Woodleigh has a strong identity. It is a place of progressive education, one where collective group identity is not the goal, but an environment where students know themselves. Just as Woodleigh knows itself.
The full Woodleigh School uniform range is available from The Bounty Shop in Frankston. Families can shop in-store, click and collect from the website, or have it delivered.
Early Years and Junior School Uniform
During the primary years of education, when our younger students need a level of support suited to their age and stage, empowering them with a sense of responsibility and respect for self is paramount. In line with this idea is a comfortable and durable uniform for Kindergarten to Year 6.
At the Minimbah and Penbank Campuses, children from 4-year-old Kindergarten to Year 6 wear a compulsory school uniform in keeping with our values and philosophy.
At 3-year-old Kindergarten, the wearing of uniform is optional.
Summer Uniform
- Summer dress
- Knitted jumper
- Navy blue socks with striped trim (ankle length)
- Black leather school shoes
- Taupe Woodleigh branded shorts (girls and boys)
- Taupe Woodleigh branded skort (girls)
- Navy blue ribbons or matching scrunchie as per summer dress
- Woodleigh branded short-sleeved shirt to go with skort or shorts
- Woodleigh branded navy, green, grey and white rugby top
- Woodleigh branded taupe broad-rimmed sunhat
Winter Uniform
- White Woodleigh branded long-sleeved shirt
- Girls' Winter pinafore
- Woodleigh branded taupe trousers (girls and boys)
- Knitted jumper
- Navy blue socks with striped trim
- Navy blue tights – to be worn with Winter pinafore
- Black leather school shoes
- Woodleigh black weatherproof jacket (sport jacket as well)
- Skort and rugby top as per Summer for in between seasons
Sports Uniform
- Sport polo shirt
- Sport shorts
- Woodleigh track pants (optional)
- Woodleigh rugby top
- Woodleigh track jacket (optional)
- Bathers, girls and boys
- Rashie
- White Woodleigh crew or ankle socks
- Woodleigh beanie
- Runners
Additional
Other Items
- School hat, compulsory Terms 1 and 4
- Woodleigh backpack school bag (Foundation to Year 6), compulsory
- Woodleigh sport bag (Foundation to Year 6), compulsory
Protective Clothing
- Art smocks are provided for use in Visual Art activities.
Lost Property
Lost items of clothing are collected and held in lost property, which is located outside the Hall door. Unnamed items not collected after a period of time will be donated to the Second Hand Uniform Shop.
It is the responsibility of the students to check lost property initially and of the staff to organise Year 6 monitors to sort lost items and display these for collection at regular intervals.
Jewellery
Jewellery must not be worn. Rings, bracelets and necklaces can be dangerous in some activities and also cause distress to the children if they are lost at school. It is the responsibility of parents and staff to enforce this rule.
Earrings are restricted to small gold or silver studs or sleepers (no large earrings).
Hair Accessories
Hair accessories should be minimal and kept within school colours of navy or white.
Senior School Uniform
As students enter the senior years of education, instead of a uniform approach for all, Woodleigh has a dress code which is more relevant for students of this particular age and stage.
There is a high expectation of appropriateness of dress just as there is the outside world. This balance between freedom and responsibility underscores the School's commitment to individual expression with its communal needs.
A thriving community emerges when conditions for growth are strong, and our dress code at the Senior campus provides another space where students can express themselves freely while upholding high standards, self-respect and a strong sense of themselves.
Dress Code
The intention is to encourage the wearing of practical and inexpensive clothing and to help students develop responsibility for choosing and looking after their own clothing. The Dress and Appearance Policy is flexible enough to both allow and encourage individual style and to emphasise neatness and presentability.
Rather than focus on precise details of dress, students are encouraged to make good judgements based on the following principles:
- A SunSmart approach
- Cleanliness and hygiene
- Good repair
- Decency (e.g., no bare midriffs or visible underwear)
- Safety
- Appropriateness for the occasion
- Appropriate for a school learning environment
- Regard for community expectations, especially extremes in appearance such as hairstyles and jewellery
Our aim is for students to learn to wear appropriate clothing for various situations. In this way students are making similar decisions about their clothing to when they leave school. Staff will work with students on interpreting these guidelines and will on occasions need to disagree and be insistent. It is expected that students will take responsibility for their school clothing needs and will ensure that they have organised their clothing for the week ahead.
The following should be observed by all students:
- It is strongly recommended that students wear headwear which protects from the sun, especially in Terms 1 and 4.
- Footwear for Home Economics, Manual Arts and Science practical lessons need to cover the top of the feet, including the toes. Students will not be able to participate in the practical components of these lessons if they are wearing inappropriate footwear.
- For health reasons, all students are required to have a change of clothing for PE, sport and sport-based Activities as well as sports shoes. Students need to wear the official Woodleigh Senior Campus sport uniform during these sessions.
- All items of clothing should be named.
To view the Dress and Appearance Policy document, please visit our Policies Page (click to open).
Physical Education and Sport Uniforms
For health reasons, all students are required to have a change of clothing for PE. The Woodleigh School Sports polo shirt and gym shorts or girls' compression tights are compulsory attire for all students. Other official garments (team wear or sports-specific) are available for competition use.