St Mary's Uniform and PE Kit
Our children are proud to wear their uniforms and personalised items can be ordered from Ziggy's Uniform Shop or The Uniform Shop in Halifax Town Centre.
Our Uniform...
Red jumper, sweatshirt or sweat cardigans.
White or red polo shirt with grey or black trousers, skirt or pinafore.
Black shoes with grey, black or white socks.
When the weather gets a little warmer, pupils can wear grey knee length shorts or a red gingham dress.
Sweatshirts, sweat cardigans, polo shirts, white PE t-shirts and black PE shorts are available from any supplier. Jumpers and PE T-shirts with school logos can be purchased from the suppliers above.
On wet days, pupils are expected to have indoor footwear. These can be any sensible shape or style. Most children wear pumps.
Our PE Kit...
It is very important that pupils have the correct PE kit for the right type of sport they are doing in order to keep them comfortable and safe.
For GAMES:
- White PE t-shirt
- Warm long sleeved top in a plain dark colour
- Warm pair of tracksuit bottoms in a plain dark colour
- Trainers or pumps
For GYM:
- White PE t-shirt
- Black nylon sports shorts
- Black indoor school pumps
Jewellery and PE
The national guidance - ‘Safe Practice in Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity’ - produced by AfPE has always stated that no jewellery should be worn in PE, which also includes swimming and any other form of physical activity. This guidance document is an essential reference for anyone involved in delivering PE in an educational setting.
It is also not safe to cover ear-rings or studs with tape. The reason is both because of the potential tearing of the ear lobe, but also the very slim chance that the post of the ear-ring could damage the neck which is where the brachial nerve is running directly to the brain. There are anecdotal cases of children wearing ear-rings and studs with plasters over being hit by a ball or coming off worse in a collision and having nasty injuries as a consequence.
Where an item of jewellery cannot be removed then it is the adult teaching the group’s responsibility to try to establish a safe situation to enable participation by considering how, or if, the context can be made safe by amending the task, conditioning the activity or creating some other management strategy to make participation safe. Where safe participation cannot be assured then the pupil cannot take part in that element of the lesson.
A low risk activity is where children can work and be secure in their own personal space. This could be warming up, skills practices, observing and analysing, officiating, coaching. Higher risk activities are where that personal space could be compromised by other participants or by equipment, such as gymnastics where children are close to each other. This means that where earrings are being worn by pupils and cannot be removed they will be required to participate in PE lessons in their own personal space which may mean a different activity for them, not involving other members of their class.
School has a high level duty of care for the children whilst they are in school and cannot be put in the situation of looking after their child without exercising that duty of care. It is dictated by national guidance and as a school we need to comply. There have been awful cases involving jewellery in PE and physical activity and the school through its best endeavours is protecting against that happening.
We therefore do ask that children remove all earrings before any physical activity sessions.
