Dress Code and Uniforms

The school uniform is compulsory from the first day of term, and is available for purchase at the school shop. The uniform is designed to be comfortable and suitable for the climate. 

Well-kept Presentation is expected of students. Students are expected to be presentable, with clean uniforms (as clean as can be with playing in trees!) and to follow hygiene practices during the school day. Torn, ill-sized, or excessively dirty uniforms do not meet the expected standard of selfcare. 

Hair and Nails should be clean and tidy and not cover the eyes. Nails should be short, clean and well-kept. While we support students in their self expression with hair styles, if a chosen style becomes distracting to the learning, the school may request a more “subdued” choice. 

Shoes and Socks: Students and teachers often walk barefoot around the campus and in the classrooms. Students should wear either plain coloured trainers (sports shoes) with short socks or any neat, comfortable shoes or sandals to school each day. Raised heels are not permitted. Students must bring sports shoes to school on PE days. These can be left at school. While barefeet are nice, it is important to consider the hazards that come with bare feet, and families should consider having slip-on shoes or socks that a child could wear when playing outdoors. 

Basic Uniform: Students should wear the designated school shorts/skirt and top. On cold weather days, students may wear the Panyaden hoodie and zipped sweater or plain black/dark blue sweater with no (or subtle)  logo. Dark leggings may also be worn underneath the uniform. Changes of clothes for young learners should be simple and plain, with no logos. Students should refrain from wearing jewellery or embellishments. Subtle earrings are permitted, though they should have protective backings to avoid injury whilst playing at school.

Sun Protection: To mitigate damaging effects from sun exposure and the impact of heat, students are asked to wear sunhats and sunblock. 

The PE Uniform should be worn from home on PE days only. PE days will be shared with the class schedule at the start of the term.

Traditional Clothing on Fridays is practised in Chiang Mai amongst Thai students who wear traditional northern Thai-style dress. To honour this local cultural practice at Panyaden, students are expected to wear Lanna style clothes, traditional clothing from their “heart countries,” or their school uniform. Casual clothes, or just street clothes, such as a T-shirt and shorts, jeans, sports jerseys, or sleeveless dresses may not be worn in place of traditional clothes, even though these may have become ‘traditional’ in some countries. Modest dress in accordance with Thai culture is expected at all times. Shoulders, upper chest, upper back and upper legs should be covered. 

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Year 2 to Year 6