School uniform

pinkfizz77

I had exactly the same problem when my dd started her school nursery, 3 1/2 yrs (44 months) old and wearing 12-18!!! Looked everywhere and ended up buying hers from ebay, got the school sweater from school and their smallest size drowned her but not compulsory so they said she could wear a plain red cardigan (as do a lot of the other kids). I would have a look round to check sizes though, I know if I'm buying at Woolies (or was rather) or M&S to buy a few sizes smaller (she actually has a pair of Ladybird 3-6months short jamas that still fit her now).
I think Asda do age 3 uniform, Adams is usually good for uniforms, Debenhams, M&S, do you have a uniform shop nearby? Maybe they could help, I know they helped me a lot when my eldest started nursery all those years ago lol. Or school should have suggestions, not an uncommon problem apparently
Seriously though, Ebay was a godsend for me, you need a bit of patience and try different terms but well worth it. Managed to get all of her uniform from there (including knickers, tights, trousers, skirt, tops and shoes) for under £30 (inc pnp) but I think I was lucky on some of them.
Good luck! (oh and don't forget to put a NAME ON EVERYTHING)

iwanttosave_2

They wear a uniform so as not to ruin their proper clothes

Spendless

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

They're expected to wear uniforms to a nursery? To state ones (ie ones attached to a school) yes a large majority do.

Aren't nurseries supposed to be about getting covered in paint, running around and so on? ermm that's why they have uniforms to save their usual clothes.

Next you'll be telling me that they have proper classes at the age of 3, or something.

They certainly follow topics, but it's not formal learning.

Spendless

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

I'm not sure I follow the logic. It's incredibly cheap to buy clothes in the UK (cheaper than here in some cases!) - so how can a uniform be cheaper in terms of ruined clothes?

well cos uniforms don't matter, you can still send them in with the paint/felt-tip pen mark that hasn't managed to be washed out. Whereas a non-uniform item wouldn't be fit for wearing anywhere else.

School uniform with the exception of logo'd items can be very cheap at least for the primary school years.

Spendless

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

I'm shocked.

Our system - you will attend nursery from the age of 5, but these nurseries aren't attached to schools. Sometimes they are, but generally speaking, they're kept seperate. You don't have to go - in fact, you don't have to go to school until you're 7 - and in some cases, you can be 7.5 years old before you start formal education. It's not compulsory to attend nursery and there are private day nurseries but the school ones as a general rule you attend them from age 3.

There's no such thing as 'following topics' - in fact, outside of interactive games, there is no learning whatsoever. Obviously things like alphabet will be subconciously taught to children - but it's all done on a very low level.Maybe I haven't explained very well, but for example my daughter at nursery came home with a sunflower to grow cos they had been 'learning' about plants and growth, but it's not formal learning at a desk, it's low key putting earth and seeds into a plastic cup, watering for so long till it starts growing etc.

But uniforms? The whole point of nursery is for children to learn to be social in an environment away from home - it's not about teaching. I don't really understand your connection between uniforms and teaching. It's so they don't ruin their 'good' stuff and probably so they have a sense of belonging to the school.

Having said this, it does make me laugh that the UK has such huge problems with discipline in schools when they have a much stricter uniform policy than most/all of Europe.

I don't know of any other countries that have school uniform. When I was a child uniform was for senior school only, I don't know when it changed. I don't see a connection between school uniform and discipline tbh.

Polishbigspender

This is an example of something learned in a school nursery. The children would be aged 3 to 4.

What is Happening in Nursery?
'Red, yellow, orange and brown-Autumn leaves swirling down!'

We are thinking a lot about colours in Nursery this half term and we begin by exploring the natural colours that surround us at this time of the year and the changes that occur to these as Autumn makes way for Winter. Autumn leaf printings, large and small colour collages, powder paint colour mixing and 'colour lab' investigations will all feature heavily in our learning both inside and out.
In addition, to celebrate Bonfire Night and Divali, the Nursery will host an 'explosion' of colour, sound and movement as children re-create the excitement of fireworks using splatter painting, body shapes, percussion and their own invented firework phonics.
Later in the term, we have activities such as baking, sewing and a whole range of creative projects to look forward to as we prepare the Nursery for Christmas celebrations.
Finally, we end this very busy term on a high note with our Christmas parties and ,if we're very good, there's a chance that Santa may drop by!

PolishBigSpender

How illogical, some of my posts have been deleted, but the quotes are still there.

And now the poster 'Spendless' looks rather stupid as a result.

Spendless - many thanks for your reply. However, because of the thread now not making any sense, I won't be replying to you.

Louisa_Jane_2

What about John Lewis? They have a big uniform department - if there isn't one near you, it may be worth ringing the nearest one and asking if they will post it to you - they have done this for me in the past.

provista_2

give Matalan a try if there is 1 near. I used to get my DDs uniform from there sometimes.

vickyjayne

thanks all for your replies, will have a look in all the shops metioned, gonna take me ages lol

Krystaltips

My friend has a titchy son and she used Asda and the (not so local) independant uniform shop, they had titchy trousers... Girls clothes can be a little more forgiving, it doesn't matter if the dress is a little longer than it needs to be...

As far as jumpers/cardis go, do you know anyone that knits? My daughter always wears hand knitted cardigans courtessy of Nanny, they are different to everyone elses but still comply with uniform and you can always find them at the end of the day when there is just a tangle of leftover clothes in the lost property box!