Uniform

Uniform Regulations

The College expects that students should always be well groomed and neatly presented in full school uniform. The uniform should be well maintained i.e. regularly cleaned and kept in good repair. Each student is required to have full summer, winter and sports uniforms. Dress and winter skirt lengths are to be observed.

The requirements listed below are not exhaustive, and may be subject to change. Matters of contention will be arbitrated and decided by the Heads of School as delegated by the College Principal and Deputy Principal.

Notes: If for unforeseen circumstances a student is not in full school uniform, a written, signed and dated note from a parent/guardian must be presented to the HR teacher. Such issues are expected to be resolved with two school days from the presentation of the note.

Bellarine Uniforms is the sole supplier of Saint Ignatius College Geelong (SICG) Uniforms: 162 Moorabool St. Geelong. Ph: 5221 9199

Click here to download our College Uniform brochure.

Please Note the Following

Blazer: is to be worn as the outer garment to and from school in Terms 2 &3. The blazer will be required on some excursions and formal occasions in Terms 1 & 4. Students riding to school are not required to wear a blazer.

Outer Garment: The school jumper is never to be worn as an outer garment to and from school. The blazer is to worn as the outer garment if students require more warmth in Terms 1 & 4.

College Hat: Is compulsory if students which to access areas without shade in Terms 1 and 4. The cap or bucket hat can be worn in sports/PE classes

College Bag: SICG logo backpack.

Labelling: All items of clothing must be clearly marked with the student’s full name.

Jewellery: The only acceptable pieces of jewellery to be worn are: a wristwatch, one plain gold or silver sleeper (must be smaller than a 5 cent piece), one plain gold silver stud or white pearl in each earlobe. Visible chains, cords, necklaces, bracelets or rings are not acceptable. No other jewellery is to be worn. Only one piercing in each ear lobe is permitted.

Piercing: No facial piercing in any form is acceptable. This includes tongue piercing. Clear piercings / bandaids are not permitted. Any student with inappropriate piercings will be requested to remove them; if unable they will be sent home until the piercing has been removed.

Tattoos are not allowed to be visible whilst in school uniform.

Cosmetics and brightly coloured nail polish are not to be worn. Nail extensions are not permitted.

Hairstyles are to be simple and neat at all times. Extreme or highly visible bright unnatural colours are not acceptable. If you son / daughter presents to school with an extreme hair colour / cut they will be sent home until it is rectified. Long hair (shoulder length) must be tied back in a full pony tail. Hair extensions are not permitted. Hair must not be over the face and eyes. Depending on a student’s type of hair some students may be asked to tie their hair back even if it is not down to their shoulders.

Undergarments: No undergarments are to be visible while wearing school uniform.

Clean-shaven: Male students must be clean-shaven at all times.

Uniform Requirements

The dress codes for all students are as follows. There is a two week 'grace' period at the start of each term to allow students to transition to the correct uniform required.

Summer (Terms 1 and 4)

Girls

Dress: SICG (no shorter than 5cm above knee)
Jumper: SICG
Socks: SICG (calf length) white/striped
Shoes: Polishable black leather (lace-up or buckle) with heel (3cm) Ballet and court shoes are not acceptable
Blazer: The blazer must be worn as the outer garment if students are wearing the jumper.
Hair Ribbons: SICG navy blue, red or white
Hat: SICG bucket hat / cap

Boys

Shorts: SICG Grey Melange
Belt: Black with plain buckle
Short Sleeve Shirt: SICG (striped with logo)
Jumper: SICG
Socks: SICG (calf length) grey/striped
Shoes: Polishable black leather lace-up with heel (3cm)
Blazer:The blazer must be worn as the outer garment if students are wearing the jumper.
Hat: SICG bucket hat / cap

Blazer
The blazer will be required on some excursions and formal occassions in Terms 1 and 4. To be worn as the outer garment to and from school in Term 2 and 3. Students riding to school are not required to wear a blazer.

Outer Garment
The school jumper is never to be worn as the outer garment to and from school. The blazer is to be worn as the outer garment if students require more warmth in Terms 1 and 4

School Hat
Is compulsory during lunch and recess in Terms 1 and 4. The cap or bucket hat can be worn in sports / P.E. classes.

Winter (Terms 2 and 3)

Girls

Winter Skirt: SICG (no longer than mid calf and no shorter than knee) OR
Winter Slacks: Charcoal Slacks worn with all of the items below
Blouse: SICG (striped) Blouse is to be tuked in.
Tie: SICG (striped) Top button must be done up and tie pulled up neatly.
Jumper: SICG
Tights: SICG navy blue
Socks: SICG plain navy knee high
Shoes: Polishable black leather (lace-up or buckle) with heel (3cm) Ballet and court shoes are not acceptable
Blazer: SICG compulsory Term 2 and 3
Scarf: SICG only
Hair Ribbons: SICG navy blue, red or white

Boys

Trousers: SICG Grey Melange
Belt: Black with plain buckle
Long Sleeve Shirt: SICG (striped with logo) Shirt is to be tucked in.
Tie:SICG (striped) Top button must be done up and tie pulled up neatly.
Jumper: SICG
Socks: SICG grey
Shoes: Polishable black leather lace-up with heel (3cm)
Blazer: SICG compulsory Term 2 and 3
Scarf: SICG only

Physical Education / Sports

Zip Jacket: SICG navy with logo
Rugby Top: SICG
Sports Polo: SICG with logo
Sports Shorts: SICG microfibre with logo
Tracksuit Pants: SICG microfibre with logo
Sports Socks: SICG logo
Hat: SICG bucket or cap for Terms 1 and 4
Sports Shoes: Lace up purpose-built sports shoes (Dunlop Volleys, skate or street shoes and slip on shoes are not acceptable)
The sports uniform may be worn for Physical Education, Drama and Dance.

