School uniform - logo or non-logo?

[lottieandmia]

My dd is starting a new school after Christmas. Apparently most of the children have logo polo shirts but I'm sure I've read on MN that logo stuff is stolen more often.

Also I've heard that Sainsbury's is very good for uniform. Any experience?

[Tomorrowillbeachicken]

My son also has SPD and there's dyspraxia in the family so that's possibly it.

[lottieandmia]

The school say that you can either have white shirts, white polo shirts with or without logo. They say that a lot of the children do have logo stuff but plenty don't. I think that logos might be a good idea on a school trip. We also have the option of buying a school coat with logo. Although since she still has a perfectly good coat that probably isn't necessary.

[funnyfoursome]

My DS is in Reception and the polo shirts are white so constantly filthy. I've bought some non-logo ones as a back up as the logo ones are a tenner each, but I'm definitely in the minority. There's no second hand uniform for sale which annoys me but to be honest it would be useless for the white polo shirts anyway

[lottieandmia]

Is SPD an autistic spectrum condition? i think my dd is quite likely to be on the spectrum although she had no language delay. It's very subtle at the moment but imo could be a problem at senior school.

[Tomorrowillbeachicken]

You don't always get the delay. It can be part of autism or it may not be.
My little brother has autism and is perpetually a five year old due to other special needs.
My son may be on the spectrum but from what I can gather his SPD/other physical issues may be down to his High IQ as hubbys is high and he had some issues growing up.

[vj32]

DS has almost all non-logo polo shirts. He has logo sweatshirts, all bought second hand other than one and one logo polo which was a gift from SIL with her JL staff discount when he started school. He does look fairly scruffy. But most of his polo shirts are stained after one wash. I can't buy him a new polo shirt every day! At least in winter he sometimes keeps his jumper on. School polos are something like £9 each, ones from supermarkets are about £1 each. Whoever thought it was a great idea to dress small boys in white tops clearly didn't have a small boy.

[smellyboot]

or a small girl... navy polo shirts would be a safer bet. I opt for £2 supermarket ones so I can have tons and not worry about washing constantly. Mine still wear them when stained as they all just get ruined eventually. Is that not the whole point ? lol

[Roomba]

I've never bought the logo polo shirts (DS1 always preferred to wear shirts anyway). DS2 gets so filthy I'd need about ten of them for him, which would cost a fortune!

I always bought the logo jumpers for DS1, and would be very annoyed when he lost them frequently. Then I had the revelation that I could buy non logo ones from the supermarket, not sure why it took me about four years to realise! Both boys have a logo jumper and a few non logo ones now - the logo ones go on for photo day, school trips etc.

Some kids at their school seem to have logo coats, PE hoodies, backpacks and all sorts. They must be made of money .

[drspouse]

SPD is thought to be a symptom of another issue. Most experts (except the person who made it up) won't diagnose as a separate disorder, only as part of another diagnosis.

[Sweetwater]

I don't buy the logo ones as they are so wide and the sleeves are like wings.

[Tomorrowillbeachicken]

Yes, but not necessarily autism.
My son has physical issues that weren't picked up until after the sensory issues.

[Rattusn]

I winter no one sees their polo shirts. In the summer they would be seen.

It's up to you. I bought a collection of logod Polo's, but they were only 3.50 each. I got a few more for winter without logos from Aldi.

[lottieandmia]

Well in the summer they wear summer dresses at this school. The main reason I would prefer non logo is because the material tends to be nicer and it looks more stylish on.

[Rattusn]

It's the in between weather when they are wearing polos and shorts/skirts/trousers that I'm thinking about. They won't be wearing either jumpers or summer dresses all year round. The material on both is exactly the same.

[elfonshelf]

Logo'd backpack, 1 logo polo and 1 logo pe-top (for school photos/teams etc) otherwise everything else is generic non-logo in school colours. DD's school are happy if kids turn up adequately dressed in the right colours, they don't care at all about logo'd uniform. Given the amount of clothes DD manages to get through in a week, I am thankful.

Asda and Sainsbury's do great polos and cardigans. Not a fan of M&S, but John Lewis's ones wear well too.

[lottieandmia]

Yes I see what you mean. Her old school cardigan was 100% acrylic though and the material was very stiff.

[flowery]

I started off not doing logo polo shirts but soon switched to logo as they are much better quality and need replacing much less frequently.

At the same time I learned the lesson about buying navy polo shirts rather than white....

[Mehfruittea]

I've bought plain polo shirts, and logo jumpers. After first term I need to replace 3 polo shirts due to felt tip stains. Really bad stains where they have retired to colour each other in!

To stop things getting nicked I use Attach-a-tag. it has his name printed on a plastic button that you use with a hand held machine, it works like a store security tag. I put them along the seams of clothes or the front of a pocket for his school coat. Unless you have the little machine to take the button off again, a thief would need to cut it out of the clothes. A coat would look very obvious if the pocket was cut open, and the jumper would have a hole in the side if the tag was cut off at the seam. It also makes labelling the clothes really easy!

[lottieandmia]

I've heard about attach a tag - sounds very good.

[MadisonAvenue]

I used to get no logo items when my boys were at primary school. A school jumper from M&S was half the price of the poor quality logo sweatshirts and still looked decent at the end of the school year unlike the sweatshirts which looked washed out by the end of the first half term.