Uniform

Our school uniform is supplied by Noble House Trading, which can either be purchased directly from the shop or via their website.

Address: Barwa Commercial Avenue, Safwa Building - Unit no 30, Gate 10 from the backside (near TechnoQ)

Opening times: Saturday – Thursday, 10:00 -19:00

Telephone number: +974 4039 0264

The Uniform Shop customer service number - +974 3381 3328.

You can purchase the uniform online:

www.noblehouseqatar.com

Log on, locate ORYX, create an account and you can shop. Use the following code when making your online order:

OX1104

Email: info@noblehouseqatar.com

The school uniform is compulsory; however, there are items that are optional e.g., the cardigan or jumper do not need to be purchased. However, if your child is cold while in school they can only wear the school cardigan or jumper, they may not wear any other brand of clothing.

Foundation Stage (compulsory)

Girls:

• Floral summer dress.
• Cotton blend burgundy cardigan with school logo. (optional)

Boys:

• Collared white shirt with school logo and grey shorts or long trousers.
• Cotton blend burgundy jumper with school logo. (optional)

General:

• School legionnaires or sun hat.
• Children can wear their PE kits on swimming days - they should come to school wearing their swimming costumes under their PE kits.

Primary School (compulsory)

Girls:

• Floral summer dress or collared white blouse with school logo and tartan skirt or trousers.
• Cotton blend burgundy cardigan with school logo. (optional) If a cardigan is worn, it must be the school cardigan.

PLEASE NOTE: Skirts and dresses must cover girl's knees.

Boys:

• Collared white shirt with school logo and grey shorts or long trousers.
• Cotton blend burgundy jumper with school logo. (optional) If a jumper is worn, it must be the school jumper.

General:

• School legionnaires or sun hat.
• Children can wear their PE kits on swimming days - they should come to school wearing their swimming costumes under their PE kits.

Secondary School (compulsory)

Girls:

• Collared white long and/or short-sleeved blouse with school logo and tartan skirt and/or trousers.
• Tartan necktie.
• Cotton blend burgundy cardigan with school logo. (optional) If a cardigan is worn, it must be the school cardigan.
• Black tights can be worn if the skirt is worn.
• Hijab colours may include grey, black or burgundy.

PLEASE NOTE: Skirts must cover girl's knees.

Boys:

• Collared white long and/or short-sleeved shirt with school logo and grey shorts and/or long trousers.
• Shorts may be worn from Years 7 – 9 only.
• Tartan tie.
• Cotton blend burgundy jumper with school logo. (optional) If a jumper is worn, it must be the school jumper.

Sixth Form (compulsory)

Girls:

• Collared white long and/or short-sleeved blouse with school logo and grey skirt and/or trousers.
• Striped necktie.
• Burgundy blazer.
• Cotton blend burgundy cardigan with school logo. (optional) If a cardigan is worn, it must be the school cardigan.
• Black tights can be worn if the skirt is worn.
• Hijab colours may include grey, black or burgundy.

PLEASE NOTE: Skirts must cover girl’s knees.

Boys:

• Collared white long and/or short-sleeved shirt with school logo and grey shorts and/or long trousers.
• Striped tie.
• Burgundy blazer.
• Cotton blend burgundy jumper with school logo. (optional) If a jumper is worn, it must be the school jumper.

PE Uniform, Swimwear and Sport Fixture Kits

PE uniform

• Burgundy polo shirt (compulsory) with school logo and burgundy shorts (either shorts or black tracksuit trousers or both).
• Girl’s black leggings for under shorts.
• Black tracksuit trousers.
• Burgundy sport fleece with school logo. (optional) If a fleece is worn, it must be the school fleece.
• Any trainers can be used with the PE or Sport Kit.
• PE Bag. (optional)

Sport Fixture Kits will be provided by the school for fixtures. These will need to be returned directly to the PE department, after being used, washed and ironed.

Swimming

Please ensure your children come to swim classes in appropriate swimwear.

• Boys shorts/jammers and/or rash vest.
• Girls cover up swimsuit.
• Burgundy swimming cap with school logo. (compulsory)
• Girls – Any combination of the below can be purchased, black long swim leggings / jammers will be permitted with the rash vest.

PLEASE NOTE: Girls from Year 5 upwards may not come to or leave school in their PE uniforms unless they have their tracksuit trousers and sport fleece on. They may remove these once on the school grounds or when they reach a sport fixture outside of the school grounds. This is a directive from Qatar Airways management.

School House Kits (compulsory)

Girls and boys:

• Blue (Saturn), red (Mars), yellow (Jupiter), green (Venus) or orange (Mercury) t-shirts with house names and school logo (a house will be allocated to your child when they start school).
• Black shorts.
• Mercury House is only for Primary students for the 2019 academic school year.

Socks, tights and shoes

• White socks (girls and boys) (compulsory)
• Black tights (girls) with the school uniform.
• Leggings are not permitted to be worn with the school uniform.
• Black leather school shoes. (trainers or shoes with logos are not permitted) (compulsory)
• Black leggings to go under PE Shorts for PE and sport fixtures only (girls).

School bags (any one of the below can be purchased - compulsory)

• Book bag (limited stock)
• EYFS to Year 2 Infant backpack
• Year 3 - 6 Classic backpack
• Year 7 – 12 Active backpack
• Year 7 - 12 Portfolio bag (limited stock)

Hair

• Girls hair must be tied back neatly with a black or burgundy hair tie only, for practical lessons and sport.
• Boys must have their hair cut short (not longer than collar length) and neat.
• No hair colouring is allowed.
• Eccentric/attention seeking hair styles will not be permitted in school, decisions with regards to this will be at the discretion of the Heads of Primary or Secondary. If in doubt, please ask one of the Heads of school.

Jewellery

• Students may wear one set of stud earrings, nose and other piercings are forbidden except for cultural reasons and only with the express written permission of the Executive Principal.
• Students may wear a watch but no other jewellery is permitted, e.g. necklaces, rings, etc.
• Jewellery must be removed or covered with tape or a band-aid for PE and certain other activities in school.

Hijab

• Black, grey or burgundy colours may be worn to school.

General

• School water bottle. (not compulsory, however a water bottle must be brought to school)

PLEASE NOTE:

• Oryx International School bags from the uniform shop are compulsory, please do not bring other bags into school.
• School shoes must be plain black and NOT trainers. Trainers are only to be used for PE lessons or after school activities.
• During main PE lessons it is optional for boys and girls in Secondary whether or not they wish to wear shorts or long tracksuit trousers. In some activities, it might not be suitable for long trousers due to safety reasons, e.g. hurdles. When travelling outside of the school grounds in the PE kit or Sport Fixture Kits, tracksuit trousers, or other long black trousers, should be worn. Shorts can be worn underneath. Girl’s knees must be covered.
• House shirts and shorts are compulsory to purchase from the uniform supplier for House Competitions.
• No other clothing items are allowed to be worn at school, e.g. a student may not wear a fleece to school unless it is the school burgundy sport fleece, etc.