Facilities
An inspirational environment
As part of a 10-year masterplan, the layout and facilities at our Armadale and Blairholme campuses have been reimagined to inspire and motivate students for generations to come.
Phase 1 of the Masterplan was completed in 2026, and includes the Ullmer Sports and Wellbeing Centre, a unified Junior School, a dedicated 5/6 Centre and pupose-built Prep classrooms, a Howqua-inspired adventure playground, outdoor multi-purpose courts and a dedicated Early Learning campus at Blairholme.
The next phase of the Masterplan includes a regeneration of our Music and Performing Arts spaces and the construction of an Inter-Disciplinary Learning Commons.
In Year 9, students live and learn on our Howqua campus in the Victorian high country, near Mansfield. Boasting a 5-star sustainability rating reflective of its spectacular natural surroundings, lessons range from art held in the outdoor classroom to science taught on the banks of the Howqua River.
Years 5/6 Centre
Completed in 2022, the 5/6 Centre provides light, spacious learning spaces over two levels. Each floor has generously sized classrooms, a common space where students can come together, as well as quiet areas where students can read or reflect on their learning. The Adventure Playground is located nearby and features several obstacle courses and play areas.
Years 7/8 Lilian Bayly Centre
Situated over two floors, the Years 7/8 Lilian Bayly Centre contains open plan and dedicated learning spaces and is designed to encourage linked learning across the two years, while providing a central hub to support the transition into Senior School. It gives students in Years 7 and Year 8 a unique sense of belonging while meeting the specific learning, physical and social needs of students in this age group. Lilian Bayly (nee Cruthers) attended Lauriston until 1931, and her significant bequest to the School funded this key facility.
Ullmer Sports and Wellbeing Centre
Comprising of two competition-sized multi-sport courts, a weights, yoga and movement room, ergo/cardio room and learn to swim pool, these state-of-the-art facilities provide girls what they need to continue to grow and thrive in sport, wellbeing and physical movement. Named in honour of the Ullmer Family Foundation’s donation, the largest in Lauriston’s history, the Ullmer Centre is recognised as one of most comprehensive sporting facilities at a girls’ school in Melbourne.
FabLearn Lab
Pioneered by Stanford University, our hands-on Digital Fabrication Lab is the only one of its kind in Australian schools. An important cross-disciplinary learning space to create, design, problem-solve and engage effectively with STEM concepts, the ‘FabLab’ has supported projects like sand-sifting machines in kindergarten, F1 model race cars at Howqua and Year 12 art projects.
Blairholme Early Learning
The consolidated Blairholme precinct means that children and families can move seamlessly from six week infants through to 4-year-old Kindergarten within the one building. Blairholme features a refurbished and extended building that is set back from Murray Street. The interiors have been updated with new kitchens, bathrooms and carpet, and contemporary purpose-built facilities for three and four year old Kindergarten students.
The ELC also features dedicated large natural outdoor play areas – the front garden has been reimagined and purpose-built for our youngest learners, while the new playground at the rear of the building is utilised by kindergarten students.