{"id":9068,"date":"2018-05-31T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T09:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/?page_id=9068"},"modified":"2025-02-03T17:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:45:53","slug":"school-uniform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/preparing-for-school\/school-uniform\/","title":{"rendered":"School Uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Our Lady of the Missions Primary School we value school uniforms. Wearing a school uniform encourages a strong sense of community ethos and pride in the school. If you have any further queries or suggestions, please contact the school for help.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Why should your children wear school uniform?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wearing school uniform:-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">encourages a strong community ethos and pride in the school;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ensures children wear appropriate, economical and practical clothing to school;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">discourages competitive dressing\/undue focus on brands;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">promotes the school&#8217;s identity in the community;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">helps staff supervise pupils and keep unidentified visitors out of school;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">follows East Renfrewshire Council\u2019s Dressing for Excellence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 474px\" width=\"685\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>GIRLS UNIFORM<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>GIRLS SPORTS\/GYM UNIFORM<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy v neck jumper \/ cardigan \/ tank top or navy sweatshirt with school badge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pale blue school blouse<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy or white socks, or navy tights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black school shoes (no trainers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy Skirt or pinafore (around knee length) or trousers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer dress (white and blue checks) \u2013 optional<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School tie<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P6 and P7 pupils must wear a shirt and tie every day as per East Renfrewshire Council policy \u2013 this helps prepare for the transition to secondary school.<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pale blue polo shirt (preferably with school badge) or white t- shirt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy school sweatshirt or navy (or dark) tracksuit top \/ hooded top<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy (or dark) tracksuit trousers \/ joggers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy (or dark) shorts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cagoule or rain jacket<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trainers or plimsolls<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>All PE Kits should be put into a labelled bag for storage at school<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>BOYS UNIFORM<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>SPORTS\/GYM UNIFORM<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">v neck jumper\/cardigan\/tank top or grey sweatshirt with school badge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pale blue school shirt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School tie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grey socks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black school shoes (no trainers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">trousers or shorts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P6 and P7 pupils must wear a shirt and tie every day as per East Renfrewshire Council policy. This helps prepare for the transition to secondary school.<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pale blue polo shirt (preferably with school badge) or white t- shirt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grey school sweatshirt (or dark) tracksuit top \/ hooded top<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy (or dark) tracksuit trousers \/ joggers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navy (or dark) shorts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cagoule or rain jacket<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trainers or plimsolls<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>All PE Kits should be put into a labelled bag for storage at school<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0BLAZERS AND OUTDOOR COATS<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>School blazers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(royal blue) are strongly encouraged &#8211; a dark coloured cagoule in the school bag can help get more wear out of blazers in the Scottish weather.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Outdoor Jackets \/ coats \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Outdoor jackets should be navy or dark, of a plain design and with no obvious logos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Outdoor Learning\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outdoor learning opportunities are an integral part of the Curriculum for Excellence. Children have regular experiences to learn outdoors in the rich natural environment which we have on our doorstep. Outdoor learning experiences provide relevance and depth to the curriculum in ways which are difficult to achieve indoors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pupils should have welly boots<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a change of shoes and appropriate waterproof clothing that can get muddy for outdoor learning activities. Outdoor learning is built into the weekly timetable. Pupils will know in advance which days they are required to have outdoor clothing on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>PE days <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 Pupils have two hours of Physical Education per week as recommended by the Scottish Government. Younger children (up to and including P5) can wear polo shirts\/sweatshirts rather than shirt and tie on gym days to avoid having to change. Bear this in mind when you buy shirts \u2013 they will only be needed 3 days a week as there are 2 PE days. Some of the PE periods are held outside therefore joggers and warm sweatshirts\/cagoules are necessary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Skirts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; skirts should be a navy, traditional, plain style and around knee length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>School tie <\/b>&#8211; should be worn to a decent length and knotted neatly.<\/li>\n<li><b>Shirts <\/b>\u2013 it can be helpful to have at least one long sleeved shirt for school photos\/representing the school (e.g. in the school choir).<\/li>\n<li><b>Footwear <\/b>\u2013 black, sensible school shoes (not trainers or trainer style shoes) should be worn.<\/li>\n<li>Smart, dark leather (or similar) boots can be worn in winter. In extreme weather wellies\/snow boots may be necessary. In these cases, you may want to give your child a change of shoes for the classroom.<\/li>\n<li><b>Jewellery \/ make up <\/b>\u2013jewellery should be removed during PE lessons. These can cause health and safety issues. Make-up should not be worn to school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Labelling clothing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 It is vital to label all clothing and replace labels when they fall off. Every week, a large amount of expensive, unlabelled clothing ends up in lost property. There are many shops \/ websites selling labels \u2013 one set will usually last for the duration of your child\u2019s time at school. Unclaimed school items go to a local charity shop at the end of each term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Valuables \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is important that your child does not wear expensive clothing or valuables. East Renfrewshire Council is not insured for this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Inappropriate clothing \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">some things that might be worn elsewhere are unacceptable in school, for example, anything that could:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">encourage factions e.g. football colours;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cause offence (e.g. anti-religious symbolism or political content slogans) or carry advertising (particularly for alcohol or tobacco);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cause health and safety issues (e.g. flammable materials\/loose clothing\/dangly ear-rings); or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">could be used to hurt others<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Where can you get school uniform?<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sustainable Uniform Bank<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; \u201cnearly new\u201d uniforms are kept outside under the canopy at the <\/span>Junior building in the school. These are put out before school and are left out during the school day and after school to allow parents to help themselves. There are a range of\u00a0 clothing items available.<\/li>\n<li>Supermarkets\/chains &#8211; there are lots of excellent offers in supermarkets from early summer and all the big supermarkets stock navy\/blue\/grey basics.<\/li>\n<li>Clothing grants are available to help with the costs of uniforms- to apply please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/1221\/Clothing-grants-and-free-school-meals\">https:\/\/www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk\/article\/1221\/Clothing-grants-and-free-school-meals<\/a> or speak to a member of school staff who will be able to guide you further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our policy on uniform has been formulated through consultation between the school and the Parent Council and follows East Renfrewshire Council\u2019s Dressing for Excellence policy. Though no pupil can or will be excluded from school for not wearing the correct uniform, there is strong support within the school and in the parent community for school uniform to be worn in promoting and maintaining standards. We hope you and your children will support these <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aims.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Our Lady of the Missions Primary School we value school uniforms. Wearing a school uniform encourages a strong sense of community ethos and pride in the school. If you have any further queries or suggestions, please contact the school for help. Why should your children wear school uniform? 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