School Uniform

White polo shirts with Katherine Semar logo

Navy round neck or V neck sweatshirts or cardigan with logo

Grey trousers, grey skirt or grey pinafore dress

Grey shorts or blue gingham check school dress (summer uniform) – Please note that the gingham dress is not available from Tesco.

White, grey or black socks or grey tights

Black school shoes.

Here is what your child will need for their P.E. sessions:

A Katherine Semar rugby style shirts (for the cold weather)

A Katherine Semar lightweight airflow tops (for warm weather) - Wear both in freezing weather! 

Dark coloured trainers (for outside) and black plimsolls (for inside) and a pair of white, black or navy blue socks specifically for PE

Navy or black jogging bottoms for outside work

Children may wear a base layer under their PE top. This needs to be black, white or blue

Hair must be tied back and no jewellery to be worn. Adults cannot remove earrings for children—they must remove them themselves or take them out before attending school.

PE kit must be worn to school on PE days as we do not change before the lesson. 

Swimming

Your child will have a swimming slot every half term. Information and a letter will be sent out at the end of the half term before they swim to provide you with all of the necessary information including; timings and payment details.

The days your child is swimming they will need to bring a named swimming bag including the following:

A named swimming suit / named swimming trunks, (not loose swimming shorts)

A named swimming hat (a Katherine Semar swimming hat can be purchased from Gray Palmers

A named towel

Goggles (optional)

There are Katherine Semar Swimming costumes available from Grey Palmers.  However, children may wear their own one-piece swimming costume of any colour. There are also Katherine Semar swimming hats, although children may choose to wear their own swimming hat. In addition, children may choose to wear goggles. All swimming kit must be tight fitting rather than baggy shorts. i.e. children may not wear Bermuda shorts.

Spare swimming kit will not be issued to children without kit (except for special circumstances). It is the responsibility of the class teacher to make sure parents are informed and swimming kit is brought up to the school. If a child repeatedly fails to bring swimming kit in, it is the responsibility of the class teacher to discuss this with the parent and if necessary inform a member of the senior management team.

Children who are not swimming due to a lack of kit will still go to the swimming pool with work to complete.

Other logo items available from Gray Palmer

Rucksack

PE bag

Legionnaire sun hat

Peaked hat

Swim costumes and swim trunks

Swim hats

Reversible coat

When choosing where to get your child’s hair styled, please do consider that we follow the same haircut rules as Saffron Walden County High School.

• Students may not dye their hair an unnatural hair colour and highlights/streaks and dip dyed ends are not allowed. Hairstyles judged to be extreme by the Headteacher or Senior Leadership team are not permitted.
• No students may have their hair cut shorter than a barbers’ number 2.
• Hair must be tied back if it is shoulder length or longer, with a plain coloured hairband.
• Hairbands must be plain and a colour that complements the school uniform, such as navy, black, white or grey. All novelty hairbands, such as cat ears, flowers and large bows are not permitted.
• Children with novelty hairbands will be asked that they remove them and not wear them again. Students breaking the hairstyle regulations with extreme cuts may be educated away from their class until their hair grows back or becomes a natural colour again.

We understand that pierced ears need earrings to avoid the holes closing up. So, to this end, children are allowed to wear plain stud earrings. They should not wear earrings if they are unable to remove them themselves for PE.

• Wristwatches may be worn in the Junior School at the child’s own risk, but children need to be able to remove and replace independently.  Watches which have cameras and microphones are not permitted.
• Charity wrist bands if the school is promoting the cause.

Fortunately, it is rare that a child arrives at school wearing make-up. When this does occur, it is generally nail varnish that hasn’t been removed from the weekend. Please be reminded that no make-up may be worn.

If your child is wearing make-up, including nail varnish, they will be sent to the school office where they will be given the means to remove it.