Taking everything into account, especially those sitting public exams, we have decided to allow students to wear PE kit for the coming week. They can, of course, continue to wear normal uniform but if they choose to wear PE kit, it must remain the standard Lymm High School PE kit. Students will receive standard sanctions for uniform infringements if they come into school wearing other items of clothing.
Sixth form students (who don’t have PE kit) will be permitted to wear cooler clothes for the week as well, provided they are sensible about it. Please see Mrs Jennings’ separate email for more details on this.
Unless the forecast changes dramatically by the end of the week, we will return to normal uniform from the following Monday (i.e. 19th June) with students being allowed to remove blazers and ties as directed by staff if it is getting especially warm in classrooms.
We ask for your understanding that this is never an easy issue to deal with and everybody tends to have a different opinion as to the best approach. Our aim is always to keep things as straightforward as we can, and in particular, to avoid a constant debate as to what uniform should be the following day when the weather is warm. As a general rule, we will only move to PE kit when the weather is likely to be extremely hot for more than a day or two, as opposed to more typically warm summer weather or the odd hotter day here or there. In this case, according to the current forecast, the weather looks due to be hottest at the start of the week but we are aiming to keep things simple for everyone by making the decision now to allow PE kit for the whole week.
Many thanks in anticipation of your support and understanding.
Kind regards
Gwyn Williams