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DS came home with jumper on back to front

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cjt110 · 15/01/2019 09:24

I found it funny. School jumper was on back to front. Don't know the circumstance but also aware he had PE yesterday.

Posted it on Facebook (I know....) and the amount of "OMG I can't believe the teacher left him like that" "I would be having a word - he might get picked on" "That's not on at all"

Christ almighty.

Would a back to front jumper hinder his learning? No.
Would it stop him from interacting with the other kids? No.
Would he be uncomfortable? No

Knowing my son, if it has been after PE which was at 9.30, he has dressed himself and refused to let the teacher turn it around. To me, it's no biggie and in some ways, if someone does say something to him,. it'll only teach him to dress himself properly and also to listen to the teachers.

It could be that he put it on 5 mins before leaving school and put his coat on straight away afterwards...

Surely in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't bloody matter and is NOT something that should be taken up with the bloody school...

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Cel982 · 15/01/2019 13:31

My point is, at 4 years old most children are fairly uncoordinated and don't find getting dressed a quick or easy task to do completely alone. That's normal. Whereas by 6 or 7, barring specific SEN, most kids will fly through it. I don't really buy that the benefit to the children of having to do it once a week in school when very young is outweighed by the hassle of it for the already-stretched teacher.

I mean, it's not a hill I'd die on, or anything Grin Just seems a bit pointless. I don't think any of my contemporaries got to the end of primary unable to dress themselves because we didn't have to change on PE day

RosemarysBabyDress · 15/01/2019 13:42

I don't know, it worked quite well in nursery and they were only 3. They start school far too early anyway, so it's good when they work on little skills like that, they have years to learn English and Maths when they are more ready.

Lizsmum · 15/01/2019 19:25

My friend realised, towards the end of the school day, that her dress was on back to front. She was the headteacher.

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StoppinBy · 16/01/2019 04:43

@cel982 our school runs with PE uniform on PE days too. Makes sense rather than to waste half the class changing uniforms.

jessstan2 · 16/01/2019 04:59

Mine was always putting jumper back on back to front when he was small - always! I never thought anything of it, it was just how he was!

I wouldn't have posted about it on social media though.

elephantfan · 16/01/2019 05:12

DS aged 8 came home after PE with an entirely different uniform on.
We just laughed and made sure it was sorted out the next day.
There are far worse things...

Mummyoflittledragon · 16/01/2019 05:32

It’s very normal and not fb worthy. But then I’m not into fb. I can’t believe the number of people, who objected. There have been threads like this in the past normally from an outraged parent. The most recent one was of a SN child in about yr3/4. A number of posters thought it wasn’t ok they were left with their trousers back to front. My view was that dds NT friend was coming out of class with shoes on the wrong foot sometimes at that age.

Micke · 16/01/2019 06:01

DS1 still puts his t-shirts on backwards most of the time (I think he gets fixated on the label, so puts it on looking at it)

As long as there's not a collar/pattern that makes it obvious I don't do anything other than mention it. It's not going to kill anyone.

BusterGonad · 16/01/2019 06:07

Skippy my son came home with two left feet, same Clarks shoe but someone else's left foot. It was very funny until the next school day trying to find the child with two right feet! Grin

flameycakes · 16/01/2019 06:19

I nipped to shop last week in my baggy cleaning shirt, realised in queue I'd put it on inside out, I felt a wally x

DrSeuss · 16/01/2019 06:33

I once found a rogue pair of underpants after a Reception class had changed out of PE kit, right in the middle of the carpet. No one would claim them when I asked and I certainly wasn't checking that every boy was wearing his!

Bungleinthejungle · 16/01/2019 06:49

I think I'd have a cull of my Facebook friends. Mine would have laughed, which was the appropriate response, and told similar stories.

We had the two identical shoes but different sizes thing once but at our local gym. The other person never handed in the rogue shoe. As they had the one bigger shoe, I can only guess they didn't notice! Grin

Gizlotsmum · 16/01/2019 06:59

I still have fond memories of the days my son had PE in reception and year one. Often coming out fully dressed but inside out and back to front. 😆. He’s a bit better now he is in year 2 and it is normally only the jumper that is wrong and occasionally socks

Iputthescrewinthetuna · 16/01/2019 07:20

Your son having his jumper on backwards after P.E is a win in my eyes!
It means he didn't lose it!
Not sure why your fb friends see this as a
'I can't believe the teacher left him like that' issue.

FangTasticBeast · 16/01/2019 07:38

My 7 year old puts his on back to front intentionally, seems to like it. Maybe he’s trying to start a new trend 🤷‍♀️

birdling · 16/01/2019 07:41

My 4 year old has been purposely wearing his school jumper backwards for the past few weeks.
I decided to pick my battles, and left him to it.Blush

WutheringFrights · 16/01/2019 07:41

Earlier in the year mine came home from school with trousers on .... which would be fine if he hadn’t gone to school wearing shorts!
Apparently it can get a little chaotic after PE 😂

MidniteScribbler · 16/01/2019 07:56

I got bailed up by a parent a couple of years ago yelling at me because their 10 year old hadn't put her knickers on after swimming and it was apparently all my fault and how could I not have noticed. They didn't seem to understand that I don't spend my days looking up girls skirts to see if they are wearing their undies.

storynanny · 16/01/2019 08:06

Haha! Glad you have a good sense of humour, I’ve just retired from 40 years teaching mainly reception. I could write a very funny book on things I’ve been pulled up on by parents. Mainly clothing related ( wrong clothing, back to front inside out, I’ve let them chew the cuffs, made them put on a coat in the pouring rain etc), but also nits ( always my fault, I must have them in my cupboard and let them out), nativity ( my child didn’t do much) etc.
My reasoning on the dressing issues was, if they are uncomfortable or asked for help I would sort it, help with tricky things like inside out tights, shoe laces, ties at backs of dresses etc. Otherwise I would leave them be and carry on with the next activity!

Pissedoffdotcom · 16/01/2019 08:09

I bloody knew nits were kept in cupboards in schools!! Little pests

RavenWings · 16/01/2019 08:12

Definitely agree with you Cel. I teach in Ireland, all the kids come in wearing tracksuit on PE days and when it comes to older classes going swimming, all seem to manage getting dressed just fine without having worked on it in school. Seems like a hell of a waste of time during the school day to change before and after PE, I'd hate if my class were doing it. I've enough to be getting on with.

bookmum08 · 16/01/2019 08:21

Is it even actually his jumper?
It probably isn't!
Grin

FangTasticBeast · 16/01/2019 08:30

My friends little girl came out eithought her dress on a couple of weeks ago, she had her coat on and a long polo shirt (for under the dress) but even her mum didn’t notice until she got home. PE is at the end of the day though so she had only just changed

listsandbudgets · 16/01/2019 08:36

That's nothing OP. DD once came home wothout her school dress because it disappeared after PE ( SHE was in her PE kit) Later that evening got a text from another parent

"sorry Mini Lists cake home without dress just discovered my dd is wearing 2"

That was in reception

Back to front and inside out clothes seem perfectly normal as far as I can tell

lifetothefull · 16/01/2019 08:56

If I'd met your DS in this situation, I would've asked him if he'd had PE today. He would now be convinced I have magic powers.
I love that look on kids faces when you ask them this. It's a bit like calling someone by name when they've left their name tag on after a meeting.

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