Uniform & Appearance

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Required PE Uniform:

To alleviate changing time and ensure that children get maximum use of their allotted PE time, we ask children to come into school in their PE kit on their designated days. They will wear this all day.

• Plain T-shirt in their house colour e., red, blue, green, yellow (no football shirts).

Children will be informed on Y2/3 transition day or new starter date, which house team they are in. (You can also buy a coloured t-shirt with the school’s logo on.)

• Navy shorts (not skorts).
• Navy blue or black jogging bottoms or thick running leggings for outdoor PE in colder weather.
• Navy blue-zip up top for outdoor PE in colder (You can also buy a navy school hoody, with the school’s logo on.)
• White, black or grey socks

Recommended PE Uniform:

• We recommend that children wear black, white, or navy thermal underlayers during colder months.
  

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Required Swimming Kit:

• Trunks, not shorts.
• Full one-piece swimming costume, not
• A towel
  

Recommended Swimming Kit:

• Goggles and a swimming cap
  

Please ensure that all items of clothing and footwear worn in school are clearly identified by name.

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Bags, packed lunch boxes and water bottles:

We welcome children to carry their belongings and packed lunch boxes (if not having school dinner) in a school bag of their choice and encourage water bottles to be brought into school. These can be re-filled in the classroom throughout the day. For children who do not have a water bottle, jugs of water and cups are provided in the classroom.

Back-packs and reading book bags with the school logo on are available from Emblazon: https://www.emblazon.biz/webshop/schoolwear/harrogate/oatlands-primary-school/

Each child is allocated a named locker which is fixed in each class cloakroom where they will be able to keep their school bag, coat and any after-school club attire.

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Expectations for Jewellery and Hairstyles:

Boys and girls with collar length hair or longer, or fringes across their eyes, will be required to tie or clip their hair back for all PE activities.

For health and safety reasons children may only wear:

• A wristwatch (not Smart Watch for e-safety reasons).
• One pair of small stud earrings.

These must always be removed for PE and swimming.

It is recommended that if children get their ears pierced, this should be in the summer holidays. This will allow time for them to heal before returning to school so they can take them out for PE and swimming lessons. If for any reason, children cannot remove their earrings, parents should provide their child with micro tape to cover the earrings for safety reasons and communicate this to the class teacher.