Why can't reception children just wear a jogging suit ?

[AngelaChill]

My poor little mite hates her uniform, shirt, pinny and cardigan and had a complete melt down this morning (her first day). She's only just 4 and I can't see why they can't just wear comfy clothes surely that would make the teachers life easier too ?

What I don't understand is why you care? You people who like uniform have won. You have it your way. You are in the majority and the schools almost all agree with you.

I onl the other hand am forced to capitulate on a daily basis with this lunacy which I consider to be wrong and bad at a fairly deep level.

I don't bang on about it at school or amonst RL friends because it would be stressful, however, I will allow myself the odd rant on line when the subject comes up. Which it has.

you rant spidermama thats what this site is for(i know other stuff aswell).....

Ha ha at track suit snobs.

dds friend is at private primary - her uniform is, IMO, utterly ridiculous, blazers, sailor dresses, regulation navy pants. I think it is laughable. But I dont mind dds state primary uniform (polo shirt, sweatshirt, navy or grey skirt or pinny according to taste) and I find it easier to dress her in the morning in a uniform rather than her fussing over wanting her favourite pony tshirt etc - also uniform stuff nice and cheap so I dont mind it getting ruined

Good for you laney.

See twiglett. Laney says I can rant and she's on your side of the argument.

(Sticking out tongue emoticon)

Rant away SpiderMamma, but I think the German jibe was uncalled for. TBH

never said you couldn't rant ... that would be kinda hypocritical of me dontcha think

yes agree that maybe you should change school spidermama

I think if I felt this strongly about ANY aspect of dds schooling I would look to change

my eldest son is now in year one and last year wore joggers and jumper and old trainers for pe as they had to be left at school so didnt want to sent his good ones in and even then some of the kids were laughing saying he was wearing crappy clothes etc and where were his nike trainers.i dread non uniform days for them as some kids are so judgemental, the same as their parents.my kids arent in nike and reebok everyday but sometimes and have nice looking clothes from half decent shops and good on the people that invented the unifrom i say as it stops them having the mickey taken put of them when they're all dressed the same.there's already enough to worry about with who wears glasses, who gets free school melas, who talks funny, who wets the bed at night without the worry of clothing too.admittedly some uniforms are awful to look at but the general uniform rule should be upheld in my opinion and the children will just have to get used to it.adults wear uniforms when at work so they can wear them at school.
my youngests first day at school today and he went in proudly wearing his uniform like his brother.proud day

as usual my typng is crap! you get my idea

I don't understand the uniform makes everyone equal argument. It was obvious even within a strict state school unifomrm who was rich or poor or more importanly trendy and who wasn't; it was no leveller at all.

laneydaye you say you had the clothes the governement provided, so you mean the uniform grant? The very poor were very easily recognisable at our school despite the uniform so having that would have made no difference to your time at school.

As a reception teacher I thanked god I never worked in a tie school. It was bad enough trying to dress 30 kids by myself into shirts with fiddley buttons and girls in tights and those awful hard buckle shoes. I loved it working at a non uniform school, so much easier to clear out the jumper box at the end of the day rather than sorting through at least 10 unnamed sweat shirts.

"prospective" what AngelaChill? ASBOs perhaps?

I just don't get the 'nasty fabrics' argument? It's perfectly possible to buy cotton shirts and wool trousers/ socks instead of teflon etc, AND it is still cheaper than a Nike shell suit.

Anyway, do jogging suits come in anything OTHER than nylon???

Alex8 - I totally agree you tell who's is M&S and who's is ASDA

Tellithowitis - what on earth are you talking about ?

Angela, I'm so with you.

I think you have jogging suits mixed up with shell suits.

Thats a fair comment alex8.....
i still think that me wearing apair of gvmt grant shoes stood out like a sore thumb....not like the others in their big named label footwear..

think im having a bitter rant about being poor arent i?????? im still pro uniform though..xx

Prospective: Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.

Perspective: Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

(I won't even get into whose/ who is/ who's ......)

Jogging Suit = Comfy jersey sweat pants and top.
Nice elasticated trousers, so easy for reception children in the toilet, changing for gym etc. easily washed, no ironing.

I must admit that in DS's school there is the occasional nylon-clad Ali G lookalike.

My uniform grant was just to spend at the uniform shop I think. This was many years ago and I don't remember it covering shoes at all.

If parents don't like the uniform, they can always canvas opinion and make a representation to the school. If enough people agree, you might get the school to change.

I wouldn't try passing new uniform through the school fence, or anything similar, but it could work. And if you can't get enough people to agree with you, you will still have the satisfaction that you did all that you could.

But nearly all school trousers for 3-6 year olds are elasticated!

My God, if your 4 year-old can't pull down a pair of elasticated trousers, what have you been teaching them at home for the last few years?

A pair of nice school trousers from M&S still only costs about a fiver in their pre-season sale....

C'mon - it's that you can't be arsed to iron the uniform really isn't it??