School Uniform

The School Dress Code has been established to ensure that all students represent our core school values.

RATIONALE

The dress code is established by the School Board of Mindarie Primary School to promote a positive, safe and healthy learning environment for the students.

 

 

The School Board believes a school dress code:

  • Encourages equality among students.
  • Fosters responsibility, organisation, and accountability for personal items, such as school hats.
  • Fosters and enhances the public image of the school.
  • Ensures students are safely and appropriately dressed for specific school activities.
  • Assists in building school and team spirit.
  • Assists in identifying our students for requirements of duty of care, especially for out of school activities.

STANDARDS

For the health and well-being of the child, it is necessary that students are clean and well-groomed including clipped fingernails and long hair tied back.  Hair that is collar length or longer must be tied up or back, irrespective of gender.

Jewellery is not permitted except for studs or sleepers for pierced ears.  Other body piercing is strongly and actively discouraged as safety cannot be assured. Children having piercing on the face will be asked to place sticking plaster over this for health and safety reasons – for the student’s well-being as well as for others.  If not adhered to, for the aforementioned reasons the student will be excluded from recess, lunch, sport and Physical Education sessions.

Watches may be worn, providing smart or electronic watches are set to aeroplane mode during school hours. Jewellery is not permitted, except for Medic Alert pieces. Cultural/religious jewellery may be permitted with approval from the principal.

Cosmetics, nail polish and nail extensions are not allowed.  Children wearing nail polish and/or make-up will be asked to remove this.

Students must wear a school broad brimmed hat when outside and wear clothing that covers the shoulders to protect the skin from the sun. Mindarie Primary School adheres to a Cancer Council Sun Protection Policy which includes a no hat, no play approach to sun safety. Hats are our students’ ticket to play at break times. Any student who does not have a hat will be expected to sit out at play times, on a school bench near the undercover area.

Students are required to wear pants clearly visible from the bottom of their school shirt. All students should refrain from wearing bike shorts that do not meet this requirement.  Bike shorts may be worn underneath a school skirt or skort.

CONSEQUENCES

Where a student’s clothing is not consistent with the school dress code, measures will be taken by the school staff.  This may include contacting parents by letter or phone and not allowing children to attend incursions, excursions, or sport at an interschool level.  Students wearing jumpers, jewellery items and accessories that do not meet the code, will be asked to remove these items, and place them in their bag for safe keeping.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Boys

Plain Navy Cargo shorts or sport shorts with school polo shirt – long or short sleeve.

  • Plain Navy Cargo pants or track pants with school polo shirt – long or short sleeve.
  • School Broad Brimmed Hat.
  • In colder months a school spray jacket, school zip jacket or plain navy jumper or jacket may be worn.

 

Girls

  • Plain Navy Yoke skirt with undershorts or skort with school polo shirt – long or short sleeve.

or Plain Navy Cargo shorts or sport shorts with school polo shirt – long or short sleeve.

or Plain Navy Cargo pants or track pants with school polo shirt – long or short sleeve.

  • The school “A” line dress.
  • School Broad Brimmed Hat.
  • In colder months a school spray jacket, school zip jacket or plain navy jumper or jacket may be worn.
  • Undergarments, such as leggings and under shirts, may be worn in colder months but these must be Navy Blue and be worn under correct school uniform.

 

Sports uniform for Faction Friday whole school sports, the faction carnival and the faction cross country:

  • A collared school faction polo shirt, made of a sun safe fabric with a minimum UV rating of 50%.
  • Sneakers
  • School endorsed navy shorts, yoke skirt or skort.

 

Interschool Sports

  • Mindarie Primary school sports shirt (provided by the school).
  • School endorsed navy shorts, yoke skirt or skort.
  • Sneakers.
  • School hat with logo.

If wearing a pleated skirt, girls are encouraged to wear navy or black sports knickers.

 

Students must wear footwear that is well-fitting and firmly secured to the foot (thongs, step-in shoes, boots, skate shoes, UGG Boots, Crocs, slides and platform shoes are deemed inappropriate).

Sunglasses:  Children may wear sunglasses when outdoors.

 

All uniform items mentioned above are available from the school uniform shop.  A small selection of second-hand articles of clothing is also available.

The dress code will be reviewed on a yearly basis by the School Board and parents may have input into the dress standard by contacting any of the members of this Committee. 

 

Updated and endorsed by the School Board July, 2024