School Uniform questions

Savvy_Sue

jellyhead wrote:

but he would be told told off if he left all 3 buttons undone.

I think you could have told DS1 off until you were blue in the face, nothing would have induced him to do any buttons up on a polo shirt! I think he has a bit of a button phobia, just glad he accepted that "we wear shirts to Big School".

jellyhead wrote:

never thought of buying too big, but then i suppose he'd struggle to get all of the material into his trousers when tucking in lol! he needs to get used to wearing a shirt this year, in case the tie in high school is compulsory. hope i can get one on elastic :rotfl:

Pray there's a blazer or sweatshirt over the top, my boys only tuck their shirts in when specifically instructed to do so - and the teachers agree that it's discrimination, because the boys wear blazers so you can see if their shirts are tucked in or not, and the girls wear sweatshirts so you can't!

Again, the tie never has to be undone ... at least not on a daily basis! :rotfl:

soulsearcher_2

okies i got child with A/S epilepsy and dyspraxia (along with bein a boy n all his medical problems clothes last no time at all .....didnt matter at p/s but does now at high school) along with bein a single mum so EVERY penny counts this year i took a day to size up all the shops...... good ol' GEORGE at ASDAS offered best value for money last year i paid £26 for blazer in town - lasted 2 months before the lining fell to pieces and pockets started to drop off so this year got what i needed from ASDAS except for school blouses those i got for my daughter from TESCOS
tho lmao got home from ASDAS to discover the staff werent on the ball brought 4 pairs of trousers for her and 4 pairs for him only to be charged for 1 pair of hers and 1 pair of his so.....................THANK YOU ASDA'S
same time next year lol
i had all intentions of goin to MATALAN but ours just burnt down so thats that
PRICIPLES are FAB and no knockin em, im sorry for those in the sweat shops but theyre not my prob clothing my kids on a budget is

Mrs_Optimist

I bought all of my kids uniforms at Sainsburys - TU range. Very good quality and reasonably priced too.

ruthyjo

Janepig wrote:

I've been looking at them, but I can't seem to find them in this area in black, but when I do I think I'll get one, they're nice - can you put polo shirts underneath or do you have to put a blouse/shirt?

I've had similar problems with trousers and skirts, loads of navy and grey, not so many black.


Jxx

They are fine with a polo shirt underneath. Got mine from m and s and sorry to say no sign of any black ones there. I'm sure I've seen them around though.

Triker

Hi all, quick update, managed to find older daughter 2 pairs of trousers in navy blue in Select. They were on the sale rail and reduced from £14.00 each to a fiver each, result. Couldn't find blue trousers in New Look but they had loads in black and grey.

Ended up with a size 12 and 14, DD v. pleased as she said the material was really soft and not the scratchy type.

Went to Woolworths for younger daughter and managed to get 3 skirts for £1.00 each from the back to school range, also polo shirts reduced to £4.50 for pack of 2.

Must have been my least traumatic year for school uniform shopping, :rotfl: I'm usually ready to kill by the end of the day, Cheers for your tips.

Lyndsay_21

went into sainsburys last night and all their school uniform, school bags etc where half price i picked up a pack 2 polo t-shirts £1.25, lovely skirt with embroidered waistband £2.50 and a black cardi which i didnt buy for nursery just to wear everyday for £3 it was all lovely quality especially the cardi which was lovely and thick.

lil_me

Loads of places seem to have knocked them down in price, problem being they never have the size I need in what I need when it's the sales grrrr! lol

lil_me

Woolworths do teeenage sizes. My Mam had to get my clothes from ladies clothes stores by the time I was 13/14. Shocking as you end up paying VAT on it.

KayEdwards

Not sure what age they were for but did see 3 x polo shirts for boys and the same for girls for £3.75 in my tescos.

looby75

Hi everyone.

I'm back on one of my fave (lol) subjects, the b!oody expensive school uniform that my dd's school introduced last year.

Part of the uniform for girls was a blouse from trutex costing £13 each. The blouse is a plain open necked blouse with a tiny 2 letter logo embroidered on the collar (which if the girls have long hair can't be seen anyway!) Being a good MSN'er I found someone who could embroider a couple plain white open necked shirts from asda with the same logo. Each shirt cost (including the cost of the embroidery) £4.75.

I wasn't the only parent to do this, at least 3 other girls in the school have the same none trutex blouses. My dd has just found out that one of the girls (her friend) has had a letter home about her blouse telling her that because it wasn't purchased from trutex she wasn't allowed to wear it. The only difference between the blouses from trutex and the ones we have had embroidered are that the trutex ones are made from a slightly thicker cotton and are stretchy (have lycra in them), which is a big problem for my dd as she is rather well developed and no matter what size blouse I buy her if it's a stretchy material it has a tendency to gape open round the bust, which causes her a lot of embarrassment from the comments from hormonal boys in her class.

She has been told there is going to be a uniform inspection today infront of the whole school in assembly and she knows that she will probably get pulled up for not having a trutex blouse. I've told her to be polite but ask the teacher doing the inspection to call me asap so I can discuss it with them.

Last time I mentioned uniform on this site I got a lot of good advice on how it's not actually compulsory anyway, but I can't find those posts now (it was a while ago)

Can anyone help and give me advice how to argue my dd's corner.

OH and I think the real reason the school doesn't like none trutex blouses is because they get 10% of all sales from trutex....they don't get that if you don't buy from them.