Every child should have a wide brimmed hat at school every day. Children should wear their hats whenever they are out in the sun. The hat should protect the face, the ears and the back of the neck. Children who are not wearing a hat will be required to play in the shade under the school building or in the playshed. It is considered that the wearing of shoes at school is necessary to protect the feet from injury in the playground and as part of acceptable dress standards in the classroom.
Many children suffer from skinned toes, bruised and cut feet and splinters in their feet.
All of these injuries could be avoided through the wearing of shoes. For these reasons the wearing of shoes is enforced at this school. All children need shoes to be able to play in the playground. Parents are asked to supply each child with one box of approximately 200 tissues. The tissues will be stored in each classroom and brought out for class use as needed.