Additional:

Uniform Changeover Times:
Summer Uniform: Term 1 and 4
Winter Uniform: Term 2 and 3

There is a ‘changeover’ period of two weeks when students may choose to wear either
uniform i.e.: first two weeks of Term 2 and first two weeks of Term 4

Saint Ignatius College Geelong is excited by the recent opening of a Noone Uniform Shop onsite at the College. 

College families are able to purchase all of their uniform requirements from The Noone Uniform Shop, which is located on the ground level of the Loyola Building.

The Noone Uniform Shop stocks all of the usual uniform items that you would find in the Moorabool Street store, but in a more convenient location for our College families.

Uniform Shop - Term 1 2024 Trading Hours

Monday 12.30pm-4pm

Wednesday 12.30pm-4pm

Friday 9am - 1pm

Bus Information

Bus Travel To Saint Ignatius College Geelong is Easy

Currently we have students travelling to SICG from the following areas:

Geelong Country

Bannockburn, Jan Juc, Lara and Torquay.

Geelong

Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Belmont, Breakwater, Corio, Geelong, Geelong East, Geelong West, Geelong North, Grovedale, Hamlyn Heights, Highton, Leopold, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Marshall, Newcomb, Newton, Norlane, North Shore, Rippleside, St Albans Park, Thomson, Waurn Ponds and Whittington.

Bellarine & Coastal

Barwon Heads, Bellarine, Clifton Springs, Curlewis, Drysdale, Indented Head, Mannerim, Marcus Hill, Ocean Grove, Point Lonsdale, Portarlington, Queenscliff, St Leonards, Swan Bay and Wallington.

The College has set up a bus system to accommodate students from a wide area. Students travel to school by Public, Charter or Contract Bus depending on their residential address.

Students arrive at our college on time ready to tackle the day.

Students travel direct to and from the College not having to stop in Geelong to wait for their bus.

 

Student Wellbeing

Saint Ignatius College Geelong is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all students at the College.

On 26 November 2015, the Victorian Parliament passed the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safe Standards) Bill 2015 to introduce child safe standards into law. The standards will commence from 1 January 2016 for most organisations working with children, with the aim of promoting cultural change in the way organisations manage the risk of child abuse and neglect.

The child safe standards are part of the Victorian Government’s response to the Betrayal of Trust Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other Non-Government Organisations. The Betrayal of Trust Report found that while the majority of children are safe in organisations and in the community, more work could be done to strengthen existing approaches to child safety.

The child safe standards aim to drive cultural change in organisations that provide services for children so that protecting children from abuse is embedded in everyday thinking and practice.

Saint Ignatius College Geelong will implement the Child Safe Standards to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students at the College and promote an organisational culture that manages the risk of child abuse and neglect.

Student well-being issues are paramount throughout the College and are complimentary to the Religious Education program.

Students, staff and parents or guardians are provided with opportunities to experience a sense of belonging to a faith-filled Christian community and to commit themselves to being of service to others. The pastoral program provides every student in the College with a carer who has a special concern for the student as an individual and encourages personal growth; primarily the Homeroom Teacher. The College also offers a Student Wellbeing service for any student who wishes to avail themselves of this facility.

Pastoral Care policy for schools from the Catholic Education Office, Melbourne.

Student behaviour education and pastoral care – a whole-of-school responsibility.

A Catholic school’s provision of positive behaviour education and behaviour management skilling of students ought be pastorally driven, comprehensive, and whole-of-school in nature.

An appropriate model is the Health Promoting Schools framework. The focus and intended outcome is personal resilience, the mode is prevention and primary intervention, and the application is to the school community as a whole, and to each member of the school community individually.

It is within such a positive and broad framework that a school's student behaviour management processes for individual cases ought be formulated.

Pastoral care for the whole school community.

Because student wrongful behaviour can have an adverse effect on the wellbeing of students, staff members and others, the proper exercise of pastoral care requires the principal to ensure a just and reasonable balancing of the rights, needs, obligations and wellbeing of all concerned.

In addition, the principal will sometimes need to authorise action beyond the school’s formal student behaviour management procedures, based on knowledge of the particular issues and local realities, and guided by principles that include justice, respect, compassion, personal and communal safety, health, and duty of care.

Student connectedness and engagement. An essential element of human wellbeing is the experience of belonging, of being connected to others in a community, being accepted and valued, and being positively involved and engaged within a community.

