To hate uniforms on 4 year olds?

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horrible sweaty gross grey dronified things. Not to mention bloody dear!

aha escapefrom you are being more droney than you have to

hardly anyone has the school logo polo shirt at dds school, bog standard asda 3 packs all round

look very cute on the little ones I think, must be easy too. nice little checkered or stripey cotton dress from m&s. When I was little I really wanted a uniform with a hat! Like Milly Molly Mandy as I recall!

I think my little girl looks cute in her summer uniform . I was really chuffed when I found knee-high socks for her to wear in nursery - I didn't think that they did for 3-year olds.

I think school uniform looks great of 4 yr olds. WHen my ds started he really looked forward to wearing it, and agree with newgirl.

As a childminder I one of the 7 year old I look after was going on about what she was going to wear on non-school uniform day weeks before it was on, it's a shame that at that age children are so aware. Ds got told his joggers were C;ep over on the football field the other day FFS they only get covered in mud anyway

huummm rant over for now

I like school uniforms. Several reasons:

It avoids a daily argument/indecision over what to wear.

It means that for the most part the kids are all the same. Less scope for banal 'one-upmanship' that some kids and parents seem so keen to participate in.

It looks neat. Yeah, shallow as hell, but it does make a better impression.

It's sensible. Somebody mentioned a pink fairy frock. Not really ideal school attire, as I think they themselves pointed out.

Agnes

Quite like uniforms, for the standard reasons.

Don't like ties-and-shirts-and-sweaters-and-caps-and-blazers types of uniforms on 4-year-olds -- something practical, comfortable, easy to wash and not too expensive is a far better option.

Why does everyone say uniforms are expensive?

I bought DS2 six lovely pure cotton fairtrade polo shirts from M&S for £12 (3 for 2) that's £2 each.

That's a lot less than I would pay for a T-shirt normally.

Trousers - £6 a pair. Grey socks and logo swetshirt - free (pass-ons from DS1 - OK, I cheated )

OK Hula, your uniform is expensive (£33 for a dress )

I like it cause they all look like they are going to the same school. And it's pratical. we had a non-uniform day and several of the girls came sa Snow White or similar and a0 froze b) nearly brained themselves in the playground.

My suggestion is to dress up the rest of the time.

My suggestion is to dress up the rest of the time.

My children have the standard school logo'd poloshirt and sweatshirt (they don't seem to mind if this is a plain jumper/cardi so long as it's the right shade of red), and then standard grey trousers/skirt/pinnifore. I am quite happy with that, the polo shirts last for ages, and the rest is pretty cheap, and I get to choose the shape/style that suits the children. I am quite happy with this, it's simple and not too expensive, especially as dd get's all ds's shirts, so they get two lots of use.

But I really hate primary school uniforms that involve proper button up shirts and ties, blazers, hats etc, and that make their nursery children wear them. That I think is very silly, and as it's mainly the private schools that do it, I think it is from some snobby parental appeal thing (ie our children are so posh and clever...). As a grown up I wouldn't wear anything like that, so why force it on the children!

Have we had the "they turn your children into sheep and they will all end up unable to form an independent thought in their head and they will have an unbearable hankering to work in McDonald's or wherever else they can still wear a uniform and it totally destroys their individuality, man" argument yet. I love that one

My ds (3) loves his uniform, it's in his bedside cabinet and he goes to get it himself. 3 things -blue polo top, school jumper and grey trousers.

On 'the other side' when I taught unifrom made everyone equal, which in this day and age is sometimes agood thing. When we went out on trips it was great to be able to spot 'my' kids -they were all in green! (British Museum in Summer -absolutely heaving )

Unifrom has never been cheaper, when I was at school we all had to buy our uniforms from one shop (the school outfitters) whereas schools don;t mind asda/tesco/sainsbury's etc.

oh my liyttlegirl who starts " big school" in sept is playing dress up in hers - she ven wore it to swimming and all the schools on are holds here! she loves it and i think they look so smart in them.

I really don't see what is so great about them all looking the same and smart. They are little children who should be engaging in messy play and getting scruffy in the process.

oh I LOVE uniforms

and I will warn you now, in advance, that my precious dd1 starts in September so expect tons of boring threads with angst and worry

I got her 2 cardigans (£9.50 each), a PE top (£4.50) a book bag (£5) and a pump bag (£4) the other day from school, I was like a woman possessed, piling it all up

and I am going to get all the other stuff in the next few weeks, maybe M&S as they have 3 for 2 (and I can go to the food hall and get lots of over priced food and PORK AND PICKLE pies)

I do realise that by Christmas I will be ranting and saying what a load of crap, but for now, let me indulge

I like uniforms too. My dds went to a nursery school that had one and they did look sooooo cute in them. DD2 was only 2 + 1/2 when she started there, wearing an M & S pinafore plus nursery school sweatshirt and elasticated tie. We've still got the photos up in the loo

escape I wouldn't worry too much about the polo shirts being logo'ed especially if they are going to be under a sweatshirt most of the time.

I find DS's uniform to be extremely practical. His outfit of choice would be a football strip - so that makes school uniform look cheap! But I think that grey shorts and white polo shirt (which can be bleached) which is what he is wearing this term is ideal. I am not bothering with sweatshirts this term, I just send him with either his school fleece or his raincoat. He is warm blooded.

uniforms good

uniforms cheap

uniforms easy to wash

uniforms cute

uniforms means no arguments

uniforms means people with better dress sense than me don't get to send their beeyootiful children dressed in some wonderful bohemian co-ordinating outfit made of gorgeous kooky items they picked up for a song in a charity shop while mine just looks average (god I hate people with an 'eye')

uniforms even dh can match in the mornings

Ah olive we don't have pe tops - it is just a white t-shirt so I get a two pack from Asda for about £1 and he can wear the other one as a vest.

yabu

Funny really. I am/was generally pro-uniform. Ds's school is lovely and doesn't do uniform (they have an optional one ). And the more time he spends there, the more I like it.

Really not sure that the 'easy to wash' argument is a goer any more. I don't handwash my ds's t-shirts in Lux flakes, for sure.

Working in 4 schools- uniforms prevent alot of hassles in many ways !!

• kids can get them as mucky as they like
• kids get to wear their cool clothes when they get home and that means their clobber lasts longer !!
• kids who can't get the fancy smanzy designer clobber for whatever reason don't get picked on ( ans trust me that happens if you are 4 or 18 !!)
• It creates a sense of unity and belonging for some