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Welcome To Our Craighead Uniform Webpage

Our uniform instils a sense of identity and belonging to our Craighead School family. Our girls wear their uniform with pride and know the high standards of their uniform are expected to be maintained at all times, whether they are in class at school or out in the community.

Our Uniform Expectations:

  • Wear your uniform neatly and with pride.
  • Complete school uniform must be worn when at school.
  • When travelling to and from school on a week day, or for a school function, your uniform must be complete.
  • Any exceptions are to be approved by the Principal or the Deputy Principal in Charge of Uniform.

What To Wear, How To Buy & When To Buy

What to Wear

  • On these tabs you will be able to view our Summer, Winter, Junior School, and Sports Uniform.
  • Also available are Supporters items and optional accessories.

Shop Open Hours

Our Uniform Shop open hours are:

  • Thursdays between 3.30pm – 4.30pm
  • A Uniform notice is always in the Kōrero newsletter each week
  • The Old Girls’ Second Hand Uniform Shop is also open on Fridays but please check the Newsletter for the next open date or contact information, it is not open every week. 

Suppliers of uniform items:

  • Craighead Uniform Shop sells all uniform components, except shoes.
  • Shoes can be purchased from ‘The Shoe Shop‘ (formerly Cobblers Inn, now relocated and rebranded), their new address is: 77 Sophia Street, Timaru (next to Farmers Carpark).

To contact our Uniform Manager:

Payment at the shop:

  • Eftpos
  • Cash
  • Credit card (no extra sur-charge)

For Uniform Alterations:

Yrs 7&8 Summer & Winter Uniform

Year 7 & 8 students are required to wear the following Day School uniform:

  • School Blazer – All Year wear. Compulsory
  • Craighead Tunic – All Year wear
  • Shorts – All Year wear. Optional
  • White Shirt Short Sleeved  – Summer
  • White Shirt Long Sleeved or Blue Skivvy – Winter
  • Woollen Jersey – optional
  • Craighead Tights – Winter
  • Navy Knee High Socks – Winter
  • White Ankle Socks – Summer
  • Straw Boater – Summer. Compulsory while outside in the sun
  • Mid-Brown Shoe – McKinlay. Can be worn without socks in summer.
  • Raincoat – to be worn over the top of Blazer. Optional

Yrs 9-13 Winter Uniform

Our Winter Uniform encompasses:

  • Kilt – hem length for kilts must be 30-33cm from the floor with shoes on
  • White Shirt Long Sleeved – worn tucked in under the kilt
  • Green Tie – plain, Years 7-12 only
  • Navy Monogrammed Tie – Years 13 only
  • Navy Knee-high Socks or Tights/Pantyhose
  • Mid-Brown Shoe – T-bar style
  • School Blazer – For formal occasions and Chapel Services

Optional items, worn as needed:

  • Navy Shorts
  • Navy Long Trousers (photo coming)
  • Green Woollen Jersey – long sleeved, v-neck
  • Green Woollen Sleeveless Vest – v-neck
  • School Scarf – woollen

Yrs 7-13 PE & Sports Uniform

PE uniform consists of the following items:

  • Tracksuit – jacket and pants sold separately – optional
  • House top – available in house colours and worn at school wide events – compulsory
  • PE top – compulsory
  • PE shorts – compulsory
  • PE Socks
  • White Sports Socks – worn at competition sport
  • Rugby jersey : An optional item of the PE 

House Tops:

White – Te Uru Blue – Te Raki Red – Te Rawhiti Yellow – Te Tonga

 The Uniform Shop also sells the following Sport items:

  • Netball skirt
  • Netball top
  • Hockey / Rugby Socks
  • Hockey skirt
  • Rugby Shorts

*Please note that all other sporting code uniforms are hired 

Optional Items

Optional items available:

  • Baselayer Top
  • Baselayer Shorts
  • Merino 1/4 Zip Jersey
  • Midlayer 1/4 Zip Top
  • Thermal
  • Crop Top
  • Leggings
  • Spandies 
  • Fluoro vest
  • Hockey Skirt
  • Rugby Shorts
  • Netball Top & Skirt
  • Sports Bag – with personalised initials
  • Green school Cap, Beanie

Supporters Items

Craighead Supporters items available:

  • Supporters Jacket
  • Supporters Polo Shirts – Male and Female options available
  • Beanies – Plain or Ribbed
  • Blue Caps
  • Umbrellas

Uniform Guidelines:

  • The Blazer is to be worn to all formal occasions and Chapel Services.
  • When wearing the uniform out of school grounds jerseys or vests are not allowed to be worn on their own without a Blazer.
  • All articles of uniform must be clearly named
  • Only School related badges may be worn on the Blazer.
  • Small, silver or gold, inconspicuous plain ‘stud’ earring(no bigger than 4mm diameter) may be worn, one earring in each ear lobe.Tongue studs are not permitted. 
  • A Pounamu pendant or cross on a necklace may be worn, subtly.  Other jewellery or ornamentation is not to be worn with the school uniform.
  • Whilst walking along streets students in school uniform you may not be eating food
  • Make-up or nail polish are not to be worn with school uniform
  • Hair should be neatly tied back with Craighead blue, green, or blue and green tartan hair ribbon, or slides. Hair is expected to look natural in colour
  • PE uniform may not be worn to or from school, except on Sports Days or by permission.
  • Sports uniform may be worn home from an after school sport practice, and may be worn to school on a Sports day.
  • Boarders may wear mufti when travelling to and from the Boarding House on public transport.
  • The tattooing of young people of school age is strongly discouraged, however ta moko and/or moko may be accepted on cultural grounds on students aged over 16 years subject to a parent/caaregiver request in the form of a letter.  The student is then to attend an interview with a member of the senior leadership team to discuss the personal significance of the item in question. All other tattoos are to be covered and not visible at all times.

How To Purchase Uniform Items: