Paint on coat at school.

andrealm

I'm not sure aprons would fit over a winter coat. I think they usually get them all to put their own aprons or coats on if possible ( and they do make sure they put their coats on when they go out )

Becles

I've had paint on my daughters coat before. The classroom has big French doors leading out onto a patio area with a canopy over, so they do painting and stuff out there.

It usually comes out with Shout spray and a normal wash. She has a purple coat and red usually leaves a faint stain, but it washes out next time.

They have huge outdoor area with climbing frames, sand pit, trikes etc., and they play out most days. I usually have to wash her coat regular as it's always muddy!

It's really good for them being outside though so it's worth putting up with the mud and paint

anxious_mum

I'm sorry about this, I still have to deal with it and my son is almost 16! They seem to go into all of these 'painting' or 'art' sessions with very little reguard for the clothes that the pupil is wearing. Hope it comes out with the advice above, uniforms and coats are expensive x

LJM

our nursery teach the children to wear aprons for painting,any art and water play saying that it normally ends up everywhere apart from on the apron. if it is powder paint then you will have more difficulty getting it off especially if it has had time to dry in awful stuff

Janepig

I think the school appear to have got the wrong end of the stick when it comes to "free play". The whole point is that they can choose what they want to do, which is fine, but would still need to be supervised and assisted in whatever activity they choose to do. How ridiculous - I'd be fuming with the school, I have to say.

I find vanish spray (pink bottle) on the inside and outside of the stain usually does the trick for me.

Jxx

Savvy_Sue

anxious_mum wrote: »

uniforms and coats are expensive x

but I always took the view that if their uniform was covered in paint / baked beans / mud / tippex / prefer not to ask, then that wasn't a problem, I wasn't about to replace things just because they had stains on which wouldn't come out!

Snowy_Owl

as a teacher, i do a similar "golden time" group. The kids choose the activity, all activities run by adults. We wouldn't get away with just letting them run the sessions like this - my kids, if they don't have their painting shirt, then they don't get to use the paints/gloopy glue. Rules are they tidy up after themselves etc.

Group mentioned by OP run by lazy people me thinks.....

Nicki

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

but I always took the view that if their uniform was covered in paint / baked beans / mud / tippex / prefer not to ask, then that wasn't a problem, I wasn't about to replace things just because they had stains on which wouldn't come out!

Glad it's not just me! I've always regarded primary school uniforms as akin to overalls. If they get paint stains on it which won't come out, that's par for the course and people will see that it happened at school. I'd be a little (in truth only a little, as I like to see kids play) more concerned about stains on home clothes. As for the coat, coats tend to get fairly filthy just by being worn outdoors every day in my experience, so although I do wash my kids coats occasionally when they don't need them for the day, they never look pristine either.

Savvy_Sue

Nicki wrote: »

Glad it's not just me! I've always regarded primary school uniforms as akin to overalls.

I'm afraid I didn't stop at primary school uniforms. Honestly, I don't know WHAT they did to their trousers (and it was probably best not to ask!)

Mind you, at least by secondary school they had stopped eating the cuffs of their sweatshirts! :rotfl:

Nicki

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I'm afraid I didn't stop at primary school uniforms. Honestly, I don't know WHAT they did to their trousers (and it was probably best not to ask!)

Mind you, at least by secondary school they had stopped eating the cuffs of their sweatshirts! :rotfl:

My oldest doesn't start secondary school until next year though!