This is just a rant really, but would appreciate other parent's thoughts on uniform issues. My son's school (Saddleworth) is falling down and has had funding withdrawn from the government to rebuild it so I can understand why they can't provide hooks or lockers for children's coats. This means most of the kids walk to school without coats because they don't want to have to lug them around with heavy bags/PE kits/food tech ingredients all day etc etc. Fair enough, but because the weather has been so cold, I and other parents have insisted that our kids wear a plain white t-shirt or vest under their school shirts. It was so cold yesterday, that my son wore two. His teacher spotted them, forced him to remove them and refused to give them back until Friday - he had to walk back in freezing weather in a cotton shirt and thin blazer. I'm so angry I could spit. He's just recovering from swine flu, has lost a ton of weight and is still chesty. The thing that really gets me is that the quality of teaching is poor - homework unchallenging (cut verbs out of a magazine and stick them on a page....stuff most kids can do in Year 3) and the attention seems not to be on quality of T&L but on stupid nonsensical uniform rules which don't have the interests of the child at heart. I sound like a real molly coddler I know but I'm soooooo ANGRY!!!! There....rant over.