UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS BOOKLET
ACADEMIC UNIFORM YEAR 7 - 10 ONLY FORMAL DRESS: (compulsory) - Formal uniform dress. The formal dress uniform MUST be worn with a blue tie and SMMC badge.
SEMI-FORMAL UNIFORM (optional) – Blouse and Royal blue skorts OR Royal blue pleated front skirt. The semi-formal blouse uniform MUST be worn with a blue tie and SMMC badge.
HAT: A regulation Royal Blue formal hat
10 is a compulsory part of the Academic
uniform. –
SHOES: Black leather lace-up shoes, 7 7
polished. Compulsory.
YEAR
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SOCKS: Plain white crew length socks. No logos or emblems. Socks are available from most department stores and supermarkets.
TIE & BADGE: Are available from the JUNIORS JUNIORS Wearitto Shop, 261-263 Charters Towers Road, Mysterton.
WINTER WEAR: A St Margaret Mary’s College regulation monogrammed Royal Blue jumpers or official College jacket. Jumpers with stripes or other monograms are not acceptable. Other SMMC team jackets, or hoodies are NOT acceptable. Skin coloured tights/stockings are ONLY permitted in cold weather.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The girls are required to wear academic dresses of an appropriate length. Dresses must be at or just above the knee. The royal blue skorts are to be worn at about knee length. This length makes them look like a skirt and not shorts. The royal blue box pleated skirt length must be at or just above the knee The College Crest badge must be worn as part of the uniform and House badge.
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SPORT UNIFORM YEAR 7 - 10 The Sport Uniform, essential for all Physical Education classes, includes: SHORTS: Monogramed royal blue. POLO SHIRT: POLO SHIRT: Royal blue and white stripe and thin coloured stripe in *allocated house colour and collar.
*SMMC HOUSE COLOURS ALINTA Red ANUNAKA Yellow
KIATA Blue
KARINYA Green
10
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HAT: 7 Royal blue SMMC bucket hat, with embroidered *allocated SMMC House name. We are a Sun Safe school and hat wearing is compulsory.
YEAR YEAR
- SHOES: Joggers with the Sports Uniform DO NOT need to be predominantly white, but they must provide adequate foot support for participating in sports activities. They must NOT be Converse, Dunlop Volley or gym boots (high tops)
JUNIORS JUNIORS SOCKS: Plain white crew length socks. SMMC monogrammed socks are also allowable. SWIMMING TOGS: Preferably plain, one piece. SMMC Long sleeve blue swimming rashie must be purchased.
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ACADEMIC UNIFORM YEAR 11 & 12 ONLY FORMAL DRESS: (compulsory) - Formal uniform dress. The formal dress uniform MUST be worn with a blue tie and SMMC badge. This must be worn as part of the uniform.
SEMI-FORMAL UNIFORM (optional)– Blue blouse with embroidery logo and Royal blue with yellow strip pleated front skirt. The semi-formal blouse uniform MUST be worn with a blue tie and SMMC badge.
HAT: A regulation Royal Blue formal hat is
11 11 12 & a compulsory part of the Academic uniform.
SHOES: Black leather lace-up shoes, polished. Compulsory.
YEAR YEAR
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SOCKS: Plain white crew length socks. No logos or emblems. Socks are available at the from most department stores and supermarkets.
SENIORS SENIORS TIE & BADGE: Are available from the Wearitto Shop, 261-263 Charters Towers Road, Mysterton. WINTER WEAR: A St Margaret Mary’s College regulation monogrammed Royal Blue jumper or official College jacket. Jumpers with stripes or other monograms are not acceptable. Other SMMC team jackets, or hoodies are NOT acceptable.
Year 12 Senior Jerseys can be worn in cooler weather. However, the formal College jumper should be worn when students are representing the College on formal occasions. Skin coloured tights/stockings are ONLY permitted in cold weather.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The students are required to wear academic dresses and skirt of an appropriate length. Dresses and skirts must be at or just above the knee. The College Crest badge must be worn as part of the uniform and House badge.
