Coat gone 'missing' from pre school

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My daughters coat has mysteriously dissappeared from her nursery. The nursery say a parent or someone by have taken it home by accident. I'm totally WTF! I've written her name in it so fingers crossed it come back. Anyone else have any experience of this. I'm livid.

It's normal and even if someone else has taken it home, that doesn't mean it was deliberate. Lots of times our stuff has disappeared, spent a few days elsewhere then been returned. Kids have walked off in my DC's shoes even. Often they are the same type or just look similar and kids don't notice. Honestly 99% of the time it's been sorted out eventually and we get it back.

I think there are people who do actually nab stuff deliberately in this way, but don't be assuming that's what's happened just yet.

Remember also one day it will be your child who "steals" someone else's coat. A bit of understanding and sense of humour will stand you in good stead when you're the one having to apologise.

My DS is the tallest in his year. One of his friends is the shortest, and is a good six inches shorter than him. They both came out of school one day last year in each other's trousers - easy mix-up after PE, but it had been first thing that morning and neither of them had noticed all day! DS's were mid-calf and the other lad looked like Charlie Chaplin.

All manner of stuff goes missing though. Some of it comes back, some of it doesn't. So far this year we're down a jumper and a very distinctive lunchbox (with my best Waitrose tupperware in it!)

I think you need to chill out or maybe some Netflix and Chill?

DS has just started pre school and he has 3 coats. One second hand from ebay cost a fiver another a hand me down and one smart coat that was a bit more expensive (£20). Guess which one won't be going to nursery?

The tuba has made me laugh though. Must have been infuriating at the time!

DD is 13, tall and solid.

I found her this morning struggling, in mild bemusement, to get her arms into a teeny, age 9-10, extra-small uniform jumper.

Somewhere, there is probably a very small Year 8 wondering equally vaguely why their jumper seems to come down to their knees this morning.

Ive told this story here before.
2 yo DD had an emergency paediatric orthopaedic appointment as she had a sudden severe limp with no other symptoms (breaks tissue damage) and it was intermittent...
Nothing was found and then several weeks later, on a loooooong journey she said 'Daisy's got the same shoes as me and some days we wear a big one and a little one.'
I've taken to writing their name in BIG LETTERS in the lining.

lancel

Seriously that is BRILLIANT .

I'm keeping an eye out for this as I can just imagine DD1 and one of her pals doing exactly the same thing!

Is this a particularly British problem? I have 2 kids aged 14 and nearly 13 and I don't think we've ever lost anything at school. And I don't label anything.

It helps that there is no uniform so mix ups are less likely to occur, and there's no PE kit to worry about (on PE days you just send them in wearing tracksuit trousers).

Every so often my dds primary school send a note home asking parents to check or get their kids to check the lost property shelves and boxes when they get to overflowing capacity. There's always a huge selection of trousers, skirts, tights in them - our kids don't get changed in school for PE they wear their PE stuff in on that day. I'm always a bit bemused as to what the kids came home wearing.

One of my daughters came home wearing her friends shoes one day, I didn't realise, the mum phoned me that night to see if there was a swap. Our daughters aren't in the same class, still to this day we not actually sure when the swap took place, when they had their shoes off

Mine came home with another child's school bag one Friday. We did wonder if we should just read that child's reading book and do his homework . I did wash his PE kit and other parents washed ours.

Things usually, but not always come back.

Lance

Omg seriously thst is hilarious.

Re getting to school with the right stuff, I realised this morning when I got back from the school run that although dd had her bookbag with her the reading record and phonic sheets etc meant to be in the bookbag where sat on the living room floor.. I am quite pleased we still have matching pairs of gloves so far this winter, we cycle two miles to school so kids needs gloves on already, plus special thin but warm hats to go under their bike helmets, then coats and reflective jackets etc. It's a bloody military operation getting ready and out in the morning ignores the fact I am adding a new baby into the mix in about 18 weeks

I'm still fuming about the arsehole parent that robbed DD1's labelled jumper for over a year until DD2 came home wearing it. I only got it back because a TA picked it up in the playground and mistakenly, but quite reasonably, that DD2 had been wearing her sister's hand me down.

DD1 has an unusual name as well so there was no mistaking who it really belonged to.

When my DD was in nursery we had clothes go missing. Mostly things were found but on two of the occasions they weren't. Anyway both these times the same temp was in and lots of clothes went missing. Obviously we had no evidence but the nursery manager didn't have her back.

*assumed that

My son's coat went missing last Easter time fully name tagged etc.. it never showed up. it is a small village school with only 100 pupils so someone must have it. I have searched high and low. I keep looking out for it just in case, it wouldn't fit now but that's not the point.

DD once came home without her school DRESS. Apparently it disappeared during PE. She was still wearing her PE kit. I was livid.

Later that evening I got a text from one of her friend's parents. "Sorry dd came home without her dress. When X got into the bath I realised she was wearing 2 dresses one on top of the other, will return yours tomorrow". Her friend did have a bit of a reputation for being slightly absent minded and a bit of a dreamer but this took the

Every time I read one of these threads I thank my lucky stars that here in Ireland primary school kids don't get changed for PE!

Yes, sorry to say it, but it happens.

DD "lost" her wellies at pre-school last winter. They were very distinctive, and not similar to anyone else's (wellies were lined up underneath coat pegs).

Somebody must have known that their DD had come home with someone else's wellies.

Lists, that made me laugh out loud!

TheVery at DD's school the children don't get changed for PE from Year 1 onwards (she's in Reception at the moment).

They have school uniform tracksuits that they wear on PE day, with a school t-shirt & shorts (if wanted) underneath. I think it's an excellent idea .