Lost property at school.

[ThisLittleKitty]

3 weeks ago I bought my son a new coat for school. Anyway about a week ago he came out with no coat after school I asked him where it was and he said he left it in the lunch hall. Anyway I asked reception where lost property was and they told me. Only it wasn't in there, I mentioned it again to his teacher as I saw an identical coat hanging up outside another class (same year) well she never did. Aibu to expect it back! If he lost it in school then it should be there yes I get he left it there but he is only 5 and yes it had his name written inside.

No need to be rude I didn't say the teachers were responsible for my child's "shit" but if it was lost in school then yes I expect it to still be in the school!

Why are you chucking away named stuff from lost property lionguard surely if it’s named it should be returned to its owner.

Do anyone else's kids do the "smell test"? Mine could always identify whose the missing jumper was by the smell.

Fuck that strawberry they know where the lost property is. If they can't be bothered to get it themselves it goes in the charity bin.

I'm talking year 8 and above

'Little Darquin said he left his jumper on the oval at recess this morning' = not actually my problem since I wasn't on yard duty, and it wasn't my jumper.

Or, I know it's a novel idea but we could also teach other children / parents with wandering hands not to steal/accidentally keep "Little Darquins 'shit' " .

Most of the jumpers/coats, etc. in lost property have no name in. I don't know how anyone expects staff to be able to identify all these things with no labels. We had one a few weeks ago who'd lost his, very expensive, coat. Parents were livid but hadn't bothered to put a name in it and the child had just dumped it on the playground at lunch time. We get at least 5 a day from each class 'Miss, I can't find my jumper'. Do people really think we have time for this? Put names in and teach kids to look after their things.

Having two kids at nursery, stuff is forever getting mixed up/going missing. I get almost all their nursery clothes secondhand to lessen the expense, including winter coats for a couple of quid - would really recommend this rather than buying new. Most of them are hardly worn.

I like the way that a lot of reception and Y1 have identifiers on bookbags and coats, like key rings and picture motifs. It’s easier not to pick up the wrong coat then.

It’s not difficult to sew a name label in everything, it makes identifying items easier and is more difficult to remove than an iron on label. Tiny stitches does the trick.

It’s not difficult to sew a name label in everything, it makes identifying items easier and is more difficult to remove than an iron on label. Tiny stitches does the trick.

Never stopped the thieves at DCs old school. Turned out they were quite adept at unpicking name labels and keeping the nice stuff for their own kids.

Lost property drives me nuts. I'm sorry but as a teacher I have more pressing things to do than run around looking for a hat/trousers/coats/all sorts of crap which often aren't named. It will end up in lost property usually but parents/carers need to make an effort to look there. Most school staff will escort briefly/let you in quickly to see if you ask nicely and smile. I had a parent moaning about a lost hat (not named). I don't care to be honest. I might have had they been polite.

I'll stop ranting now. I'm just fed up with being blamed for their kids losing things. It's my fault obviously that a child has a cold as they lost their pe kit and they couldn't wear their tracksuit trousers outside.

I've looked in lost property twice.

I don't buy second hand clothes. Nothing wrong with it just not something I would do.

So what do you want the School to do?

Or, I know it's a novel idea but we could also teach other children / parents with wandering hands not to steal/accidentally keep "Little Darquins 'shit' " .

So in the midst of everything else a teacher is supposed to try and teach in the day, it's now their responsibility to teach parents not to steal?

I've already said I've bought a new one so not expecting anyone to "do" anything. I expected it to be at school since he lost it there but as it isn't it was clearly stolen so nothing can be done now.

Did it have his name in it? It could be in a different class's cloakroom. That happens a lot, especially if things aren't labelled clearly.

midnitescribbler do point out to me where I said teachers, I believe I said we.

Ignore it thislittlekitty. Theres obviously the odd one or two spoiling for a bunfight by deliberately misinterpreting what posters are saying and not bothering to RTFT. Cancel the cheque whilst you're at it OP!

What colour did you go for in the end? (Hope you went for bright orange! ).

Put your child’s name in this one.

From the original post - yes it had his name written inside.

maybe you should learn to read a post to the end.

I don't understand why the OP is getting such a hard time, especially about the name business, when she clearly states it was bloody named.

No one goes round stealing coats from Primary school children. Especially not Primark coats. The likelihood is that your child was running round, took it off at lunchtime, and left it on a wall. They then get scooped up by a year six child who just knows who it belongs to and they get left on a peg or under old PE kit.

Teachers don't have time to look for them, and we certainly don't do an inventory of everything that's left in our rooms.

I've never had anything stolen Lanaa but if posts on here are to be believed it's something that happens regularly

I would agree it was just missing if it hadn't been over a week now but surely it would have turned up by now. He never left it on a wall he left it in the lunch HALL and yes my child's name was in it it says in the op. And yes it could have been stolen as I don't think 5 year olds care about what brand their coat is.

No one goes round stealing coats from Primary school children

They most certainly do! You've obviously lived in better parts of the UK than some of us!

DD once had a brand new cardigan. A spare one I had bought before the morning lesson as the one she was wearing was becoming a bit snug. Name on label in a sharpie pen. Put in her tray until pick up time (think I had had to shoot off for work or an exam at uni - was a long time ago).

It was nabbed right out of her tray, which also had her name on incidentally by lunchtime. Never to be seen again.

I hand witnessed children first hand all dump their coats on the school benches whilst running around and plenty being left as they've rushed back in. So I can understand that scenario. Whilst there is a perfectly innocent explanation for most of them, a lot of the times it is just that someone else has taken it.

I teach a bunch of 11 and 12 yr olds (teach in Ireland, so our final year in primary school). I’m sick to the back teeth of telling the children to take their coats home every day-some of them can have three (of their own!) coats hanging on their coat hook some days. I can’t understand how their parents are so patient/lax/wealthy enough to be able to accommodate such behaviour. The lost property area in our school is a sight to behold-simply awash with school jumpers/school tracksuit tops/hoodies/coats that absolutely no one owns. It makes me so mad! I wish parents would come down really heavily on their children for failing to bring home their belongings every day. The lesson might sink in then. Unfortunately, it seems that our throwaway society where we have numerous coats and jackets encourages children to be heedless regarding their belongings, as they can simply “bring a different one to school tomorrow” (and probably leave that one in school too!) Rant over!