{"id":373,"date":"2025-08-20T22:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2025-08-20T22:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:03:44","slug":"clothes-for-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/clothes-for-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Clothes for school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dress code<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The school does not have a compulsory uniform. Our dress code is that pupils should wear comfortable and practical clothes that are suitable for all school activities. They should take a jacket to school and make sure they can be warm in winter and cool in summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school encourages the wearing of school uniform as it offers a sense of identity and belonging, as well as being a cost effective way of providing clothes for the children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The uniform consists of a red polo shirt, sweatshirt, rugby shirt, cardigan or fleece.&nbsp;&nbsp;Items bearing the school logo may be ordered at the office or from Leviathan International at the Pier Head Stromness.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A protective apron or an old shirt should be worn for art and craft activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Appropriate footwear is essential \u2013 high heels are always a hazard and should not be worn to school.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PE kit<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For health and safety reasons, pupils will need a separate PE kit for school to get changed into. The appropriate clothing and footwear for PE is a T-shirt, shorts and gym shoes \/ trainers with non-marking soles.&nbsp;No jewellery please that could get caught in anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled, particularly sweatshirts and PE kit, which are often lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OUTDOOR-PE-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OUTDOOR-PE-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OUTDOOR-PE-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OUTDOOR-PE-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OUTDOOR-PE-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dress code The school does not have a compulsory uniform. Our dress code is that pupils should wear comfortable and practical clothes that are suitable for all school activities. They should take a jacket to school and make sure they can be warm in winter and cool in summer.&nbsp; The school encourages the wearing of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stromnessps.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}