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AIBU?

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To expect my son to still be allowed to do PE?

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KarenM262 · 05/10/2021 17:05

Since covid school have made us send our children in PE kit once a week anyway I was supposed to send my 6 year son today and for some reason I completely forgot and sent him in his uniform, it wasn't until I got a text from school telling me off that I even realised. Anyway I've no excuse I should have sent him but he has come home telling me he wasn't allowed to join in and had to sit and do writing instead. It was indoor PE and he wears trainers so can't really see why he couldn't have done it in his uniform? AIBU?

OP posts:

TaraR2020 · 05/10/2021 17:06

Because its unhygienic

YouMakeShitTea · 05/10/2021 17:09

If they allow one person to do it in uniform, there's not much point having a kit is there? May as well let everyone do it in their uniform

I'd take it as the school trying to get the dc to be a bit more responsible for themselves so they make sure they have all their kit for lessons

KrisAkabusi · 05/10/2021 17:10

No. Just be grateful he wasn't made to do it in his pants like 30 years ago!

KittenKong · 05/10/2021 17:11

I imagine if they allowed a small child to do PE in their uniform it could get trashed - and the parents would have a fit.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 05/10/2021 17:12

Safety? (Especially for girls, uniform isn't as practical)

NovemberWitch · 05/10/2021 17:12

Unhygienic, health and safety policies mean that certain activities require specific kit and Covid probably means that spare kit couldn’t be used.
If he’s 6, Ok. If he’s Y6 with no additional needs, school probably felt he should take responsibility for remembering his stuff. Secondary, it’s usually a lunch detention for forgetting.

KittenKong · 05/10/2021 17:12

@KrisAkabusi

No. Just be grateful he wasn't made to do it in his pants like 30 years ago!

Oh god ‘vest and pants’ - I remember that from primary. Didn’t think twice about it then but the thought of parading around in my undies now...

BrendaBubbles · 05/10/2021 17:13

Because its unhygienic

As opposed to sitting in a PE kit all day..

fourminutestosavetheworld · 05/10/2021 17:15

Did he have trainers on? Otherwise unsuitable footwear for the hall floor or equipment being used might be the main reason.

fourminutestosavetheworld · 05/10/2021 17:16

Agh just seen that you answered that in your op.

I'm a teacher and if he was wearing trainers I'd have let him do it, as a one-off.

dementedpixie · 05/10/2021 17:16

@TaraR2020

Because its unhygienic

Is it any more hygienic to wear PE kit all day that you have worn in your PE class?

Plumbear2 · 05/10/2021 17:17

Agree with another posterm they need to remember their own kit for secondary. Forgetting a kit in or book, other equipment etc etc results in a negative comment, once they get 3 they get a detention

NovemberWitch · 05/10/2021 17:19

It also depends what the school’s like on teachers obeying every detail of a policy, and how much hassle you get from the SLT if you bend the rules.

VickyEadieofThigh · 05/10/2021 17:20

@fourminutestosavetheworld

Agh just seen that you answered that in your op.

I'm a teacher and if he was wearing trainers I'd have let him do it, as a one-off.

Would it be a "one-off", though?

Maybe the OP is definitely the sort of Mum who would ensure her son never went without kit again, maybe she's not. But it does nothing to encourage the other children to remember to wear their kit, does it, if anyone turning up without it still gets to do PE?

Elieza · 05/10/2021 17:21

At six years old we wouldn’t have been showering after PE so it wouldn’t really make a difference what clothes we wore!

However a uniform is there so kids are all, er, uniform. So presumably the powers that be couldn’t allow anything like a kit violation to go ahead.

Some mums may even have nipped the schools ears if their little darling ripped a uniform doing star jumps or what have you as they weren’t in PE kit.

Personally I think uniform for primary kids should be inexpensive and hard wearing. Not a poncy shirt and tie.

helpfulperson · 05/10/2021 17:25

I agree, it's ridiculous. If they can do maths in their PE Kit they can do indoor PE in their uniform. Only issue might be footwear but he was wearing trainers.

GemLooper · 05/10/2021 17:26

@fourminutestosavetheworld

Agh just seen that you answered that in your op.

I'm a teacher and if he was wearing trainers I'd have let him do it, as a one-off.

Not sure this really works as it would mean boys could take part but girls (who predominantly don't wear trainers as school shoes) wouldn't be able to. There needs to be the same rule for all.

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KarenM262 · 05/10/2021 17:29

He's 6 not year 6 and actually I can't promise it won't happen again if I'm honest, my partner is already at work when we get up and getting everyone out to school/nursery/work trying to remember forms and books and bags etc isn't always easy, again I have no excuse I'm just not that organised, then again I was often the kid doing PE in vest and knickers 😂. Sometimes I just think though what's the point of all these rules? Is it really the end of the world if they all forgot it (PE kit is more comfortable though so doubt it would ever cause a rebellion). It can't be hygiene because they wear it all day anyway. Apparently it was dancing they were doing, pretty sure you can dance in trousers and a t shirt.

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modgepodge · 05/10/2021 17:30

If they said no kit means no PE, some kids (parents) would make sure they were definitely in kit so they didn’t miss out. Others may ‘forget’ their kit every week so they don’t have to participate!

The hygiene thing is nonsense at the moment, where they wear the same kit all day and don’t change anyway.

If he had suitable shoes I think he should be been able to take part.

Woeismethischristmas · 05/10/2021 17:33

At our school kids do pe in normal uniform if they forgot to wear in their kit. They have indoor trainers at school.

MMMarmite · 05/10/2021 17:33

Sorry to say it, as I'm disorganised too, but this is one of those times where you will just have to get more organized. It's not an unreasonable ask from the school.

If the mornings are a rush, can you pack/lay out everything the night before?

Tal45 · 05/10/2021 17:38

All the suggestions of unhygienic make me laugh - he's only 6, hardly a sweaty teen (and even my teen still wears his PE kit all day at school due to covid). They do far more potentially sweat inducing exercise running like crazy things around the playground all lunch time then they ever would in a controlled PE lesson anyway and no one worries if that is hygienic - what a bizarre thought.
Some schools have loads of petty rules. I'm surprised they didn't have some spare kit he could borrow though if required if he already had suitable trainers.

hauntedvagina · 05/10/2021 17:39

@KrisAkabusi

No. Just be grateful he wasn't made to do it in his pants like 30 years ago!

Oh my, just had horrible flashbacks to having to walk through the playground to get to the hall in my My Little Pony pants and vest.

LaBellina · 05/10/2021 17:41

Hygiene and safety reasons probably.

MurielSpriggs · 05/10/2021 17:42

@TaraR2020

Because its unhygienic

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