Uniform Policy

St Joseph’s uniform policy has been under review this year and all staff, parents and students had the opportunity to review the policy.  At our last Community Council meeting a summary was presented to the meeting of the staff, parents, and student’s responses.   There was also a discussion and a vote on items in the uniform policy – the embroidery of summer school shirts and the changing of the sports shirt to an updated design and fabric.

The uniform policy will predominately remain the same with a few small changes and a tightening up of the wording of the policy to avoid any confusion.  St Joseph’s has always tried to keep the cost of our school uniform to a minimum and the changes will be implemented over a time frame so that current blue summer shirts and sports shirt can be worn until they are outgrown.  If uniform poses any financial stress on families, please come and talk to me.  Our local Op shop The golden treasure chest has many St Josephs uniforms if families need them.

• The blue summer shirts will now have the school logo added to them. Wendellies that stock the shirts will charge an additional $3 to the cost of the shirt.  This change can be introduced in 2024 for families wishing to purchase new shirts and will be phased in.
• The sports shirt will be updated to a new design and possibly a lighter weight fabric. St Joseph’s is currently sourcing the new shirt keeping in mind that it needs to be a design that we can continue to obtain and stock and will also be phased in at the beginning of 2024.
• Clearer wording for jewellery/hair has been included to ensure that all families are aware of the requirements for all students. All students with long hair (defined as longer than sitting above the shoulders) must be tied back at all times.
• Western Region representative hoodies, Archdiocesan representative hoodies and MacKillop merchandise are not part of the school uniform. Whilst St Joseph’s acknowledges the wonderful representative achievements of our students, they are not part of the school uniform.
• School shoes need to be all black, no splashes of colour – students may choose to wear black boots, leather school shoes or black school joggers. On sports days there is no colour restrictions for joggers.
• No logos, advertising on jackets, beanies, socks or tracksuit pants.

Thank you to all families for putting your views forward on the uniform policy. 

In the Commitment and Declaration section of St Joseph’s enrolment form it states:

Your child is expected to adhere to the school’s standards for:

• Behaviour, dress and self-discipline
• Application to course work work and study
• Participation in school activities

Your co-operation is essential to assist your child to meet these expectations.

I trust that I have families full support on uniform now that the consultation process is complete.  The policy comes into effect on 1 June 2023 and will be reviewed again in 2025.  The new uniform policy can be found below and on our school website.