WELCOME TO THE 60s! child and staff. All costumes/ photos of costumes must be brought in by Friday 24 th July. FH & FM & FOUNDATION students from F/1W PROVIDED: A skirt will be provided for each girl and a vest provided for each boy. We will try to match the vest or skirt to the coloured clothing you provide. GIRLS: You will need to provide girls with a pair of tights or leggings and a plain coloured t-shirt in a colour/ colours. Avoid patterns and more than one colour on each item. Bright (not neon) is best. Avoid black and white. BOYS: You will need to provide boys with a pair of pants and a plain coloured t-shirt in a colour/ colours. Avoid patterns and more than one colour on each item. Bright (not neon) is best. Avoid black and white. White shoes or mostly white shoes are preferable. options for shoes, pants, tight, leggings and t-shirts in a variety of colours. LEVEL ONE students from F/1W PROVIDED: A dress will be provided for each girl and a vest provided for each boy. Students will be sent home a slip telling you what colour their skirt (girls) or vest (boys) will be next term. GIRLS: You will need to provide girls with a plain coloured t-shirt in a colour/ colours which complement the skirt. Bright (not neon) is best. Avoid black and white. BOYS: You will need to provide boys with a pair of pants and a plain coloured t-shirt in a colour/ colours which complement the vest. Bright (not neon) is best. Avoid black and white. White shoes or mostly white shoes are preferable. options for shoes, pants and t-shirts in a variety of colours. 1A & 1S PROVIDED: Song One - A dress will be provided for each girl and a vest provided for each boy. Song Two A headscarf will be provided for each student.
GIRLS: You will need to provide girls with a plain white t-shirt to wear under their dress. They will leave this t-shirt on for song two and will need pants or a skirt to go with it. The theme is Born To Be Wild in red, white, black and royal blue. Please accessorise accordingly with fingerless gloves/ bling / belts/ cuffs etc. ONE accessory is enough because they will have to change quickly! BOYS: You will need to provide boys with a plain white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans which they will wear with the vest for song one and add to for song two. The theme for song two is Born To Be Wild in red, white, black and royal blue. Please accessorise accordingly with fingerless gloves/ bling / belts/ cuffs etc. ONE accessory is enough because they will have to change quickly! White shoes or black shoes are preferable. options for shoes, t-shirts and jeans. $2.00 and costume shops are great for accessories and you can find some gems in OP shops too! 2B & 2L PROVIDED: Girls will be provided with a pink dress for song one. Boys will be provided with pink braces for song one. GIRLS: You will need to provide girls with a pair of black leggings and a white t-shirt for song one. For song two, students need to dress in a beach theme. No bare midriffs, hats, thongs or singlet straps please! Students need to be able to dance in their costume freely without parts falling down or off, so please keep this in mind. BOYS: You will need to provide boys with a black pair of pants and a bright blue, plain t-shirt for song one. For song two, students need to dress in a beach theme. No bare chests, hats, thongs or singlet straps please! Students need to be able to dance in their costume freely without parts falling down or off so please keep this in mind. Black shoes are required for for song one. No open toed shoes permitted on stage for song two. options for shoes, pants and t-shirts in a variety of colours. $2.00 and costume shops are great for accessories and you can find some gems in OP shops too! Consider rashies, boardies, tank tops, sarongs, leis, sunglasses with the lens popped out, water wings, Hawaiian shirts etc Respect Girls. (They know who they are!) Please provide a pair of black sandals, ballet flats or similar to go with their dresses Hit the Road Jack Girls and Boys. (They know who they are!) Boys need to wear a black pair of pants, a black collared shirt, black shoes and a pair of sunglasses with dark lenses. They will be provided with a tie! Girls need to wear a black tank top and a pair of long, black gloves. They will be provided with a skirt. Please provide a pair of black ballet flats or similar. Check Target or Kmart for the top and $2.00 shops for gloves.
3A and 3M GIRLS: All girls will be provided with a 1950 s style skirt. We will endeavour to match your daughter s skirt to the coloured top/ cardigan she brings from home. All girls need to provide: A pastel coloured or white top. A t-shirt is fine or you might like to use a little blouse style top. White bobby socks. May have lace or bows on them A pair of white canvas sneakers or black ballet flats or black Mary Jane style shoes Optional a pastel coloured or white cardigan Hair needs to be up in a pony-tail or some up/some down. You might like to put a ribbon in too! Below are some examples, but I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas if you are unsure. A pair of dress style pants in a pastel colour, grey, navy, brown or if you get stuck, black. I understand that this may be a tricky request, so just do your best. Avoid tracksuit pants, jeans or cargoes. The more plain and classic, the better. I have found Savers near Ringwood Square really useful, so try OP shops or even Ebay. Target has tailored school pants and chino style pants from $15.00. Big W, Kmart etc might have something suitable too. A long or short sleeved, button down, collared shirt in a pastel colour or white plain or patterned. Consider the time period if you decide on a patterned shirt. I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas, if you are unsure. Target has short sleeved school shirts in light blue or white for $8.00 if you would like a starting point. Try Big W, Kmart, Ebay, OP Shops etc. Socks and a pair of black or brown shoes Optional cardigan, jacket, jumper or vest, suitable to the time period.
