To be unimpressed with schools idea for forgetting P.E kit.

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My DS who is 9 didnt have his P.E kit in school Monday as I forgot it, not thinking it a problem though as they don't do P.E on Mondays.

However, this Monday, they decided to do sports day practice and as DS didn't have his P.E kit (he lost it in school the week before half term but that's another story, but it must be in school somewhere!) they told him to borrow another boys.

The other boy was on holiday and has been fairly good friends with DS but they are very different builds, DS being stocky and the other boy slim. But I don't think it's ok for the school to tell him to borrow someone else's kit. I wouldn't want someone else borrowing DS's kit, possibly damaging it or whatever.

AIBU? What happend to having to use kit from lost property/spare kit box?

We wouldn't do that. We have spares in each class. Kids get told off from Year 3 for not bringing it. Child's responsibility not mums. Most PE bags stay for a half term( some never go home so washed at end of year ...probably walk to machine) and school stuff gets washed every half term.

The trouble with sitting out is that some children don't like PE so if they could sit it out just for forgetting their kit, they would jump at the chance.

Schools are usually clear that PE is compulsory, the same as maths, english and every other subject. Sitting out is not an option.

Most school use 'spares' which tends to be unclaimed, unlabelled lost property. Or, as the kids refer to it, 'smelly seconds'.

I'd be bloody furious if a teacher told another child it was OK to wear my child's PE kit. NO IT IS NOT OK. It is not acceptable to wear someone else's labelled, cared for property without their permission - go find the smelly, unwashed, unlabelled, uncared for PE kit that got lost and never reclaimed, instead.

Or just wear your usual uniform - better to get that sweaty and stained than someone else's clothes.

God I'd not be happy about that. some one else's potentially manky kit. you never know if people wash it or not.

I'd go nuts at the stinky lost property kit too

They borrow from another class at our school..that involves the children going to another class, disturbing that class, shuffling around getting kit then going back...huge waste of time.

This week 5 children without kit! Thankfully my DD is tall, with big feet so they don't borrow hers.
I didn't comment to her but it is a bit cheeky really, if I was the teacher I would make them do it barefoot in uniform.
Last term there was a huge note put out for weeks as some children were with out kit.

I wonder what happens to the child who has feet 3 sizes bigger than anyone else in the school if they forget their kit? Do they borrow the PE teacher's sports kit?

When i was at primary there was a boy in my year 6 (or top juniors as it was then) class with size 9 feet

Non issue.

at Ds secondary 'twas very normal to borrow kit if you forgot it. I suspect DS was no stranger to this until..... The day he got horrendous blisters from playing in someone else's rugby boots...

Oh and the ribbing he got from the teacher ( he was a teen, he can take a leg pull it wasn't ritual humiliation before you say so!) that "Mohamed " ( name changed to protect the innocent) was looking awfully pale today, was he sure he was well...
( they have the name on the outside of their PE kit)

There are much bigger things to " go nuts" about... and it was DS lookout if it was lost, I replace things once and then he pays, so he managed to loose very little stuff!

I forgot my kit and I was made to do it in just my knickers. I developed early and it was horrible. I would have rather worn someone else's kit and equally if a child was in the same position I would rather they borrowed mine than suffer the embarrassment I did.

At this time of year it is very likely that PE lessons wil be changed or extra practices slotted in because of the number of competitions/events/random other sports activities schools can participate in. Teachers might not have any prior warning that lessons are being moved, and even on a regular PE day you find several children suddenly announcing that haven't got or can't find their kits while most other children are already changed and ready. Spare kits are a lovely aspiration but in practice they disappear the first time they are used - even with the school initials written on in huge black writing. Anything that you can hang on to becomes the teachers responsibility to take home and wash. Lending kit between children is far from ideal but often it is the only realistic solution in a pressured situation. I would always ask if anyone is prepared to lend, thank the child and make sure they get their items back at the end. I would be in trouble if I allowed a child to sit out for not having kit as it a compulsory part of the curriculum, or for them allowing them to wear normal uniform as this does not follow health and safety rules.
You would not believe how much time it takes to sort out some days!

You could have done PE in knickers and your shirt... Not MY child's shirt, though.

It's a non event for me. Kids don't sweat that much in the odd hour of PE. He list his kit. He needed a kit for PE. Problem solved

I can see your point OP, DD was made to let a fellow pupil borrow her pumps for PE. She tried to refuse but was told she had to.
She then brought them home as she refused to wear them again ( they wear pumps with no socks) and I had to replace them.
She has some issues with their peoples sweat, saliva etc and can only stand for VERY close friends to borrow/touch her things so I would have had trouble getting her to wear the whole PE kit even after washing if someone had borrowed it

If we forgot our pe kits at primary school we had to wear vest and pants.

My DD often has spare shorts in her kit as well as tracksuit bottoms - depending on weather - she usually lent one or other out - I told her how kind she was to help out another human being -
Second DD always took an extra swimsuit just in case a friend forgot - very thoughtful if you ask me - the spares box was grim

Thoughtful if you have a choice... What's that got to do with someone taking things without your permission?.... Not all 9 year olds are sweat and stench free.

Well write into school and say your DC don't lend or borrow pe stuff - and hopefully your child won't be in the position of missing out on their lessons.
It's just kids playing sport - nothing to get worried about -
Junior school kids love this time of year being outside

My best advise and I've seen it happen is to have two kits - parent goes in on Monday collet's last week's kit and places clean fresh kit on child's peg - because God forbid a kit worn for half an hour last week should be considered dirty and sweary.

No need to write to my children's school - children who forget their kit make use of the copious quantities of uncared for, smelly lost property. No intention of washing my child's kit every week - that would only be necessary if 30 strangers had been borrowing it...

Clearly none of the children at your child's school have athlete's foot or smell like they only wash once a month/their parents haven't realised they are already going through puberty and smell quite bad by lunchtime, Momtothree...

Actually your son lost his PE kit and your son forgot to take one on Monday. Once upon a time he would have done it in his pants, (look at old PE instruction books, c.1960s,) but now everyone has hysterics at the suggestion, so if you don't want him borrowing kit then train him to take responsibility for his own possessions.

They are still children and it's a real shame that some parents aren't capable of caring for their child and provide washing facilities or pe kit for their dirty unkempt kid - I'd rather teach compassion than scorn -

Compassion is one thing, getting someone else's fungal infection another.