School dress code
Yarwun State School is a uniformed school and our students wear green and orange with pride. The bottle green/orange school shirt is available in Gladstone. Bottle green shorts, skirts, skorts, hats, sweatshirts, trackpants are available from retail outlets at very reasonable prices.
Broad brimmed bottle green hats or bottle green legionnaire style caps are required for outdoor play. Designer hats are not permitted. Hair accessories must be bottle green in colour. A variety of bottle green clips, ties and bands are available through local retail outlets. Students must wear closed in shoes. Joggers allow students to participate in the range of activities of a normal school day. Black is the preferred colour for joggers. White socks should be worn, and the socks must be visible above the top of the jogger.
Girls
Bottle green wrap around skirt, skort and bottle green/orange shirt. Bottle green hair bands/hair ties, headbands and bandanas. Girls may also wear shorts or bottle green bike pants under their skirt.
Boys
Bottle green shorts and bottle green/orange shirt.
School dress code principles
Shirts are to be worn tucked in and at least one of the buttons on the shirt is to be done up.
Shoelaces are to be firmly tied at all times. Laces must be of the same colour in each shoe. Fluorescent or brightly coloured laces are not to be worn.
Hair is to be neatly cut, clean and brushed. Students with long hair must wear their hair tied back. Hair is not to fall over the eyes. Students should be content with the natural colour of their hair. Colouring hair is not encouraged. Colouring, if absolutely necessary, should look natural. Fingernail polish and make–up is not to be worn. Port curtis and capricornia team shirts are not part of our school uniform.
Jewellery
The only permissible jewellery is:
Items of religious or deeply personal significance require the consent of the principal. Permission to wear such items must be requested, in writing. Students may be required to remove or tape jewellery items when playing sport or when participating in physical education (PE) lessons to prevent injury to self and others.
Sports uniform
Girls and boys
Bottle green shorts/skorts and school shirt.
Winter uniform
The winter uniform is the regular school uniform with bottle green sweatshirt, jacket, trackpants worn over the top. Bottle green winter wear is readily available from retail outlets.
Performance uniform
Girls
Bottle green wrap around skirt, skort or shorts.
Boys
Bottle green shorts.
Both: school shirt, white socks and black shoes.
Students representing the school in cultural (e.g. eisteddfod), Awards night or sporting teams must comply with the school dress code. Failure to comply with the code will disqualify the student from participating. The excursion note from the school will confirm the uniform requirements.