To wonder why half of my sons class were to scared to go to school without a jumper on today?

[takingiteasy]

Random but yup...

It's scorchio here, like 23 degrees. It has been for a couple of days. Tue/Wed my son (6) had a meltdown of sorts in the morning as I said he didn't need to wear a jumper. I've been looking to sending him out with a shirt/polo and a lightweight canvas coat just in case but those days he wore a jumper and came out of school hot, red and aggitated. But he's been insistant he needs to wear a jumper or a big coat. Today was awful, tears and everything. Adamant he's going to get into trouble. I assured him he wouldn't. Anyway it eventually came out that 'Betty' in the dinner hall told them they had to wear a jumper or a big thick coat or they'd be in trouble. Don't know who Betty is, don't know why she'd say this. Spoke to some mums this morning and they've been having the same issues - how bizzare?!

Spoke to teacher (hate being one of 'those' mums but he'd been so upset over it all) and she's none the wiser.

Who is this Betty and why is she insistant the kids should be melting?!

At the DCs secondary , black V neck jumpers with logo must be worn . They may be removed in lessons , but must be worn in the corridor .

I think the logic is that if you are wearing it , you can't lose it .

When I was at secondary school we were forced to wear tights all year round. Eurgh.

Banoffee, couldn't she wear 'flesh' coloured bras? even as an adult I would be a bit reluctant to wear a white bra under a white top; flesh colour may be a misnomer but they do seem to disappear much more easily

Good thinking desertgirl - have a feeling she may dismiss flesh colour as "too sexy" (she only wears sports bras / crop tops) but it's well worth a try.

(I have never have this problem as only wear black bras / dark tops, so dealing with semi-transparent white blouses is a bit alien to me )