Irritated by primary teacher. Only day 3!

[Sokmonsta]

So following the letter asking that all school uniform was labelled, I spent a short amount of time screwing in name buttons from attach a tag on all Dd's school clothes. Only for her to be picked up by daddy today to be told by teacher 'I've had to write her name in her cardigan'. On the bloody label the attach a tag name tag is fixed to. Bloody blind or what? I don't like writing on my kids clothes, partly cos we have 4 kids who will be in the same primary, so handing down and it's easy to change the attach a tag labels, partly cos I want to pass it on if anything is servicable afterwards and it saves embarrassment for the recipient. Oh well. Guess I'll have to show her teacher next week to save her writing in everything!

Fair enough. I think I'm more annoyed at hubby not taking the time to show her there and then, rather than leaving it until he got home to tell me. You have a valid point that they have many children to check so won't be too pissed when I speak to her Monday. Will make light of it but show her otherwise she will be writing in all of dd's clothes!

she WROTE in your dd's cardigan? Cheek!

Grab her anorak and write 'twit' in it.

What are attach a tag screw in labels? [intrigued]

OUr Reception teacher writes names on the labels of every unnamed piece of clothing she finds, simply to stop parents moaning when she is unable to identify their child's unnamed jumper from the 10 other identical ones that are left behind at the end of the day! SHe has probably never seen screw in labels!

I was a reception teacher for a long time. I wouldn't dream of writing in a child's uniform and am shocked by this! Yes uniforms get misplaced and yes it's annoying if you get an earful because of it but I would never ever have done this and you have every right to be annoyed. If I saw there wasn't a name I would have nicely asked for one to be out in. There is a lot of teacher bashing in here that makes me but in this instance I am totally with you. Don't shout at them though! But perhaps explain your system and ask it doesn't happen again.

I was a reception teacher for a long time and always wrote names on all un-named clothes ... OP it washes out after only a few washes so will be long gome before you are ready to pass it on.

Not come across those tags yet at school. At teh end of lunch time an MTA may be rounding up 10 jumpers. IF the name is clearly written/ printed on an obvious label that we find first try the jumper may make it way to the correct classroom. all others go in lost property box.

Until attach-a-tag become more the norm, expect lots to end up in lost property! You scan each part of the garment for about a millisecond looking for familiar pen or name labels. I've even ignored a sew-in label done in fancy script because I thought it was part of the manufacturer's label.

I would write on an unnamed item, especially if it was lost at morning break. Will save time after PE and at lunchtime!

I am an infant teacher and would also never dream of writing a child's name in an item of clothing. I don't think the teacher has any right to write on your child's personal property. I would speak to the teacher and point out that you had in fact named your child's clothing as requested and explain that you did not want their name to be written on the label so that your other children could wear them when they no longer fitted this child. It might make them think twice about doing it again!

As all parents have been requested to label all clothes before the start of term, I think the class teacher is perfectly within his/her rights to write a child's initials on a label.

The attach a tag will not wash off as it is a name etched onto a plastic tag. The OP said the tag was attached to the label that the teacher wrote on - not a very observant teacher then!

Sorry but your child's teacher has much better things to really care about than this!!

She's not 'bloody blind', she's busy working. However, it sounds like she has tried her best to make sure your child keeps their item of clothing and it doesn't end up lost. So she missed a tag?! And?!?!

vodkaanddietirnbru I meant the teacher's writing on the clothing label will wash off not the tag

As a teacher, I've never written in children's clothing.
I do a quick scan for names, then I shove it in a bag to go to lost property. Our school info says 'clearly labelled' so I also put in anything that has a few blurred blobs of biro after 6 weeks washing and no discernible name.
If that means a parent or child has to spend time digging through skanky stuff to find something, then it underlines the reason for the rule.
Pairs of Y5 spend about 5 minutes after lunch returning labelled abandoned items from the playground to the children.

Another teacher here who has, and would again, write a child's name in a cardi for them. In doing this the teacher isn't wrecking a child's property but is being helpful and preventing the child losing their cardigan.
Having just looked at the attacha tags I'm not sure I'd have spotted them in a hurry!
There are always far too many parents who don't bother putting names on and then moan (at their child or at the teacher) when things get lost that it becomes a priority to get things named in a hurry in school. See it as the teacher being helpful and trying to save you money rather than something to be upset at her for.

Just as an aside, I for one am not remotely embarrassed by my DC wearing second hand uniform either passed on from friends with older DCs, or bought at PTA second hand sales.

It totally makes sense and I feel lucky to have kind friends who pass things on

If she wrote on the tag where the attach-a-tag was - then she was being blind.

OP - just tell her that you use attach-a-tags and that you will not be handwriting in clothing as the clothing is going to be passed on to others.

She was trying to do you a favour.

I just write our surname on the clothes labels - that way tags/iron-on/sew-on labels can't be removed by light fingered parents who take a fancy to my DDs cardigans, and it's no problem to pass clothing down to their siblings.

Storm in a teacup IMO.

they could just cut out the clothes label! I use iron on and they cannot be removed - when passing down from dd to ds I just iron his name label over the top of hers.

Our parents have the option of having the child's name embroidered on the uniform. The embroidery is in the same colour as the sweatshirt or shirt and located near the hem so not obvious. Those with more than one child opt for surnames only.

WofflingOn - you sound like me!

I don't think attach-a-tags are widely used, they look quite small, and I see how they could be overlooked. I think labels sewn or ironed on to the garment itself, or names written onto the garment itself, are the safest way of making sure the name stays on and will not be missed.

The teacher didn't see the tag, and propel won't expect to see something lik that. I thinking the long run, having a different labelling system might be the best bet.

I wouldn't write on somebody elses clothes but it sounds like she was trying to do you a favour. I don't think recipients of hand-me-downs are especially embarrassed by pen labels, it is, after all, fairly common to pass on school uniform. My dd2 currently has PE shoes with five different kids names in them.

It's very easy to miss/overlook labels when you are attempting to reunite 30 sweatshirts with their small owners at the end of the day.