To sew name labels into a year 7 child's uniform?

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Ds goes into year 7 in Sept.

I've always sewn name labels into everything, he loses stuff, a lot.

I'm wondering if it will be seen as a bit babyish in secondary school?

Ds is fine with the labels, says what is more important, being able to find your stuff, or caring what people might think.

We were told in no uncertain terms by the school, to label everything. Hard to imagine ever finding lost things otherwise in a sea of kids wearing the same clothes!

I’ve already done the blazer etc whilst sat watching an episode of something on the tv, find it quite relaxing to sew by hand for a change.

I dunno, maybe things have changed since I was at school (probably given y7 was over 20 years ago!!) but I remember absolutely begging my mum not to use the sew in labels. And it was just one of those things that absolutely no one did. I think most people just used permanent marker.

Do it! My son (who hardly ever lost stuff in primary school) lost virtually everything the first term - name tags were the only reason he got anything back!

Yep, and for 6th form, and for the navy (not kidding!)

I like sew on labels so that I can reuse the uniform!

Definitely sew-in. They don’t fade, peel off or wash out, And they’re harder to cut out than jif you ust write on the back of the manufacturers labels.

Boring to do though. I’m about half way through

YY to being able to pass uniform on with a sew-in label that can be removed. No one wants to be that kid wearing uniform with someone else's name scribbled out.

A (rather terrifyingly) well-organised Mum friend of mine took advantage of buying cheaply in bulk by ordering a batch of tapes with the initials of all her DC, which she then pleated accordingly before sewing in, so that the correct initials for given DC showed. I was in awe....a new level of super-organised I hadn't thought of....
But speaking as a teacher, please do label if you think he needs it. You know your son best. I was always amazed at the quantities of expensive items left in Lost Property at the end of term. Also, how could you go home minus undercrackers without noticing?
I always made a point of labelling my personal property as a way of leading by example (and to deter certain colleagues who found it easier to grab than get organised).

How old is the child?

This year X is so unnecessary

Sew them into the sleeve (where the cuff join thingy is), they won't be seen by anyone but he will know its there. Also if the item doesn't have long sleeves, sew it into where the washing label is

Speaking as a secondary school PE teacher, please please label, discretely if you prefer (eg in a school sweatshirt you could stitch the name label to the care label which would sit around the hip?). I think teachers would look there are parents often biro or sharpie names on care labels, but they wash off before Christmas!! socks ideally labelled too as they are hard to rehome.

For the most expensive item (blazer) I sewed an additional one in the pocket so it it goes missing and has the main label cut off, DDs name is still there.

So, to put it simply, all round the country Mums (mainly) are busy discretely naming uniform because the kids all declare that no one labels stuff. However, in fact every one does label stuff, and it is the kids being ridiculous / self conscious / scare of being picked on?

Purple rain what's the point of sewing a label somewhere that it can't be seen by anyone other than it's owner? How is it going to be returned? Or is the idea that a teen is going to search every similar item in lost property?

Label everything no matter their age. We've had stuff nicked so there's always at least two easily found labels plus a hidden one if my child is sure it's their item and the labels been cut out but then I've also bought some iron on transfers which can't be cut out or drawn over.

I'm interested to meet the parents who've said nothing when their child has come home with brand new trainers they know they and their child haven't bought plus not checked uniform and must know X isn't theirs. Every time I iron their stuff I check there are still legible name labels on it.

Label everything in an obvious place. My mother did the discreet thing and it was so discreet noone else could find it until it was pointed out.

Just don't sew it on the outside like one poor kid's parents did!

I go along with others - definitely label everything. Even marker pen on trainers/football boots. Another tip is to change the laces of sports shoes to something bright and noticeable to make it more easy to spot if someone else is walking off with your football boots.

When I was buying DS1's Y7 secondary uniform, the lady in the shop warned me that she had overheard parents telling their children to 'just take a pair from the changing rooms because I am not paying those prices' for school rugby boots. And to label shoes on the outside for easy identification (I generally used to write it round the back of the heel).

Eldest is in sixth form now, and it has definitely been much less of a problem as they got older - maybe because they don't grow as quick so don't need new stuff very often. I don't marker pen the outside of his shoes anymore either :) (but I did in years 7-9 - luckily they weren't bothered by this).

That's exactly what I'm doing right now for dc3. I still do it for dc1, who is going into y11. His coat from Y8 was the best, red lining, black sharpie 3" high : DC name & form (at that point they had vertical tutor groups and the form name didn't change)

And to top it - the school the Dds go to has the pe kit labelled on the front by the supplier. Dd2 will have an assortment of names!

I did laundry pens. And things like trousers. That the pockets were white I wrotw on there can't cut a pocket out but can cut a label out

These exist:

https://www.wovenlabelsuk.com/school-labels/wl-js.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl4q4sIzs4wIVy7HtCh0oBQoWEAQYASABEgKmtDD_BwE

You can get them even cheaper on Amazon and without pics. They don't fall off, they're completely secure.

I use to put name on washing instructions/size label

I’m a secondary school teacher - please do label everything. It’s pretty much the only way of getting items back.