4P and 4V GIRLS: All girls will be provided with a 1960 s style skirt. We will endeavour to match your daughter s skirt to the coloured top/ cardigan she brings from home. All girls need to provide: A pink, white or orange top. A t-shirt is fine or you might like to use a little blouse style top. White bobby socks. May have lace or bows on them A pair of white canvas sneakers or black ballet flats or black Mary Jane style shoes Optional a pink, orange and/ or white cardigan Below are some examples, but I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas if you are unsure. Hair needs to be off the face in any style you like. You might like to put a ribbon or headband in too! A pair of black dress- style pants. If you can find pink pants then that is fantastic. Avoid tracksuit pants or jeans. The more plain and classic, the better. I have found Savers near Ringwood Square really useful, so try OP shops or even Ebay. Target has tailored school pants and chino style pants from $15.00. Big W, Kmart etc might have something suitable too. A long or short sleeved, button down, collared shirt in pink, orange or white plain or patterned. Consider the time period if you decide on a patterned shirt. I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas, if you are unsure. Target has short sleeved school shirts in white for $8.00 if you would like a starting point. Try Big W, Kmart, Ebay, OP Shops etc. If you would like to provide a white shirt, we can dye it orange or pink for you. Please send a little note with the shirt so we know your child has permission for this to be done. Socks and a pair of black, pink, white or orange shoes. Optional orange/ white and or pink cardigan, jacket, jumper or vest, tie or bowtie, suitable to the time period. We would like orange and pink to be the key colours, rather than white and black. Everyone needs a can of hairspray as a prop. They will cover it to be a different brand at school.
5/6W & 5/6L GIRLS: All girls will be provided with a skirt. We will endeavour to match your daughter s skirt to the coloured top/ cardigan she brings from home. All girls need to provide: A bold coloured top in orange, green, red or blue. A t-shirt is fine or you might like to use something a bit more decorative. Black bobby socks. A pair of black canvas sneakers or black ballet flats or black Mary Jane style shoes Optional a bold coloured cardigan in orange, green, red or blue. Hair needs to be up in a pony-tail or some up/some down. You might like to put a ribbon or head band in too! Below are some examples, but I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas if you are unsure. A pair of dress style pants in a maroon, grey, navy, brown or if you get stuck, black. I understand that this may be a tricky request, so just do your best. Avoid tracksuit pants, jeans or cargoes. The more plain and classic, the better. I have found Savers near Ringwood Square really useful, so try OP shops or even Ebay. Target has tailored school pants and chino style pants from $15.00. Big W, Kmart etc might have something suitable too. A long or short sleeved, button down, collared shirt in a bold colour plain or patterned. Consider the time period if you decide on a patterned shirt. I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas, if you are unsure. Try Big W, Kmart, Ebay, OP Shops etc. Socks and a pair of black or brown shoes Optional cardigan, jacket, jumper or vest, suitable to the time period in a bold pattern/ colour.
5/6F & 5/6D FIRST ITEM Students all have a character to play and know what this character is. We have spoken about what they might wear as a costume. Please Google what your child s character may have worn in the 1960 s and provide an appropriate costume. If you are unsure, please contact me and I can assist you with ideas. OP Shops are a treasure trove of costume pieces, as is Ebay. Costume shops, $2.00 shops, Kmart, Target, Big W etc may have items you can use. You might even have some treasures in your own wardrobe, or the wardrobe of a family member. SECOND ITEM GIRLS: We are still working on providing some costumes for the girls second item. We will send home a note in the first week back. All girls will definitely need: White bobby socks. May have lace or bows on them A pair of white canvas sneakers or black ballet flats or black Mary Jane style shoes A pair of dress style pants in a pastel colour, grey, navy, brown or if you get stuck, black. I understand that this may be a tricky request, so just do your best. Avoid tracksuit pants, jeans or cargoes. The more plain and classic, the better. I have found Savers near Ringwood Square really useful, so try OP shops or even Ebay. Target has tailored school pants and chino style pants from $15.00. Big W, Kmart etc might have something suitable too. A long or short sleeved, button down, collared shirt in a pastel colour or white plain or patterned. Consider the time period if you decide on a patterned shirt. I encourage you to search the internet for 1950 s/ 1960 s fashion for ideas if you are unsure. Target has short sleeved school shirts in light blue or white for $8.00 if you would like a starting point. Try Big W, Kmart, Ebay, OP Shops etc. Socks and a pair of black or brown shoes Optional cardigan, jacket, jumper or vest, suitable to the time period.