To not want my dd to stay in her PE kit all day?

[Dancergirl]

Dd is 8, Year 3. They have PE once a week on a Thursday. The arrangement is that the PE kit is kept at home, they wear it to school on Thursday and go home still wearing it. PE is the penultimate lesson of the day, then they have one more lesson then home (although dd stays for Art club after school so I don't collect her till 5pm).

Apparently there 'isn't enough time' for them to change. I don't really like the idea of them staying in the same clothes all day especially when the weather's warm. They get hot and sticky during the day and then have to wear the same clothes for PE and then keep them on for another couple of hours (in dd's case).

Is this the norm in primary schools these days? AIBU?

Dds wore their sports uniform 3 days a week in primary & dd2 wears hers 4 days a week in winter. They have clean clothes each day & wore deodorant once they started to smell so zero issue. Ds's school even sold trainers & football boots with Velcro in the school shop to save time, the focus was then sport not dressing.

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest but then I'm very neglectful laid back. In our primary they wear their school shoes to go to and from school (3 minute walk in ds3's case) and at playtime. They wear gym shoes in the classroom.

Ok, fair comments, happy to admit IABU

Its seems a lot of unnecessary changing of clothes! I'm in Ireland too and my dd wears a pe tracksuit all year.. We don't have shorts and T-shirts at all for pe. Definitely agree they don't break much of a sweat in pe. My dd runs around and gets better exercise in the school yard..

Fifteen years ago a school I was training in didn't have am indoor PE uniform, kids did it in their pants and vests!

That's not really something to aspire to though dame

Uniforms here are pretty casual; polo shirts, hoodies and shorts. Trainers are fine to wear, and my boys haven't worn their school shoes since September. I'm not entirely sure why they have a separate PE kit. As others have said, it isn't exactly a good workout! My boys get more exercise at lunchtime and in after school club.

I didn't say it was.

Child is 8 not a stinky teen. I'd like to bet that most 8yr olds do more hot sweaty running about at lunch /break and after school than they do in in one pe lesson!

You are overthinking this !

For info. My neice and nephew are at international school in Spain. Thry go in kit on pe days and don't change till after school. They are stinky teens - I'd not want to teach them late afternoon.... But then again my own uk based teen is pretty ripe after a nice warm school day too!

This happens at our school. It changed recently and I much prefer it. No packing bags and taking in more stuff. It all gets washed each time.

It could never happen at ds's school. From year 3 onwards they not only get hot & sweaty (ds has always been a sweaty child, his hair gets soaking wet even) but often they get incredibly muddy too.

I could never get plimsolls to fit them properly & I certsinly wouldn't have allowed dd to wear them formuch longer than 40-60 mins with her need for good arch support. She managed to avoid the need for orthotics by only ever wearing sturdy supportive shoes.

Ok I think that yanbu reaction is getting a bit much now (including the pp being told she'd have a fit at one particular school). I think she gets it.

The yabu reaction . stupid phone

I don't think the kids are going to get stinky. But they don't wear p.e kit all day at my dcs school. They take it in on Monday and bring it home on Friday. They get changed when they need to. Even on Monday where p.e is the last lesson of the day they change back into uniform.

Why are people talking about "stinky teens"? Do they not shower and use anti perspirant? Why should they be any more stinky than adults?

Well in our school, the or kit stays at school for the whole term. So if we flow the OP pov, they are getting sweaty and stinky on the first week and then they carry on wearing the same stuff again and again.
In reality, the stuff comes back home at the hols crumpled but not smelly at all despite having spent all that time in a bag with trainers etc...

OP, what time does the penultimate lesson take place at? You seem hung up on the "all day" thing; but the pe lesson is surely mid afternoon???

Bertrand - do you have teens? Honestly they are chock full of hormones and it's much easier for them to reek than an adult ime. Luckily it settles down once they're older

Flogging the children go in in their kit in the morning

I thought hormonal changes made teens more smelly sometimes.

I don't have links to scientific papers but parents I know of teens would definitely recognise that observation.

But the pe lesson only takes place mid afternoon... They shouldn't be any stinkier than usual by virtue of simply wearing the kit?

When I was that age we had to do PE in vest and massive navy knickers too, then they progressed to a bloody leotard for girls and shorts for boys. I think money was tighter in those days and schools didn't put pressure on parents to buy more uniform than was necessary.

Think of it in a different way, if you sent your child to a friend's house for the day wearing shorts and t-shirt, it was a lovely warm day and they played outside all day, running around getting hot a sweaty you really wouldn't worry about her being in the same clothes until bath time. It's what kids do.

At that age I'd have preferred to stay in the same clothes than have to change in front of everyone, I was a shy child :)

Yes I agree

why not just do it in their school uniform? How are stretchy trousers/skirt/shorts and polo shirt different to joggers/skort/shorts and T shirt?

Could you let her use a deodorant? Gentle one, just to put your mind at rest? Not an antiperspirant though?