Students and parents should use the following as a guide as to how Danebank expects students to present themselves.
Hair
- Hair should be neat, tied back and off the face, at all times.
- Fringes are acceptable, but should not cover the eyes.
- Inappropriate hairstyles, colours or beading are not permitted.
- Regulation ribbons: tri-striped ribbon, jade, pink, silver, red, white ribbon or scrunchie. These may be purchased from the Ranier Uniform Shop.
- Small hair clips (plain silver, black or brown) are permitted to keep hair back.
- School hair bands can be worn to keep hair off the face.
Jewellery
- One set of pierced earrings (one in each earlobe only). These may be small studs in gold, silver, pearl or clear stone. No other colours are allowed.
- One fine necklace may be worn with a small pendant in gold or silver that should not be visible and worn under a student's blouse. Medical necklaces may also be worn.
- No bracelets are permitted unless medical.
- A conservative watch may be worn. Should students choose to wear a ‘smart’ watch it should not be used as a communication device. If used in this way then the consequence of using a mobile phone will apply.
- Junior School: No Smart watches or FitBits allowed.
- Senior School: Students may wear one plain ring.
- Charity jewellery and accessories can only be worn for the period of the promotion. Only one approved charity item may be worn at a time.
- No nose, tongue, eyebrow or ear piercing other than the earlobe (including helix, scapha and tragus of the ear) are permitted.
- No costume jewellery is permitted.
Makeup
- Colourless lip balm, for lip protection, is the only makeup allowed.
- Nails should be kept short and neat and natural in their appearance (clear nail polish only). Due to industry standards, students studying Hospitality are not able to wear nail polish.
- Junior School: Students are not permitted to wear nail polish at school.
- Students who attend school with nail polish on will be sent to the office to have it removed.
- Unobtrusive application of light foundation may be worn by Year 11 and 12 students.
- Unobtrusive application of BB cream or a tinted moisturiser may be worn by students in Years 7-10.
- Junior School: No make-up permitted.
- False eyelashes are not permitted.
- Tattoos of any kind, including henna, are not permitted on students.
- No mascara or blush is permitted.
School Bags
- Green Danebank school bags are compulsory.
- No writing is permitted on the bags.
- School bags, Danebank sports bags or Danebank excursion bags must be used for excursions. No other bag permitted.
- Tote bags are not to be used outside of the school grounds, they are only to be permitted to transport materials within the school grounds.
No chewing gum permitted
- Due to the destructive nature of chewing gum, students found to be chewing gum will receive a lunch reparation.
Uniform Expectations: Mufti and Dress-up Days
Junior and Senior School
On certain occasions, students will be granted the privilege of wearing casual clothing to school. While this provides students with the opportunity to make some choice, students will still need to adhere to regulations required by WHS policies relating to student safety. Child protection and respectful decision making provide the framework for the schools’ expectations on mufti days.
Students will be required to undertake normal learning activities and their dress must afford them the same protection that their school uniform and school shoes provide. With this in mind, students should ensure that their casual dress abides by the following:
- Shoes should be enclosed
- Hair should be tied back for practical lessons
- Shorts, skirts and dresses should be no shorter than mid-thigh length
- Clothing and dress ups should not be contentious, politicised or controversial in nature. This is inclusive of text, symbols and imagery.
- Midriffs must not be shown
- Underwear should not be visible
- No singlets, strapless tops or tanks should be worn
- Uniform rules regarding make up and nail polish still apply
- Students may wear additional jewellery, with the exception of ‘dangling’ earrings or large hoop earrings
Any student involved in a speciality subject will have additional requirements. In the case that a student has a Science or TAS lesson, leather enclosed shoes are to be worn. If a sport or PDHPE lesson would normally require the student to change to sport uniform, the school sports uniform and shoes are to be worn.
Administration of the Uniform Policy
Senior School
It is the responsibility of all students to follow the school’s uniform policies.
If a student is in breach of a Uniform Policy (school or PDHPE), where possible she will be spoken to and asked to rectify the problem. Infringements for school uniform will be recorded separately to infringements for PDHPE uniform. They will also be administered independently of each other.
On the second instance of breaching a Uniform Policy (school or PDHPE), the student will be placed on a lunchtime reparation.
On the third and any subsequent instances of breaching a Uniform Policy, a letter will be sent home to parents informing them of their daughter’s breach of the Uniform Policy and as a consequence, the student will receive a formal afternoon reparation. During this reparation the student may be asked to perform some act of service to the school community. Each term the count is reset and students start afresh.
Students who do not attend the lunchtime reparation for breaching the Uniform Policy will be placed on a formal afternoon reparation.
Students who are asked to lengthen their skirt will be given a weekend to rectify the problem. They will need to obtain a uniform pass, for the remainder of the week, from the Assistant Head of Senior School.
Students will need to remove piercings such as nose, tongue, eyebrow piercing or ear piercing other than the ear lobe immediately. Parents should be aware that if students choose to get these piercings during school holidays they will be required to remove these once the school term commences. Clear studs or band aids covering these piercings will not be permitted.