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SPORT UNIFORM YEAR 11 & 12 The Sport Uniform, essential for all Physical Education classes, includes: SHORTS: Monogramed royal blue. POLO SHIRT: POLO SHIRT: Royal blue and white stripe and thin coloured stripe in *allocated house colour and collar.
*SMMC HOUSE COLOURS ALINTA Red ANUNAKA Yellow KIATA Blue KARINYA Green
11 11 12 &
HAT: Royal blue SMMC bucket hat, with embroidered *allocated SMMC House
name. We are a Sun Safe school and hat YEAR YEAR
wearing is compulsory. -
SHOES: Joggers with the Sports Uniform DO NOT need to be predominantly white, but they must provide adequate foot support for participating in sports activities. They must NOT be Converse, Dunlop Volley or gym
boots (high tops)
SENIORS SENIORS
SOCKS: Plain white crew length socks. SMMC monogrammed socks are also allowable.
SWIMMING TOGS: Preferably plain, one piece. SMMC Long sleeve blue swimming rashie should be purchased.
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ST MARGARET MARY’S UNIFORM POLICY Revised: January 2021 Revised on: January 2022
Our uniform policy is founded on inclusivity. In its essence, the purpose of a school uniform is to enable all students to be included in the community and identifiable as St Margaret Mary's College. Rules and regulations regarding the wearing of the school uniform are enforced to ensure that students are not excluded on the basis of their access to resources. Wearing the school uniform correctly and consistently within the school grounds and in the wider community is a positive representation of pride in our College.
• To ensure our new College uniform is well presented please wash the dress on a gentle cycle to reduce crushing the fabric and reduce ironing. Always dry on a coat hanger in the shade and iron with a hot steam iron. The white collar needs to be white and so use spray stain remover regularly. Discourage the use of tinted sunscreens and foundation as these will mark the white collar irreversibly. Remove the tie when washing. The tie should be washed occasionally but remember to remove all badges first.
• Friday is our formal uniform day where all students will be required to wear their full formal academic uniform on Friday. If students have HPE or Dance lessons on that day, they will be required to change into their sports uniform for those lessons. Class teachers will give instructions with regard to these requirements.
• Students are required to wear their hats whenever they are outside the classroom. The only exception is when students are in the Benedictine Place. Students are required to have a hat with them at all times and must wear the sports hat with the sports uniform and the academic hat with the academic uniform. Students will be issued with a Uniform Notice for wearing the incorrect hat with the uniform they are wearing. Sports hats should be washed occasionally and the SMMC embroidery should be white and the House colour.
• Black school shoes should be black. Scuffed shoes can be buffed with some boot polish which comes in a variety of products for your convenience.
• Students and parents are reminded that the girls are only permitted to wear plain small gold or silver studs or sleepers as earrings (two pairs allowed in each ear lobe.) Coloured stones, pearls, larger hoops or studs are not allowed. Students who have a piercing in any other area of the ear or body (that is visible) will go to the time-out room until the piercing is removed.
• A Uniform Adjustment Notice will be issued to students outlining any uniform issues that need extended time to be rectified (eg Uniform hemlines adjusted). The notice will have a specific date for the issue to be rectified and needs to be signed/acknowledged by parents. Failure to make the changes by the required date may result in the student being timed-out of classes until the Uniform Policy is adhered to.
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COLLEGE UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS At St Margaret Mary’s College, the integrity of the College uniform is very important. The wearer of the uniform is a member of the College community and, as such, has certain obligations in upholding the integrity and significance of College traditions, values and expectations.
UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS • College formal dress (clean, length should be knee length). Dresses that are too short will require alteration. • The College tie, correctly tied and fastened with the College badge. • Plain white crew length socks (no brand logos or emblems) • Black lace up shoes with black laces ONLY to be worn with formal and semi-formal uniforms only. • College formal hat (in good condition) to be worn with the formal or semi-formal uniform only. • Blue SMMC jumper worn with either formal or sports uniforms. • Hair tied up neatly (white, blue, or natural hair colour ribbons and hairbands only). • Earrings; small round plain gold or silver studs or small round gold or silver sleepers. • College sports polo shirt in house colour • College blue sports shorts • Sports shoes/joggers – must have suitable support for playing sport. • College sports bucket hat to be worn with sports uniform only • Natural skin tone tights may be worn in winter. • Cartilage piercings in the ear must be replaced with clear studs for school. (Acceptable)
NOTE: Please write your name clearly on the inside of all your uniform items. Please do not write your name on the brim of the hat or any other visible area.
WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE? • It is not appropriate for students to wear make-up to school. Students with visible make-up (this includes: tinted lip gloss, eye liner, mascara and tinted false eyelashes) will be asked to remove it. • All piercings in the nose, chin, brow, lip, tongue are to removed entirely. (Unacceptable) • Pearls, gem stones or shapes other than round earrings are not permitted in the ears. • Bolts, extenders or any other items in parts of the face or ear. • Shoes with a strap (Mary Jane’s) or shoes that are slip-ons or shoes with a buckle. • Thongs/sandals. • No finger nail polish allowed other than clear. • Street shoes that lack ample support for sporting activity eg. Converse, Dunlop Volleys, high tops (gym boots). • Chewing gum of any description, whilst on College grounds.
NOTE: Unacceptable jewellery and piercings will be confiscated and returned at the end of the term.
For students with knee, leg or foot injuries, obviously this is a separate issue and these cases will be dealt with due consideration and assistance.
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A Uniform Adjustment Notice will be sent home requiring a long term change to uniform when unacceptable uniform issues are raised. One week will be given to make the appropriate change, unless otherwise negotiated via the Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care.
Students in the incorrect uniform will be given reflection time by receiving a yellow Uniform Notice. Uniform variations are only issued at College discretion with a valid note from home, requiring a variation.
FRIDAY ACADEMIC UNIFORM Friday is a formal uniform day where all students will be required to wear their full formal academic uniform. If students have HPE or Dance lessons on that day, they will be required to change into their sports uniform for those lessons. Class teachers will give instructions with regard to these requirements.
HATS Students must have a hat at all times to meet sun safety requirements. Uniform Notices will be issued to students without hats. Students are required to wear the sports hat with the sports uniform and the academic hat with the academic uniform. Uniform Reflection Notices will apply.
JEWELLERY A limited amount of jewellery is permitted: a watch, a plain ring ONLY, a plain chain with or without a cross or religious medal, two pairs of earrings (small silver/gold studs or small sleepers only). Students with inappropriate jewellery piercings will be asked to remove it immediately. Inability to do so will result in time-out from classes until the item is removed.
HAIR Hair is to be tied back. Natural hair tones only (i.e, purple, crimson red, green, blue etc. are not permitted). Students with non-natural hair colours may receive time-out from classes until the matter is resolved. Colourful clips, ribbons or flowers in the hair are not permitted. Headbands and ribbons must be either the colour of hair or College colours (blue or white).
BODY ART Tattoos or other forms of body art must be covered when at school, at any school events, or when in public in the College uniform. A light discreet bandage would be sufficient. Students may be withdrawn from classes until this is resolved.
CHEWING GUM This is TOTALLY PROHIBITED on College property and at school related activities. No student should chew gum while in the College uniform. A Cleaning Reflection will apply.
PERSONAL HYGIENE Due to associated health risks, students are not to bring aerosol deodorant spray cans to school. Roll on deodorants provide an environmentally friendly alternative. Aerosol cans will be confiscated.
BEFORE AND AFTER HOURS Students are asked not to attend shops in school uniform. If this is unavoidable, then full College uniform must be worn, including appropriate footwear. On any day when students have an early finish, students are not permitted to visit shops in uniform unless accompanied by a parent. No student is to be at shops in uniform during normal hours unless on an excursion or for a school event (e.g. 8.35am – 3.05pm).
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261-263 Charters Towers Road, Mysterton (07) 4728 6355
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