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Aibu to think private school kids wearing their logoed school jumpers at the weekend is weird?

494 replies

zzzzzzzz12345 · 02/09/2019 22:47

Isn’t it a bizarre stealth boast, except it’s not stealthy at all and a bit attention seeking? I know several children who do this. If your child does, why?

You’d never catch a state educated child wearing their school jumper at the weekend. If my child started to, I’d suggest they changed.

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Rachelover40 · 03/09/2019 01:16

I've never seen it, mine wouldn't have done it, neither would I unless required to take part in a school activity.

If you've seen kids wearing some of their uniform at the weekend, there must be a reason, there are often weekend activities on the curriculum. Why don't you ask any parent you know who has a child or children at one of those schools? Then the mystery is solved.

It's beyond me why anyone would think it was 'boasting' or showing off to wear uniform, kids really do not do that Why would they? I get the point made by a previous poster about track suits being comfortable though - but that's hardly boasting.

IAmNotAWitch · 03/09/2019 01:42

My state school kids have school representative sports on the weekends quite often and need to wear their uniforms.

They/I can't be bothered getting them changed if we go out after.

mathanxiety · 03/09/2019 01:53

The British class system does weird things to people's brains.

Greyhound22 · 03/09/2019 02:19

I used to look after 3 kids who were day students at a boarding school (as they lived down the road) they had to go to school on a Saturday morning.

greenlynx · 03/09/2019 07:58

I dropped DD to a party and another child came in a t-shirt with his private school logo. He was coming from home ( we saw him on the way). I was surprised too.
Leavers hoodies and hoodies from trips are indeed popular around here both state and private.

Manontry · 03/09/2019 08:11

Dd3s private school sports hoodie cost 50 quid. She can wear it every single day of her life as far as i am concerned!

5zeds · 03/09/2019 08:22

Isn’t it a bizarre stealth boast
Confused so what exactly do you think they are crowing inappropriately about? I think it’s cute when kids are all keen about their schools. Isn’t that whole pride in ones school one of the reasons trotted out for having uniforms at all? How is it boasting? Are children supposed to feel they should hide where they go to school?

TomHagenMakesMyBosomTremble · 03/09/2019 08:22

I went to a boarding school with Saturday lessons. We had to be in uniform/suits for VI form. People who played on a sports team then had fixtures so got into kit. Some people went straight to town still in school gear. I'd change out of my suit to go home (weekly boarder) usually, but plenty of people wore school hoodies from some event or another or part of their games kit such as sweaters or trackies for casual. During the week, too, after school hrs people would wear a mix of comfy clothes including kit & school hoodies. If you think about it, having paid ££ for those hoodies, better to get the wear out of them.

Never polo shirts or proper sports tops, though! I had my logoed netball skirt for years after (used to wear it to my uni SU back to school nights) and still have a school scarf knocking about, as well as my (now trashed so round the house only) leavers hoodie. It's not a culture at every school; a friend of mine went to Battle Abbey and says they all floated round in tea dresses after lessons. Hmm. At the girls day school I attended before hand, no one would've been seen dead in school anything after hrs- we didn't do hoodies etc for events, either so no fun kit.

I honestly didn't mind Saturday school, either. Blush

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 03/09/2019 08:27

Saturday school is common where there is a combination of day and boarding pupils. It keeps the boarders occupied. My DC's had Saturday school, prior to that it was normal lessons in the morning then sports fixtures in the afternoon. It buggered up the weekend somewhat and was unpopular with day parents so was dropped.

Pardonwhat · 03/09/2019 08:27

Saturday school or something school related.
You sound jealous of children.

Also, I saw a child from a local state school in a school leavers jumper the other day at the shops. I didn’t know she was boasting.

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 03/09/2019 08:28

Sorry, my post was confusing because I edited. Saturday school was lessons in the morning and sports fixtures in the afternoon.

Chewingbubblegum · 03/09/2019 08:30

School uniform for private schools are expensive. I'm sure very few parents would be encouraging their kids to overuse the uniform, leading to lots of washing or have spares.

As others have said, it must be because of a school related function.

WickedGoodDoge · 03/09/2019 08:31

Mine wore theirs as required when they had weekend sports fixtures- otherwise they wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them outside school hours.

Saddler · 03/09/2019 08:32

Saturday morning school

StarlingsInSummer · 03/09/2019 08:40

Many of the more prominent public/private schools have Wednesday afternoons “off” for sport/activities, so Saturday morning school makes up for that. I went to private school and we didn’t do that, thank God. I’d have hated it, but then I wasn’t sporty

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 03/09/2019 08:44

It will be Saturday classes (or Saturday detention). I only ever had one Saturday DT and took clothes with me to change into in the loos to avoid being a target for a kicking when I walked down to get my bus.

abitoflight · 03/09/2019 08:46

One of DD's boyfriends always seemed to be wearing his logo'd sch sports kit whenever I saw him as did a lot of his mates
It was because they didn't have many clothes (scholarships bursaries etc) and liked school sports kit

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zzzzzzzz12345 · 03/09/2019 08:56

Not read all this but no, it’s on Sundays and during school holidays so not Saturday school.

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Manontry · 03/09/2019 08:58

Yeah, my dd3 wore her school hoodie over the holidays. It was new, comfy and she liked the colour.

TabbyMumz · 03/09/2019 08:58

"You’d never catch a state educated child wearing their school jumper at the weekend. If my child started to, I’d suggest they changed."
A child by me does this regularly. I don't think he has many other clothes.

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zzzzzzzz12345 · 03/09/2019 09:04

Why is it a boast? Because you may as well wear a ‘I’m privileged’ sandwich board? It’s not one or two, it’s quite a few round here. Especially the most expensive one in our area - which is why it feels like it’s worn as a badge of honour?

And I don’t want to ask the parents (or kids) why they do it because in real life I’m not rude enough to query someone else’s parental choices, esp if it’s clearly a dig.

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TabbyMumz · 03/09/2019 09:08

Private schools have different term dates. They might already be back, or had gone to a school event, such as chapel, or sports or Education event. Could even have been helping out st school to welcome boarders back.

MoreThanImFeeling · 03/09/2019 09:09

I do think it's a wee bit weird that dd wears her school hoodie - no way would I suggest she changed out of it - it's up to her what she wears. Passing comment on other's clothing is a bit rude, imo.

TomHagenMakesMyBosomTremble · 03/09/2019 09:10

@Chewingbubblegum other than my very first sets of prep uniform which were bought new because the uniform had been changed for that September, I think I had one single piece of brand new uniform -an art overall- bar socks & tights and shoes until I hit VI form and got suits and another new-design pe kit. Loads of people do second hand. My mum joined the second hand committee to get the best stuff and bought with loads of room, too. I finished yr 11 in a lot of the same stuff I started yr 7 in & mum sold off most of the stuff I grew out of. It can but needn't be exorbitant.

@StarlingsInSummer - I wasn't sporty either & it was actually ok. I went to a school with "non sporty" options enjoyed the doughnuts that the whole school got on weds PM whether we did sports or not! Made up my lack of sportiness by being committed to the choir.

PooWillyBumBum · 03/09/2019 09:10

In my experience, private school kids aren’t as aware of the fact they are at private school as others are. It’s their “normal”. Especially at primary.

DD wears her school ski trip hoody all the time because it’s comfy and special to her. I don’t think it’d occur to her that anyone notices the school logo.