To not want to send my 1 year 10 month old DD to a nursery with a uniform???

[mylittlescarypumpkin]

We are changing from a childminder (that has suited us well til now) to a nursery. I'm happy with that decision.

But AIBU to be completely turned off somewhere where the children from birth to four have to wear the polo neck and sweatshirt from the nursery?

Sounds odd. most day nurseies don't expect little children to wear uniform.

oh I like uniform

and would have been happy for dd3 to wear one at that age - better than faffing about trying to find clothes in the morning

she is off to a new nursery in Jan where she has to wear a pinafore dress and regulation tights. super cute.

I am a great fan of school uniforms -but not for those under school age!

How do regulation tights (or any tights for that matter ) encourage independence in pre schoolers?

Uniform sounds bliss! No wrcking your own clothes, no "what shall he wear today? Will the older children think Thomas is too babyish and point and laugh at him?".

I'm with Dottoressa. DS will have a scaled down version of the poncey pre-prep uniform when he starts after Easter. It looks very cute indeed. Although I must admit to mild panic when the Headmistress told me I had to embroider his name in gold thread onto his green gym bag. She told me kindly that these days it tended to be the grandmothers who undertook this task. Phew.

My dd's previous playgroup tried to introduced a uniform a few years back. Fortunately, the idea was shot down.

A uniform for a 3 months old...... hmm

Choose a different nursery then.

A state issue babygrow like in China, made in China......

our nursery has an optional uniform of polo shirt, fleece and joggers for the kindergarten classes. [3s & 4s]

no-one minds if they don't wear it. ds's is often flamboyantly embellished.

the rationale is that wearing simple clothes helps to encourage independence, re going to the loo etc. fine with that.

Regulation tights fostering independence? Indeed they do. My DD is an expert tights-putter-on-er now!

I am sure this will prove to be a handy transferrable skill.

What's more, the uniform is all made in the UK (as it is at DS's prep school). So at least the vast amounts of money we spend on PE kit goes to British manufacturers!

I've now read the rest of the thread. MrsM - one reason we chose the prep school we chose was that the girls have to wear tunics. I have a horror of girls in polyester trousers!

I expect my DD will rebel and invest in a nice collection of polyester trews when she's a teenager.

Our school preschool class has a sweat shirt you can buy, but it is totally optional, I see quite a lot of them wear them, its cheery little red jumper with a picture on it, not shirt and tie. I think it is fine being part of the big school is one of the reasons why I think the nursery class is great and the transition to school so smooth.

I think it is appauling. Also given that most pre-schoolers don't care what they wear why is it easier to put uniform on than any other clothes? I would go somewhere else.

I used to be quite pro the simple primary uniforms (sweatshit/polo shirt types), but my children have moved from a uniform school to a non uniform school. It has resulted in no extra hassle on the getting dressed front, nor have I seen any evidence of bullying at the school. All the kids seem to wear t-shirts and shorts, but when dd wears a skirt (which she does on a frequent basis) that's not been a problem. The childrens behaviour seems similar (we are in the States, so things are obviously a bit diffeent), and you can't tell the rich kids from the poor ones by their clothes (you have to see their houses to tell - there is quite a range).

I really hate the "50'2" style stuff. Totally un child friendly.

I have never come across uniform all the way up a nursery.

DS's pre-prep wear uniform from nursery 2 (rising 4) - which sort of eases the transition into 'big school', I guess -although bizarrely the girls wear pinafore dresses in nursery and change to kilts in reception - so the (presumably not cheap) dresses are for one year only

I so don't care what DD wears to nursery - as is probably obvious since she is always in DS's cast offs

I agree re polyester trousers SHUDDER

I think it looks cute and you can buy them cheaply - saves ruining beautiful clothes you spend more money buying and if all the other kids are wearing it then your child con't feel left out. My kids hated wearing jumpers but when they moved to a new school they had to and now they love wearing them because everyone else does.