some parent should get a grip

[McHappyPants2012]

slipper at school

the school has just had new carpets and the headteacher wants to keep them as frsh as possible. to me wearing slippers would be alot more comfy than school shoes all day.

it sounds very sensible to me!

at DS1's school they don't wear shoes indoors.

I used to wonder sometimes, at his previous school, how much dog shit and other crap got spread around all over the floors and carpets (we had a bit of a dog poo issue on the path leading to the school)

slippers indoors is much nicer

The Head Teacher wants to get a grip

It's a public building...aprimary school

It'll be covered in sick and piss soon enough anyway

I would love to wear slippers at my school!

But I wouldn't want my dc to, they would either lose them or lose their shoes.

We wore slippers in school. Would love it if they did it at dd's school. Seems sensible to me tbh. Slippers indoors and shoes out.

I think they should have thought of this potential problem when they were choosing their carpet. Whoever heard of carpets in schools anyway?

We always wore slippers at junior school

Well except for the summer term I had a pair of ballet slippers (having worn them as a flower girl, this was soooo long before these became fashionable)

I was very envied.

Id have preferred to be barefooted (little hippy :) )

I think this is a marvellous idea - they should be encouraged to wear brocade smoking jackets as well.

What ie the difference between slippers and plimsoles? Don't see the problem.

Feel a tad sorry for the teachers and TA's having to help with shoe changes for 30 little ones every break tie.

I agree with Worra - it's the HT who wants to get a grip. Imagine the nightmare of teaching Reception (well, lets be honest, any year) and having to wait for 30 dcs to find the right shoes and put them on each time they needed to go outside!!!!!

School shoes are expensive enough without having to provide extra things to wear once in school. The slippers a lot of children wear would be a H&S issue in themselves.
Why didn't she spend money on a more practical floor covering, as she new she was carpeting a Primary school, rather than someone's budoir ?

what's wrong with the idea? most nursery schools make the children wear slippers or indoor shoes.

why is it any different at a primary school?

There's nothing wrong with that. I know a school which is a huge Victorian house and carpeted almost throughout. Visitors are politely asked to remove their shoes, staff and children have the option of wearing just their socks or tights or wearing slippers. The carpets remain fairly clean, everyone respects the rule and their environment.

the teacher manage after PE but most parent i know, if a child can not tie school then they don't buy lace up shoes.

Bloody daft.

at my secondary school we had outdoor (brown) and inside (black) shoes, so the indoor shoes could be softer and not so heavy iyswim as outdoor ones. Also with the different colour teachers were able to tell if you had not changed them. My school was quite small and only had one building, so only had to change shoes on arrival, at breaktime and hometime. Seemed to work quite well

my friend worked for a mutual friend in a little office and they all had office slippers-- it sounds like a good plan

I can't see what the "outrage" is about. Most primary schools here do this as a matter of course. I saw this on the mail online yesterday and it was refreshing to see the comments on that article (for once - obviously not the response that the paper expected).

In the mail article, one of the parents even said something along the lines of "carpets are meant to get dirty" WTF, I won't be going round to her house anytime soon then.

Not sure though that there is any "health and safety" issue either, unless the children are involved in heavy lifting or working with heavy hand tools that would require sturdy shoes

my friend worked for a mutual friend in a little office and they all had office slippers-- it sounds like a good plan

DS2 goes to a school which is brand new and they all must wear indoor shoes. They have to be the black pump style though. They send then a few at a time to the cloakroom to put shoes & coats on before going home.

I have to say he has got much quicker at putting on shoes since going there!

I worked in a school who had this rule, about 6 years ago, and I have to say I LOVED it, I even took slippers in as teacher, it was SO comfy. The children also had more pride in their school than any I have ever known, But I don't know if I'm clutching at straws linking the two.

The only problem was fire drills, we just went out in slippers for that which is not ideal

When I was at infants we had to wear plimsoles indoors. We all managed. We also weren't allowed to walk diagonally across the hall (there were class rooms at each corner) as the floor was polished.

I visited the school recently and the teacher said that she could always tell the parents that were ex-pupils as they were the only ones to walk round the edge

We had indoor plimsolls the whole way through primary school. Came in, put outdoor shoes in their bag on our peg, plimsolls on. Can't see how this is any different, and as plimsolls are about £3 a pair, surely cheaper for parents?

But but but - they run the risk of stubbing their toes or standing on a pin!!! Can't you people see the health and safety nightmare!!!!

I don't see anything wrong with it but do query why a school would put carpet in that isn't easy to maintain or just put moppable floors down

We had to have 'indoor shoes' at school - all that meant was a pair of softish soled shoes that didn't get worn outside. Not necessarily slippers!