All students are expected to wear the Parents and Citizens Association prescribed uniform.

· Between 8:45am and 3:00pm students are required to wear a broad brimmed hat when not in rooms or Covered Areas. Caps and sun visors are not permitted.

· Closed-in footwear is required at all times. A teacher can authorise removal for certain activities. Students without the appropriate footwear will be required to be seated during the lunch breaks in covered area.

· Jewellery permitted includes a watch, sleepers/studs in ears, health and religious medallions or bracelets. Permission to wear religious or sentimental item may be granted by the Principal upon written application by the parent/guardian of the student. Other items of adornment including necklaces, anklets, tattoos, drawings, writing, skin dye and hair colouring are not permitted except on school approved events. Makeup and coloured nail polish are not permitted.

· On free dress days, the sun safe policy applies as a standard. Clothing worn must protect the shoulders and upper arms from the sun. The hat rule is unchanged for free dress days. Clothing worn by students must cover the torso modestly, not have words or images that are offensive or likely to disrupt, or negatively influence normal school operations; be unsafe or likely to result in a risk to health and safety of the student or others.

· For all learning activities that take place in water, eg swimming, and surfed, students will wear a rashi shirt or a shirt that provides a high degree of protection from UV light. Exception: a shirt is not required when the inwater activity is competitive eg Swim carnival.

· Hair is expected to be clean and tidy and, if long, tied or bound so that the student can fully participate in the learning activity eg swimming.

· Students are required to wear the prescribed uniform, including hat, when they leave the school for an education excursion of one day’s or part of one day’s duration. Students going on a camp or extended excursion are exempt from this requirement however, the uniform may be required at a time within the camp or excursion time.

· While a student is in school uniform prior to 8:50am and after 3:00pm, inclusive of all locations within Australia, the student is accountable for their behaviour to the school Principal.

· School leaders, Sports leaders and Student Representative Council members are required to wear the prescribed uniform daily. This includes the winter wear in the form of jacket/jumper/track pants.
Sanctions will be applied to students who fail to comply with the sun safe policy standard, the footwear safety policy and the jewellery policy.

· Students who do not comply with the dress code for educational excursions may be prevented from participating.

· Students who do not comply with the dress code maybe prevented from participating in non-essential school educational programs.

· Students who do not comply with the dress code may have movement or location restrictions imposed during a lunch break.
The P&C of MooloolahStateSchool resolves that it supports the student dress code for MooloolahStateSchool because it believes that the student dress code at MooloolahStateSchool promotes objectives of the Education (General Provisions) Bill 2006.

In particular, the P&C of Mooloolah State School supports the intention of a student dress code in providing a safe and supportive teaching and learning environment by:

· Ready identification of students and non-students at school;

· Eliminating distraction of competition in dress and fashion at school;

· Fostering a sense of belonging; and

· Developing mutual respect among students through minimising visible evidence of
economic or social differences.

20 November 2007
President Mr David Dinan Principal, Mr Rod Brady