Does your Secondary school aged child wear a coat to school?

tiamai_d

When I was at school, it was just more comfortable to sit in wet clothing that stayed on than to take off a wet coat and have to put on a cold wet coat after an hour.

Also boys + no coat = muscles! rawr!

JBD

A lot of kids at my son's school wear some sort of sweatshirt or zip up top under their blazers to walk to school in. Last year he did wear a coat when it was very cold, so will be getting him a new one in the 1/2 term holidays.

Savvy_Sue

peachyprice wrote: »

Mine didn't unless it was really bad weather i.e snowing, BUT they did wear blazers, so a bit different.

DS3 didn't, even if it WAS snowing, and in 6th form he'd go out in jeans, shirt, and a thin jumper. If I was lucky. If I wasn't lucky the jumper stayed home.

But none of them ever wore a coat before 6th form, just their blazers.

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Can you imagine the riot if adults weren't allowed to have coats over the back of their chairs but were also not given anywhere to hang them up?

Now I might be wrong about this, but I was told in an induction course many years ago that it's a H&S requirement that you MUST be given somewhere to hang your coat up, and I can see that having coats trailing on the floor from the backs of chairs can be a Trip Hazard (and I'm a bit sensitive about them!)

So I can understand the 'no coats' rule.

Spendless wrote: »

He'd just point out that unless the firebell went off whilst he was standing where his coat was hung, he wouldn't be able to go get it anyway.

He'll go far ...

Spendless wrote: »

He's also setting off for school at 7.30 for a school that's 1/2 an hour walk that doesn't start till 8.50, just getting the earliest school-bus he can. No idea why, either the novelty of travelling on buses or to socialise before school starts as they don't get much of a luunch-break.

DS2 started doing that in 6th form. Earlier we were being threatened with EWO because of his persistent lateness: he just couldn't see the point of spending any more time on school premises than was strictly necessary before that. DS3 always used to like to get there early, to see his mates.

thatgirlsam

Spendless wrote: »

Same here. He loves it. Though there's been some bizarre twists. He dislike his Science teacher (his fav subject) and strangely ,considering he told me he was an Atheist from the age of 8/9 loves RE. DD told me that he's said to her it was because he likes sitting being taught about mythical and imaginery things (rolls eyes). He's also setting off for school at 7.30 for a school that's 1/2 an hour walk that doesn't start till 8.50, just getting the earliest school-bus he can. No idea why, either the novelty of travelling on buses or to socialise before school starts as they don't get much of a luunch-break.

Aaahh bless him

My dd's favourite subject is Science too - the first words out of her mouth when she got home today were ' I got my bunsen burner license today' and she has been hopping up and down with joy

Strange child really to be excited over a bunsen burner! It has been mentioned on more than one occasion that she has a touch of the 'mad scientist' about her :rotfl:

Its good that he is setting off early isn't it? Such a good sign that he is enjoying himself

Plans_all_plans

What's a bunsen burner license? Do you need a license to use one in school now?!

Person_one

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Not so much uncool but most schools have no where to put them. Our kids are not allowed to even carry them in the corridors, they have to be put in a bag, now considering most of them don't bother bringing a bag...you can see the problem. Ours are also not allowed to put them on the backs of chairs in classrooms, must be out of sight unless outside or they will be confiscated.

How utterly ridiculous, what's the reasoning behind this rule?

One of the things that irritated me the most when I was at school was the 'no coats worn indoors' rule, which makes sense on the surface, but when the implementation is to have a teacher stationed at every door stopping kids at the threshold and making them line up in the rain while each one takes a coat off on the spot, only to carry it dripping down the corridor anyway...not so much.

I thought it was a daft power trip then, still can't think of any other explanation.

Kaz2904

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Now I might be wrong about this, but I was told in an induction course many years ago that it's a H&S requirement that you MUST be given somewhere to hang your coat up, and I can see that having coats trailing on the floor from the backs of chairs can be a Trip Hazard (and I'm a bit sensitive about them!)

So I can understand the 'no coats' rule.

Oh, I quite agree. Coats over chair backs are my nemesis and I would fall over (I broke my arm in a museum when I was small ). I do think that there should be somewhere for children to hang their coats up though. They have to carry plenty of stuff around (unnecessarily, IMHO) with them all day long. Can't see us accepting the weight of their school bags either. H&S at work etc. Risk and management of loads?
Oh so many pieces of legislation which don't apply to stopping wrecking our children's bodies whilst they are still growing. Don't get me started on the ridiculous shoues that they have to wear for pe- Daps anyone? :rotfl:

thatgirlsam

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

What's a bunsen burner license? Do you need a license to use one in school now?!

haha - yes apparently they had to do some sort of test to prove they were safe to use one, then they got a license to use one

merlot123

No coat for either of my two children, even in the depths of winter.

They have no where to put them during the school day and end up carrying them along with a "handbag", P E Kit and a bag with A4 folders in. I take less stuff on a weeks holiday.

jellyhead

As Balletshoes says, they rediscover coats during year ten, or in my son's case a Metallica hooded jacket. As long as it can be stuffed into a bag without looking like a turtle.

The kids have to carry so much stuff around with them, whereas in our day there were cloakrooms.

As for PE bags, where does he leave it? I have suggested only taking it in on PE days, or leaving the outdoor stuff at home if he knows it's indoor PE etc. but he says it's ok, they are allowed to dump their PE bags in their tutor room all week (but it's an unspoken agreement and the room is used by lots of different classes, so if it goes missing they are punished and you have to buy a new kit).

My teenager even comes on holiday without a coat, it drives me bonkers. If we bring it for him he refuses to wear it. He will wear a hoodie with a band on it though, and will argue for hours about whether or not wearing a coat in the rain makes a difference to how wet he will get. Arrrgh, stubborn (and wrong!) child!!