The wearing of school uniform is not an option but an obligation. It is expected that parents and children will honour this agreement and make every effort to uphold the desired standard of dress.

Any parent experiencing financial problems in purchasing articles of uniform should initially contact the Office or arrange to meet with the Home School Support Worker.

The intentions of adopting a school uniform are: 

• to give all children a sense of corporate identity - of ‘belonging’ to Twydall Primary School; 
• to standardise items of clothing worn for school; 
• to maintain a neat and clean appearance that will hopefully be transferred to other aspects of children’s education; 
• to ease confrontation between parent/carer and child about what should be worn to school; 
• to enable our children to be easily identifiable as belonging to the Twydall Community during school trips and visits.

These intentions will be communicated to parents/carers and children on appropriate occasions or when the need arises.

We hope that all those involved in the school community, staff, parents/carers and children will share these intentions and enforce the democratically reached decision for children to wear school uniform.

School Uniform Requirements

The Twydall Primary School uniform consists of:

• Cardigan or jumper in charcoal grey branded with Twydall Primary Logo preferable, purchased via our uniform supplier School Time. Alternatively, a plain cardigan or jumper, with no hood in charcoal grey can be purchased via local supermarkets.
• White polo shirt or a white shirt/blouse.  Polo shirts can be purchased with the school logo. 
• Trousers, shorts, skirts or pinafore dresses in grey (no logos or stripes). 
• Summer dresses may be worn - red/white checked. 
• Twydall Primary School Book bag and PE bag with logo (both optional)

• Additional items available to purchase with the school logo are:    
  • Red baseball type cap for summer or woolley hat for winter
  • Rucksack
• PE kit consists of a PE T-shirt in house colours (Red, Yellow, Green or Blue) and black shorts, plain plimsolls or trainers. T shirts with the school logo are available from School Time. A black tracksuit may also be worn during winter months. 
• Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) – wellies and waterproof clothing are required; please ensure they are named. These items help to protect uniforms whilst enjoying activities like water and mud play.
• Swimming trunks/briefs for boys (long Bermuda type shorts are not acceptable at the pool for health and safety reasons), one piece swimming costume for girls. Year groups rotate swimming throughout KS2 and parents will be advised at the beginning of the academic year if swimming lessons will take place. 
• No jewellery except watches or stud earrings may be worn in school.  These must be removed by children for all physical activities.   If earrings cannot be removed by the child then the child will have to temporarily miss the activity. Smart watches are not permitted in school.
• Long hair should be tied back during the school day.
• Nail varnish/false nails, make-up, hair gel, or hair colours, must not be worn in school.  Long hair must be tied and secured for PE and Swimming.  

As well as the above items, children are expected to wear sensible footwear – black shoes (no trainers). Shoes must not have heels in excess of 2cm and be shoes with closed toes.

PLEASE NAME EVERY ITEM OF CLOTHING!

To access our OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) areas outside, children are required to wear wellies and, puddle suits or waterproof clothing.

 

Twydall Primary Branded Uniform

These items can be purchased directly from the school’s uniform supplier:

School Time Outfitter

87-89 High Stret

Chatham

ME4 4EE

Tel: 01634 831684 Email: info@schooltime.co.uk Web: www.schooltime.co.uk

Ways to purchase uniform:

1. Order online and have it delivered to your address carriage is £6.00 or free if you spend over £50.00.

2. Order online and have it delivered to school, during term time only.

3. Click & Collect from the shop.

4. Visit School Time – Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm (School Holidays dates to be confirmed)

5. Payment plans also offered please ask for further details.

 

These intentions will be communicated to parents/carers and children on appropriate occasions or when the need arises. 

We hope that all those involved in the school community, staff, parents/carers and children will share these intentions and enforce the democratically reached decision for children to wear school uniform.