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To expect DS1's school to give me more than days notice about clothing for sports day

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Loueytb3 · 01/07/2013 16:03

Its on Wednesday. I've just opened his book bag to find a note saying his team has to wear a yellow t shirt.

I've just been up to his wardrobe to check (what I already knew) which is that we don't possess a yellow t shirt.

Am fuming - why could they have not told me this on Friday, when at least I have the weekend to sort something out. I'm working tomorrow and I don't have time to go and buy a sodding yellow t shirt.

FFS what is wrong with coloured sashes that they can bring out every year worked in my day

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Tubemole1 · 01/07/2013 23:37

This kind of thing is a regular at our school.

I DO NOT possess a rainbow of different colour t-shirts in my child's size, neither can I bake 90 cookies overnight as I have work to go to, nor can my child produce a story similar in greatness to Riald Dahl. We only have limited crafting materials and besides...

...aren't YOU meant to be educating my child?

Tubemole1 · 01/07/2013 23:39

Roald. Sorry fella. Now the emphasis is lost Hmm .

Onetwo34 · 01/07/2013 23:48

We had one by email only last week! I only saw it at 10pm, but luckily we had the right colour.

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Loueytb3 · 02/07/2013 10:35

Tubemole - emphasis not lost at all Smile

I ended up ordering a yellow t-shirt from Next - being delivered today Had to pay £3.99 for delivery though Angry

I have sent off a stroppy polite email to school this morning conveying that I'm extremely fucked off my displeasure

This comes on the back of last week's request (which I had forgotten about) for toiletries for the school fair. With again, a days notice.

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AngelDelightIsIndeedDelightful · 02/07/2013 12:01

YANBU Louey. I just don't understand why schools can't be more organised, it's not like they've had the whole year to tell you Hmm I was annoyed at the same letter on Friday, but at least I had a weekend to deal with it!

TantrumsAndBalloons · 02/07/2013 12:07

I hate this.
DS1 and dd had no "house" colours and it was always a random coloured tshirt that I did not have.

Thankfully ds2 is in "green" house. His PE kit is a green tshirt. Problem solved Grin

x2boys · 02/07/2013 12:12

my sons school did this last week blue t shirt I just found him a vaguely blue and white long sleeve top he already had

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