Neatness

• MODICADEMY NEATNESS RULES

Applicable to all:

1. Clean and neat uniform.
2. Clean black school shoes. Barefoot for Pre-School to Grade 6 is allowed during the summer.
3. Shoes with grey school pants: BLACK SCHOOL SHOES.
4. Shoes with winter tracksuit: Tekkies.
5. Tekkies: ONLY white/ black/ navy/ turquoise or a combination of these colours allowed.
6. No other colour combinations are allowed (no pink, gold etc. in tekkies).
7. No sneakers allowed.
8. No jewellery allowed EXCEPT:
a) Watch (no watches that can make phone calls or send messages)
b) Silver / Gold STUD earrings (for the girls)
c) Silver/ Gold SMALL ring earrings (for the girls)
9. No T-shirt/ vest may be visible under the school shirt.
10. No other jerseys/jackets/pants/shirts allowed except Modicademy uniform.
11. Shirts must be tucked in at all times.
12. Nails must be kept clean, neat and short at all times.
(student will be asked to clip their nails at school if too long).
13. Appropriate clothing allowed on casual days (no form fitting/ open tummy/
too loose fitted clothing).
14. No combs in hair.
15. No foreign objects hanging from mouth (lip/tongue rings)

Girls:

1. Girls’ hair must be tied up securely against the head if hair is long and touches the collar.
2. Braids are allowed. Braided tails must be tied and not hanging in the face or in the eyes.
3. Braids may only be the same colour as the hair.
Only white, navy or turquoise ribbons and beads will be permitted.
Clips, hairbands and scrunchies must be white, navy or turquoise (scrunchies preferably the school check scrunchie).
4. A fringe may not touch the eyebrows.
5. Silver/Gold stud earrings allowed. (No diamond earrings)
6. Silver/Gold SMALL ring earrings allowed. (No diamond earrings).
(If you fail to comply with the rules after two warnings regarding jewellery, jewellery will be confiscated by the teacher and you will receive it again at the end of the term).
7. No make-up allowed.
8. No nail polish allowed.
9. A navy ski-pant is COMPULSORY under a skirt.
10. Skirts may not be shorter than 4 fingers above the knee (start measuring from middle of knee).
11. Navy shorts to be worn for sport. No ski-pants allowed on its own.
12. No crop tops or tight fitting clothes allowed on casual clothing days.
13. No lipgloss. Only lip-ice or colourless vaseline allowed

Boys:

1. Boys’ hair may not hang over the ears and the fringe may not touch the eyebrows.
2. Boys’ hair must be trimmed evenly.
3. Hair may not be longer than 2cm.
4. Boys may NOT cut/shave any lines/art in their hair.
5. No lines cut into eyebrows.
6. Boys are allowed to wear long, grey pants in winter.
7. NO earrings with school clothing OR casual clothing.
8. Long navy socks with white stripes allowed. No other colours like grey or white.
9. No finger rings allowed with school uniform or on casual days.

Neatness inspections will be done every week.
Parents will be informed of what needs to be corrected regarding the student’s uniform/general neatness.
If a students fails to comply with these rules, they will receive three(3) verbal warnings whereafter they will
receive a “tardy slip” in their books that the parent/s need to sign and after that they will stand a chance to
receive a written warning for not complying to the school’s rules.