To buy school tops in the wrong colour

[katiestar]

Our state primary school stipulates either the school sweatshirt which is bright red or bright red jumper / cardi with grey skirt/ pinafore.
I have bought my DDs dark grey cardigans to go back to school in for the following reasons.
1 They always get stained because the school doesn't have enough whiteboard markers so children have to use their hands , which inevitably ends up on their top.

2 Only buy uniform from M&S and their stocks were decimated , but had grey in every size.

3 Won't look too diffreent colour-wise from those wearing a pinafore.

3 Am really pissed off at the school who have agreed to be my placement school for a course I have been doing , but failed to return some paperwork in time for the deadline so I have wasted £200 and many hours for nothing.Not really relevant to the school tops but indicative of my feelings to the school.

5 MOST IMPORTANTLY looks lovely against their long pale blonde hair

thanks for your replies
I think that because some posters feel that because they , or their DC would mind wearing something slightly different , they have a hard time imagining other people aren't the same and think I am being cruel to my DDs
To be fair I won't put out the grey one for the little one just starting in reception until / unless she gets fed up with red and asks for it.
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Have been on the Trutex website and chosen some of those 'bib' pinafores with the pleated skirts

Anybody know where I can get some nice school blouses. Not ridiculously frilly or anything ,but just a bit of detail IYKWIM

Now I truely hate Uniforms full stop...however, as I decided to move to teh UK with my dh and than put my children into a local school that has a Uniform code I have agreeed to send them in said Uniform...I may not like it....but that is neither here nor there....
if you disagree with their Uniform code and feel strongly about it, surely than maybe you should find a different school for them or such thing...if it isn't that much of an issue, and you feel the suggestion of changing school to much, well, than I think you should be buying your Kids whichever Uniform school asks...simple really....

Now don't get me started on bib pinafores! Why have they been invented??? Who thought up the idea of 3 buttons per shoulder? Someone who hates reception teachers I expect!

For their own self-esteem dress your children in clothes they can manage. And if you have to buy pinafores (e.g. gun to your head) make sure it's big enough to get off over the head without suffocation and panic. All that shrieking 'I can't breathe' means I usually need a lie down after Changing For PE

Tbh my DDs school has a uniform but it's not compulsary everyone chooses to adhere to it ... the jumpers and cardis are supposed to be royal blue with the school crest..but the jumpers the school sells are bad quality , have short arms and are over priced so I buy M&S ones in grey or blue I have never had complaints from my children about being different.. I would be happy to add the crest if they had an iron-on one but they don't sell them. the school certainly can't complain about it....speak to them about your course issues when school starts again and see what can be done ..Goodluck

I didn't know that school uniforms had to be turned into a fashion parade! The white blouses should be simple-why look for something that isn't standard? I am very glad that I had boys and they were happy just to have serviceable regulation and they weren't making it into a competition, fashion statement or any other sort of statement!

Thanks.
Theses ones don't have buttons at the shouklders hocuspontas.They go over the head and button at either side of teh waist.But you need to be quite skilled to get it on and off.I usually can't get it right first time myself.On PE days will send little one in something that zips up the front.they have a system where the 'big ones' ie Yr1s help the receptions get changed.
It seems to be that waists on trousers and skirts are enormous and even with buttone elastic waists look bunched and horrible or way too short
The pre-prep section of a local independent school have some very elaborate pinafores.Must take ages for them to get them all changed.

Very wise re PE days katiestar - I wish there were more like you!

My dses went through primary school mainly in poloshirts and sweatshirts - which I loved because they were easy to wash and either needed minimal ironing or none whatsoever. I never liked the school sweatshirts, though, because they did fade very easily, so was glad when the school introduced a fleece - it was warm, looked good, washed up well and didn't fade, so was worth paying a bit more for.

Ds3 (the youngest) goes up to senior school next term, so I will be ironing 20 white shirts a week - I cannot wait!!

If I had girls, though, I think I would have bought them nice school shirts for some of the days - there aren't many options if you have a boy, but more if you have a girl. Indeed Asda have a very nice red cardigan at the moment, all cotton, I think, and with pretty scalloped edgings - I'd have loved that when I was primary school age.

Katie - I think I may have been a bit too vehement earlier on this thread, and would like to apologise if I have offended you.