Newbie uniform help (shirts!)

[Closetlibrarian]

Stupid question possibly... DD starts reception in September. Her school requires 'shirts' (i.e. not polo shirts). Long sleeve or short sleeve is my question? Or both? She'll be wearing it under a pinafore, if that makes any difference. And they have a school jumper.

I know the sensible thing is to buy both, but the uniform costs seem to be spiralling wildly at the moment (even though it's just a bog-standard state primary) and I'd rather not pay for something she ends up not wearing at all.

I'd go short sleeve personally!

Cuffs can be difficult, for PE changes and get grubby very easily.

Also, she can wear a cardigan and coat if she gets too cold if she's too hot she can just take them off rather than having to contend with long sleeves.

By the end of the first term when she needs new ones you will know if she is fine in short sleeves or could do with some long!

Mine always have short sleeved so they don't get filthy cuffs

I'd go short, then she can just undo the top couple of buttons and take it off over her head like a polo shirt, also avoiding tricky cuff buttons and grubby cuffs. Easier to get a jumper on over short sleeves too.

Short sleeves. Otherwise she'll get soggy sleeves the first time she goes to the toilet every day, and they'll stay soggy. They'll get filthy too.
Short sleeves stay dry (ish, never underestimate the mess 4/5 yos can make in the bathroom!), and clean a lot longer.

Thanks both! We shall start with short-sleeve and see how we get on. Well, at least that's a tenner saved

Short-sleeves all the way - far less ironing and much easier for her to put on plus school classrooms are rarely cold so I doubt she will be either.

As a Teacher of YR then short sleeves. No fiddly cuffs, less ironing and no filthy cuffs as pp have already mentioned.

Plus YR still follow a play based curriculum, so still have a water tray, sand, paint, dough, clay etc. All much easier if child has short sleeves on, especially if they are apron refusers.