{"id":69,"date":"2015-06-19T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2025-09-01T20:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:15:40","slug":"uniform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/langloanprimary\/uniform\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Clothing, Uniform &amp; P.E. Kit<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">In Langloan Primary School, we are very proud <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">to wear our uniforms at all appropriate times.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">The Langloan uniform currently consists of a <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">Black jumper\/sweatshirt with the School Badge, <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">black skirt or trousers. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">We also wear a white Polo Shirt, or a white Shirt <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">and Black\/Yellow Striped Tie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">After a recent stakeholder consultation to address accessibility of brown and yellow uniform items as well as the cost of the school day, the majority of our parents\/carers\/pupils voted to change the uniform to black and white. Mrs Smith and a collection of children across the school designed a new school tie and badge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">All North Lanarkshire schools must have a dress code, <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">which encourages pupils to dress in a way, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">which is appropriate for attendance at school. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">This dress code must not lead to direct or indirect discrimination <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">on the grounds of race, religion, gender or disability. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">Prior to drawing up the dress code the parents, pupils and staff were fully consulted. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">It is the expectation of the education authority that parents <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">will be keen to support the dress code <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">and written agreement may be sought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300\">Some clothing items are unacceptable in school. This would include items which:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 could potentially encourage factions (eg football colours)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 could cause offence (eg anti-religious symbolism or political slogans)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 could cause health and safety difficulties such as loose fitting clothing, dangling earrings, and other <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">potentially dangerous jewellery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 are of flammable materials which may be a danger in certain classes (eg shell suits)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 could cause damage to flooring<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 carry advertising in particular for alcohol or tobacco<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">\u00b7 could be used to inflict damage on other pupils or to be used by others to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">Parents in receipt of a grant for footwear and clothing <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">from the council will be encouraged to purchase items, <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">are in accordance with the school dress code. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">Approval of any requests for such grants in other circumstances <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">are at the discretion of the Director of Education. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">Information and application forms may be obtained from any school <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">or area office. Parents are entitled to receive a clothing grant <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">if they are in receipt of any of the following benefits: <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">income support, job seekers allowance (income based), <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">housing benefit, council tax rebate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">The council wishes to minimise claims arising from the loss of pupils\u2019 clothing <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">and\/or personal belongings. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">Parents are asked to assist in this area by ensuring that <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">valuable items and unnecessarily expensive items <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">of clothing, jewellery, etc. are not brought to school. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">Parents should note that any claims submitted to cover the loss of such items <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">are likely to be met only where the authority can be shown to have been negligent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">It is necessary to consider safety within the school during such activities as P.E. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">It is hoped that parents would have due regard for safety <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">and provide gym shoes and shorts for these lessons. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">Jewellery should not be worn. <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">Pupils who have no kit or note will be offered a school kit to wear. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\">Subsequent failure to participate could result <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300\">in the school working with the parent\/carer to resolve issues.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clothing, Uniform &amp; P.E. Kit In Langloan Primary School, we are very proud to wear our uniforms at all appropriate times. The Langloan uniform currently consists of a Black jumper\/sweatshirt with the School Badge, black skirt or trousers. 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