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Doing P.E. In just knickers?

260 replies

Radley · 10/11/2006 16:19

DD2 (4) came home and told me that she has done pe for the first time, in just her knickers.

Am I over reacting thinking that this is out of order?

Also, DD1 (7) came home and said that pe today had been running round the field etc in her normal uniform and her trainers, when she has got a tracksuit etc (this was asked for specifically a short while ago)

OP posts:
BIGlilBUBU · 11/11/2006 23:16

If you do read the whole thread Rhubarb you may get slightly cofused as to why it kicked off really. I was...

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:17

Don't kick people, that's not nice!

robinpud · 11/11/2006 23:23

Too long a thread to read in depth; but as gothic mama I think pointed out, best practice is definitely to wear kit for all the obvious reasons. All children should be wearing kit . Dressing and undresing is a key skill and it's a child protection thing to have more than just underwear on.

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:24

Hello Robin! Not seen you in aaaages!

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:32

I did PE in my knickers and vest all the way through primary school. Never gave it a second thought!

My DCs wear PE kits but up until Y3 change together in the class room. They do swimming too and again change together until Y3. So even more bits potentially on show!

I think it's a great big fuss about nothing. In the summer your DDs will all no doubt be yomping around the beach in swimwear - I just cannot for the life of me see what the difference is!

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:33

YEH! SOAPBOX! I love yooooou!

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:33

Your my bestest mate!

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:35

Indeedy Rhubarb - mwaahhh, mwaaahh

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:36

Fecking gerrof me you lezzer!

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:37

Actually - maybe it has affected me for life - I still often do wander round the house wearing just my knickers and a t-shirt

cazzybabs · 11/11/2006 23:37

I myself don't have a problem with vest and knickers - neither would my dd.

When I did my teacher trainning a friend of mine (male with 2 children), because of parental pressure, was not allowed to watch his class changing for PE! FFS what will they do when there he has a class of his own. There was a thread on this a while ago - where it was felt girls/boys of primary age shoulc change seperatly. It was pointed out where is there space and who would supervise them.

I used to teach year 3 and they would wear t-shirts and shorts but while they were changing they would prade round the classroom in the pants looking for things. The ones that had skid marks where another matter though!

I am horrifed by the attitude of most people on here that children must wear PE clothes! But then I let my children in the public paddling pool naked and on the beach!

BTW Radley could it be that your dd1 said she hadn't got her kit in school? T%his happens to me - I cannot leave my classroom and the rest of the children to look for kit and so they either sit out or do it in their uniform.

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:37

No, that's my dear sister you are thinking of

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:38

Oops that last post was for Rhuby!

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:39

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

cazzybabs · 11/11/2006 23:45

Sorry soapbox I was so irrate I had to post - normally try and stay clear of threads like this!

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:46

Cazzybabs - I was just trying to disassociate my poor sister from having skid marks on her pants

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:48

Eh?

soapbox · 11/11/2006 23:53

Do keep up m'dear

I was replying to your 'lezzo' comment - saying that it was my sis you were thinking of.

Cazzybabs posted with her skid marks comment - and unfortunately (for my sis at least) my post to you ended up after hers. So it sounded as if I was saying it was my sis that she was thinking of who had the skid marks in her knickers?

Rhubarb · 11/11/2006 23:58

pmsl!

morningpaper · 12/11/2006 08:26

Nearlythree, I'm sorry that you felt I was ridiculing you. This is just a debate. Posters who say "I think X but I can't put my finger on why" can hardly expect people to nod and agree with your argument. I am just trying to bring this back to logic. We can't berate primary school teachers who are working their arses off for our children and then say "Well I can't put my finger on why." That isn't a reasonable way to think or behave.

I cannot see why anyone would object to this, except due to our hysterical British over-reaction to children and nudity, lovely instilled into us by our paedophile-obsessed media. The fact that one of the first few posts mentions "a male teacher" reveals this perfectly.

nearlythree · 12/11/2006 13:35

But MP, I can and did put my finger on why I wouldn't want this for my dcs, and it has nothing to do with potential paedophiles lurking in the school.

WideWebWitch · 12/11/2006 13:38

I can't be arsed to read this thread, tis v long, but I don't see the problem with 4yos in just pants. Ds was allowed on a beach in just pants at 4,5,6,7,8 etc and so will dd be.

nearlythree · 12/11/2006 13:53

WWW, I don't have a problem with nudie kids on the beach either. My dd2 is always in the buff (usually with a woolly hat on though) and my only objection is because she isn't potty trained. But for PE at school I think it is fairer on the sensitive dcs to have a PE kit, as well as teaching them what we wear, and for what, esp. as the school puts a lot of emphasis on 'wearing my uniform with pride' - the PE kit seems to be an extension of that.

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 12/11/2006 16:39

MorningPaper and TYRNannyOgg... you have both been talking complete and utter sense on this thread!

Still PMSL about covering the cat's shameful nipples...

motherinferior · 12/11/2006 16:53

I have no problem with pants. None whatsoever.