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?

I would be more concerned about the fact that they only have one PE lesson a week. I think this is a great idea. No lost PE kits and no lost time spent 'changing' ie mucking about for 10 minutes.

I like the idea. Most kids get changed relatively quickly but the hanging around waiting for the slow coaches, is tedious for all concerned.

We live in Australia and this is standard practice in state schools. They wear polo shirts and basketball type shorts designed for sports as their uniform with trainers. They do some kind of sport most days and are ready to go rather than faffing about getting changed, makes perfect sense to me. They are more comfortable during the day and imo the uniforms are far more suited to "being children" at lunchtimes than a skirt or trousers and school shoes. Trainers are well fitted to their feet and perfectly supportive as far as I can tell. We're talking decent branded trainers not plimsolls (which I can't see are suitable for any kind of serious sport at all).

My dd is 10 and lucky not to be at the point of sweaty smelly yet! But for those that are they use deodorant and or can change t-shirt in toilets after sport. Not a massive deal at all.

They do swimming lessons for two weeks of every year from reception on, and have to change at school which is a pita! The youngest kids swim at 230pm so they can come home in their swim wear (weather helps as you probably wouldn't want to do that in 15 degree temps, the kids are shivering if it's under 30!)

Bertrandrussell do you have teens ?

I think they are a special brand of stinky and its a phase.

Mine have been average to good about showering and using deodorant. But they have all had a smelly phase. Youngest sweats a lot - much much more than I do - the new aluminium containing night time things ( like drichlor but over the counter ) have made a big difference but still.

The boys never showered after rugby even though nice single showers supplied - no time. Best that happened was a swill to make a token gesture to getting mud off faces hands and hair !

My son's school does this

Grr sorry phone decided to post! My son's school does this, he's year 1. I don't have a problem with it, he runs about in his uniform on the other days. Also, how are trainers worse for their feet than school shoes?!

Sounds like a great idea to me! They don't get any sweatier in PE than they would do running around at lunch times or in the garden at the weekend, and we don't make them change for that! Nor do they wear school shoes all weekend and holidays either, so I wouldn't be worrying about decent trainers on one day a week.
Plus, so much time is wasted getting 30 children changed at school. I'd be very happy if that time was spent actually doing PE rather than trying to do buttons up or find the other sock!