AIBU to be totally fed up with the amount of themed mufti days at school?

[CrapBag]

Our school seems to have a ridiculous amount of mufti (wear your own clothes) days, all of them with some sort of theme - and an excuse to bring in money or donate something else to the school.

I am getting soooo fed up of it. Couple of weeks ago it was a certain colour (this happens a lot) and it was a colour that DS had nothing of, not even socks. Next weeks its spots because of children in need, last year was spots or stripes, not a problem but I don't know many boys in particular that have spotty clothes. Near Christmas its a certain theme which would mean some sort of old fashioned costume.

Last year I happily ruined an old t shirt to cobble something together but I am not doing this every time and I am not buying something every time, especially when we have to take money or something else in, that we need to buy.

Its all the time, this term in particular.

AIBU to say sod it, take the money/item in but I am not conforming to the 'dress code' of the day? I probably wouldn't because I wouldn't want to upset DS and make him one of the few that didn't bother but I bloody want to.

Yanbu! I love ds's head teacher as he's not a fan of 'non-uniform' so dress up days are few and far between. I know it's only a bit of fun but actually having less of them makes it more exciting for the kids!

Themed mufti defeats the whole bloody point of mufti IMO.
You don't want to make your DS miserable so you'll just have to bite the bullet.
YANBU in being hacked off though - it would drive me mad.

YANBU

I fecking hate Mufti, and it really is the last straw when they dictate what the mufti should be.

I've already supplied the whole range of uniform required so it really is the last straw into have to buy more unwanted stuff for their random Mufti days. So far I've not been brave enough to say Fuck it and send them in uniform so I end up stomping into school and grinding my teeth.

Feedback to our head at PTA AGM was that wanky themed mufti is annoying and unnecessary. Fundraising is fine, but spending an extra £5 on the right colour t-shirt is just more work for parents without adding anything.

DS's school went through a couple of years of seemingly weekly requests for money/cakes/costumes/etc.

If you're on a budget it's fecking hard and it's pretty inconvenient whether you're on a budget or not!

I agree with you. Its all right these teachers asking you to do this that and the other re outfits/colour schemes etc. They are not the ones having to try and sort all this crap out when the parents are at work full time and dont have the time to gallivant around the shops getting all this tat. I'd rather give the money. Job done. And please don't start bashing me about how teachers work full time as well. I know all that

It's a bloody pain! I'm usually told the night before.

I feel your pain CrapBag My DD had 3 in the space of 5 weeks!!

For something like the spots for children in need, or colour days, I'd just send your child in their own clothes- and I work in a school. So long as they have the 50p or £1, they are raising money for charity. And they won't stick out too much, as some children only wear the correct themed socks or tshirt (under a jumper)- it's not like every other child will be decked head to toe in spots, leaving your plain coloured children standing out. If challenged they could always claim to be wearing the right underwear!

However, if it's a curriculum themed day, like the old fashioned costume seems to be, then I'd suck it up I'm afraid, as your child would stand out just as much in their own clothes as they would in uniform.

And at least if it's a curriculum theme, your child will get something out of the experience. They tend to remember things like 'the day we dressed as Victorians and pretended I went up the chimney' more than 'when we learned about the Victorians'