date
Term 1	12 March 2026	26 March 2026
Term 2	5 June 2026	19 June 2026
Term 3	28 August 2026	11 September 2026
Term 4	20 November 2026	4 December 2026

SCHOOL PHOTOS: Friday 15th May 2026

	MAY
15	School Photos📷
21-22	Year 3/4 Camp Toolangi
22	Division Cross Country- Castlemaine
26	School Tour 10am
26	Cobaw Winter Sports
28	Wear it Yellow Day
29	Prep-2 Excursion (Goldfields Railway)
	JUNE
2	Regional Cross Country
8	Kings Birthday- NO SCHOOL
9	Curriculum Day
11	Prep 2027 Information Night 6pm to 7pm
18	School Tour 10am
24	Reports on Compass
26	Curriculum Day- Parent/Teacher Interviews

Calendar of Events

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