For the wellbeing of students, their school must provide them with such an experience. It follows that, when a school is addressing student behaviour that is judged inappropriate or wrongful, behaviour management processes which ensure that the student remains engaged and connected with school activities and the school community are to be preferred to those that disengage the student. It is recommended that processes that disengage not be applied unless other options are clearly not appropriate. Disengagement and disconnection are potentially harmful of student wellbeing.

Restorative practices. The philosophy of Restorative Practices informs a positive and formative approach to student behaviour management, and is recommended for Catholic schools. A commitment to Restorative Practices has as its aim the promotion of resilience in the one harmed and the one causing harm. Restorative measures help students learn from their mistakes, grow in self discipline, take responsibility for their actions, recognise the impact of their actions on others, and reconcile and resolve conflict with others. Further information may be obtained from the diocesan Catholic Education Office.

http://www.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au/publications-policies/contentPubPolicies.aspx?id=4602

To contact wellbeing email:

wellbeing@ignatius.vic.edu.au

College Canteen

The College is excited about providing a new Canteen service in 2024 and has engaged “Hungry Hamper Catering Pty Ltd” (H & H Canteens) to operate the canteen.

There will be some changes and improvements to the Canteen operations. 

H & H Catering are delighted to present their new canteen menu, offering a variety of healthy home made options for our students, with 85% of items sold being home made. Students with dietary requirements are encouraged to contact canteen staff.

Students are able to pre-order their snack and lunch online or via the App, and are also able to pop in to pay by cash/EFTPOS (card- no mobile phone) on the day. Online ordering is available via www.flexischools.com.au and via the Apps below.

Download app for iphone

Download app for Android

Notification of Absence

Parents must notify the College Reception if their child will be absent for any reason for one day or more. 

Please do not notify teaching staff directly. 

Notification can be made via:

• XUNO (preferred method)
• College Reception Phone: 5251 1136 then press 1
• Email: office@ignatius.vic.edu.au

Information Required

When notifying the College Reception of an absence, parents should provide the following information:

• Student’s full name
• Class and year level
• Reason for absence
• Expected duration of absence

Extended Absence

• For extended absences (three days or more), parents may be required to provide a medical certificate or other relevant documentation.
• Parents must inform the College Reception if their child will be arriving late. Notification can be made via login to XUNO

 

Late Arrivals

Notification

• College Reception Phone: 5251 1136 then press 1
• Email: office@ignatius.vic.edu.au

Check-in Process

Upon arriving late, the student must:

• Report to the College Reception
• Sign in at the Student Services XUNO

Early Departures

Notification and Collection

Parents must collect their child from the College Reception for early departures. Students will not be permitted to leave the premises on their own.

Parents must:

• Inform the College Reception in advance about the early departure
• Present themselves at the College Reception to sign out their child

Restrictions on Calling Parents

• Reception staff will not call a parent at the request of a student to facilitate early departure. Arrangements must be made directly by the parents in advance.
• Parents are requested to schedule appointments for their children outside of school hours whenever possible.
• If appointments must be during school hours, it is preferable to arrange them at the beginning or end of the school day to minimise disruption.
• A student will only be called to Reception at short notice from a parent, in the case of a genuine emergency.
• Emergencies include, but are not limited to, medical issues or family crises.
• Last-minute changes in pick-up arrangements or similar non-urgent matters do not constitute an emergency.
• Students are accessible via their phone at the end of the school day or by the student’s College email address for communication regarding such changes. Please ask your child to check their emails regularly and their phone at the end of the school day.
• Parents are advised that students have access to both email during the day and their phones after school hours therefore, messages via the College Reception is neither practical or necessary.
• Any last-minute changes in plans should be communicated to the student directly.

Scheduling Appointments

• Parents are requested to schedule appointments for their children outside of school hours whenever possible.
• If appointments must be during school hours, it is preferable to arrange them at the beginning or end of the school day to minimise disruption.

Emergency Situations

Short Notice Emergency Pickups

• A student will only be called to Reception at short notice from a parent, in the case of a genuine emergency.
• Emergencies include, but are not limited to, medical issues or family crises.

Non-Emergency Situations

• Last-minute changes in pick-up arrangements or similar non-urgent matters do not constitute an emergency.
• Students are accessible via their phone at the end of the school day or by the student’s College email address for communication regarding such changes. Please ask your child to check their emails regularly and their phone at the end of the school day.

Communication for Last Minute Plans

• Parents are advised that students have access to both email during the day and their phones after school hours therefore, messages via the College Reception is neither practical or necessary.
• Any last-minute changes in plans should be communicated to the student directly.
• Students are accessible via their phone at the end of the school day or to the student’s College email address for communication regarding such changes. Please ask your child to check their emails regularly or to check their phone at the end of the school day.

Contact Information

For late arrival, early departure notifications, or absence reporting, please use the following contact details:

• Login to XUNO (preferred method)
• College Reception Phone: 5251 1136 then press 1
• Email: office@ignatius.vic.edu.au

By following these procedures, we aim to ensure the safety and smooth operation of the College while maintaining clear communication between parents, students, and staff. 

Thank you for your cooperation.