Grrr school and fancy dress costumes

SuzieSue

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Sounds fun to me!

It probably is if you can afford the time and expense but a lot of parents work full time and also can only just about afford the essentials for their families.

dizziblonde

We used to have staff meetings which went along the lines of "oh crap it's Comic Relief again next month - what can we do that's minimal hassle.... ok daft hair day it is again."

I didn't mind having to cobble something together for World Book Day or whatever (oh how my old academic gown - I went to a uni with formal dinners twice-weekly - came in very handy for rocking up as a Hogwarts pupil on many occasions) - but now this whole thing for a "wow" day to introduce every single flipping topic's come in it's got ridiculous.

The colleague who did her entire Tesco shop after work dressed as Pinocchio in lederhosen and everything was an interesting one though.

Hezzawithkids

Both my kids are now at secondary school but I well remember the hassle of theme days, dress up days etc at their primary school. I work full time and am rubbish at sewing anyway so usually went to the local party shop or bought something off ebay. In my DS's last year at primary school the PTA used some of their funds to buy a supply of costumes to keep at the school for use on the dress up days since they had the same ones year after year. Too late for us but I bet everyone else was relieved.

mrcow

daisiegg wrote: »

There is no dressing up in my secondary school or any others I have taught in/know teachers in!

Over the past couple of years we've had:

Jeans for genes.
Comic relief (wear red etc)
Fun run - themed costumes/dress up with prizes
Pyjama day - Children in Need
World book day - book characters (optional though)
And loads of own clothes days.

There seems to be something practically every term!

daisiegg

mrcow wrote: »

Over the past couple of years we've had:

Jeans for genes.
Comic relief (wear red etc)
Fun run - themed costumes/dress up with prizes
Pyjama day - Children in Need
World book day - book characters (optional though)
And loads of own clothes days.

There seems to be something practically every term!

Even those are different and not quite the same hassle as primary dressing up as Romans etc days. Most people own jeans. Most people own pyjamas. Book characters was optional... Doesn't sound too bad!

But we have nothing like that at my school anyway, except own clothes days!

Brighton_belle

valk_scot wrote: »

Sewing should be taught at school imho. Vital life skill for future parents!

Noooooo! It was in my youth and I hated it and was useless, total torture. The boys of course got to do technical drawing:mad:
My mother, in 1938, had her sewing held up in class as an example of 'how not to do it' so I blame my genes. She still laughs about it now. Though she clearly did pick up enough to darn socks and do basic repairs once married. She never knitted or made clothes though

Lara44

Don't you enjoy dressing up and messing about with your kids, though?

I have very fond memories of my Mum dressing me up as a Victorian. Rifling through all her old clothes, putting on these old slips from my Gran and having fun together. I remember she tied some weird hanky to my head. I thought it was great.

alwaysskint96

Lara44 wrote: »

Don't you enjoy dressing up and messing about with your kids, though?

I have very fond memories of my Mum dressing me up as a Victorian. Rifling through all her old clothes, putting on these old slips from my Gran and having fun together. I remember she tied some weird hanky to my head. I thought it was great.

That was done as play from your Mum, she prob didnt get a letter after a busy day at work saying about an outfit needed later that week when she had no time off work or ability to make it and it was the last week before payday, Bit different.

And cant say i ever dressed up and was silly with my kids, Certainly wouldnt come under enjoyable things we did together

paulineb_2

Im sure the school my mum teaches in doesnt do anything like those kind of dress up days, I would imagine theres a comic relief day but Ive never heard her talk about having to make costumes or kids having to do so.

Also, Id love to be one of these people who is handy with a sewing machine or a needle and thread, my mum can knit, sew, crochet but anything I did at school in home economics was the most basic of sewing.

Its fine for the people who are handy and can make something out of nothing, hats off to you, but not everyone can

Anytime Ive done any kind of fancy dress as an adult, Ive bought what I needed off ebay, never paid a fortune for an entire outfit, just bought some bits and pieces and put stuff together.

I think its entirely possible for kids to learn without having to dress up in costume.

Gloomendoom

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Noooooo! It was in my youth and I hated it and was useless, total torture. The boys of course got to do technical drawing:mad:

That is a boring as hell.