School Uniform !

Oldernotwiser

Carmen_Queasy wrote: »

Question rules if they don't make sense? Pretty good message to teach the younger generation if I do say so myself!

Just what you want when you're trying to educate children; all of them (and their parents) questioning the rules!

Carmen_Queasy

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Just what you want when you're trying to educate children; all of them (and their parents) questioning the rules!

Well, I'd rather people in general were free-thinkers and not apathetic sheep.

mumps

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I wonder whether you're talking about younger kids than I am; I certainly don't live in a big city.

The trouble with schools using chain stores for anything other than the most basic items is that the kids all look the same and that doesn't help either identification or school identity. You need something that stands out more than a small blazer badge.

(Your daughter's shirt does sound horrendous, by the way.)

My son is 17 in sixth form, his friends all wear stuff from Tesco, Primark etc. We don't have an Asda. My daughter is older and at university, again she (and her friends) all shop at places like Primark, New Look etc. Rarely buy anything more expensive other than for big event like the school prom. None of the kids round here seem to go for flash trainers or designer gear. Perhaps that is why the cost of uniform is such a contrast.

I suppose it depends on location, in my town we have two senior schools, their uniforms are different colours, one bright one dark, so you can spot the school they go to from a distance by the colours.

The blouses were the biggest rip off. £65 for five blouses so she had a clean one every day. I could have bought five "ordinary" white school blouses for £20. They were definitely not worth it.

Wench

Blimey !

Where did all these replies come from ? I shall read them in a moment.

On a happy happy note, I managed to find the correct blazer she requires in a charity shop yesterday for 2 quid. The school can whistle if they think I'm paying for the 2 I've ordered.

*goes off to read replies*

Thank you all x

beccam

Count yourself lucky you can buy ANY items in cheaper places!
The school we went to deliberately made all items slightly different from what you could buy in most shops so they could only be purchased from their supplier.

Dark bottle green skirts, socks, tights, jumper and blazer. Cream (not white) shirt and even down to our blooming green knickers!!:eek: My poor mother was nearly bankrupt trying to keep 3 of us in uniform....needless to say, me being the youngest, never had a new blazer my whole school life just wore my sisters hand me downs!:o

Oldernotwiser

mumps wrote: »

My son is 17 in sixth form, his friends all wear stuff from Tesco, Primark etc. We don't have an Asda. My daughter is older and at university, again she (and her friends) all shop at places like Primark, New Look etc. Rarely buy anything more expensive other than for big event like the school prom. None of the kids round here seem to go for flash trainers or designer gear. Perhaps that is why the cost of uniform is such a contrast.
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OK, I must have been unlucky then. Our foster son and his friends wouldn't be seen in what they called "skanky" clothes out of school. I know, I bought lots of stuff from Tesco which were never worn!

Oldernotwiser

Carmen_Queasy wrote: »

Well, I'd rather people in general were free-thinkers and not apathetic sheep.

That sounds great in theory but how could you run a large organisation like a school with hundreds (if not thousands) of students always questioning the rules? The places would be even more of a madhouse than they are at present!

dmg24

Carmen_Queasy wrote: »

Well, I'd rather people in general were free-thinkers and not apathetic sheep.

There is a wealth of difference between someone being a 'free-thinker' and someone that is just plan petty over rules that help a school to run more efficiently.

Carmen_Queasy

dmg24 wrote: »

There is a wealth of difference between someone being a 'free-thinker' and someone that is just plan petty over rules that help a school to run more efficiently.

But thats just it- whether they buy a logod blazer from the school or a plain one from asda wont effect how efficiently the school runs at all! And it's not petty if it saves parents money they can use for more important things like feeding their kids.

beccam

Also nevermind the cost of uniform for secondary school.....we have to pay a ridiculous amount for nursery school!!
A logo'd polo shirt and sweater for a 3yr old who grows at a rate of knots, has a great love of paint and PVA glue and uses her sleeve for a tissue!:eek:

I thought I'd get away with one jumper but quickly realised it was never going to last more than one day before needing a wash....at £15 each I was not impressed!! However I bought big and she has got the year out of them....all be it the first term she could barely lift her arms as the sleeves were so long and this term she can barely breathe as it is so small but hey ho!:rotfl: