to wonder why dss are not allowed to wear vests at shool on PE days???

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Both dss (in Years 1 and 2) came home today and said their teachers had said they were not to wear vests on days when they have PE. This does not make sense to me. They are both susceptible to coughs and colds, and to not wearing their jumpers/coats at playtime, and with winter approaching obviously the chances of catching a chill are much higher.

yanbu how weird, i would ask teacher the reason and send them in a vest anyway if you are worried about catching cold and feel they need it

thanks Firawla - on top of that we keep getting messages about the need for good attendance (that was the only problem area in the latest Ofsted report).

YANBU

I have no idea why they aren't allowed to wear vests, never heard of this before.

Go in and ask.

Wearing a vest does not make you any less likely to catch a cold.

OMG, and there I was believing my mum for all these years....

even so, its a strange rule

I think I'd get this confirmed from their teachers - it's possible they both misheard. Seems illogical otherwise - I mean, who cares what underwear they wear?

but they do get cold nevertheless - they just won't wear coats and jumpers unless I forcibly make them, will have to speak to the school about this.

yes hocuspontas they may have garbled the message but ds1 is notoriously bad at relaying any kind of info and he actually insisted that this is what she said. And strange that ds2 said the same thing - may be a new school policy but it is bizarre. The only thing I can think of is that they may get too warm while running around.

Does anyone over 3 wear vests these days? Sounds very Victorian.
Mine stopped wearing vests when they stopped needing them to hold their nappies on.
They are allowed to wear far more clothes than I ever was for PE.
A ban on vests does seem odd though. I can't think of a sensible reason for this.

If indoor PE I suppose a vest and t shirt would be overkill and teacher is maybe worried they'll lose/ forget to put on the vest afterwards.
A vest isn't a jumper substitute though.

Teacher worried about them getting too hot running around perhaps?

I think they probably misheard. Check tomorrow though.

My dd (5) came out of school with her pe top on today - no school polo or school jumper. I asked her teacher if she'd got messy (was thinking paint or lunch etc) and she said "oh no, she must have forgotten to change back into her uniform after pe). I was like surely she could have been told to change by the teacher?!?