07 Jun 2017
At Kandos High School, we would like to see our students in school uniform each day and wearing it with pride. Studies have shown that when students dress in uniform they are more likely to come to school with a positive learning attitude and feel more a part of the school. Wearing uniform gives a sense of belonging and inclusiveness. It also increases the student's personal safety by allowing them to be more easily recognised.
Privileges
Sudents will be rewarded for consistently coming to school in full uniform each day. These rewards/privileges will include but will not be restricted to:
- End of Term Disco - attendance at and/or receiving a discount of anywhere between 50-100% on the entry cost.
- End of year Privilege Excursion - students may be invited to participate in this highly valued excursion.
- Merit Awards - students would be given these for consistency and the merits go towards higher awards.
How this will work
- In Weeks 5 and 10 of each term, any student who has 100% uniform during that monitoring period will received a merit certificate.
- To qualify for the privileges, students must stay above 90% for the monitoring period by wearing full school uniform.
- Students out of uniform must see Miss Heilman and get an 'out of uniform' note before school each day. Students will be required to produce this note for any teacher who asks for it during the day. The issue of these notes will be recorded.
- Students often out of uniform without an explanation from home may not qualify for privileges.
What is our uniform?
Students at KHS have the privilege of wearing two distinct types of uniform:
Full dress uniform, to be worn on excursions, school photo day, formal assemblies and other occasions when notified.
- KHS school shirt
- Grey school trousers (boys) OR navy school slacks (girls) OR navy skirt (girls)
- Plain navy blue shorts or track pants (small white insignia is acceptable)
- Navy blue stockings or tights with skirts (girls)
- Joggers or black school shoes
- School jumper or school blazer.
Everyday uniform, full dress uniform, with the additional items listed below:
- Western Area or NSW Combined High Schools Representative shirt
- KHS Rep shirt (sport, SRC, etc), NAIDOC week shirt
- Western Area or NSW Combined High Schools representative jacket or track top.
Footwear in may practical subjects (Science, all Industrial Technologies, Food Technology, Hospitality, PDHPE) must be safe in order to protect students and avoid injury. (School Uniforms in NSW Government Schools) DoE School Uniform Policy 1.3.
N.B. DEFINITE NO:
- Footless tights or leggings (unless worn with a navy blue skirt)
- jeans
- shorts or skirts that end higher than half way up your thigh
- clothes of different colours or patterns or insignias/logos/stripes (especially brightly coloured)
- leather shoes of different colours, steel-capped boots (unless for specific purposes) and footwear that does not support or protect the foot or ankle (thongs or sandals)
- clothes or bags advertising inappropriate products such as alcohol or have inappropriate language on them.