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School Photos - it's all kicking off!

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pretentiousrubberduck · 27/09/2021 20:30

My daughters school had their individual and sibling photos today. Unfortunately, the school didn't let any parents know, so many of them sent children in without proper uniform, in dirty jumpers, messy hair etc. The school emailed at the end of the day, apologising profusely, and said they had made sure everyone had the correct (and clean) uniform and neat hair for the photos. Well, it's all kicking off on the school fb page. Am I the only person that thinks that you should be sending your child in in clean and tidy uniform anyway, regardless of the day? Especially as it's a Monday (I'd understand if it was later in the week and you'd run out of clean uniform!). The school are getting slated on social media, although nothing like this has happened before. I feel a bit sorry for them.

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CarryOnNurse20 · 27/09/2021 20:33

How ridiculous. I understand if maybe you’d have put them in the school emblem jumper instead of the Asda own or whatever but every day children should look neat and tidy. That says a lot about the parents imo.

MayorGoodwaysChicken · 27/09/2021 20:35

I guess sales will plummet this year and they’ll remember to tell people next year! I’d be irritated as while my kids would always be basically clean, I would take the time to go nicer hairstyles etc. A lot of grandparents and older relatives really love the school pictures so it’s a shame not to have done it all properly and given parents the chance to make photos as nice as possible. Not sure I’d have the energy to get any more excited than that though, given all else going on in the world!

Sally872 · 27/09/2021 20:35

My children are never sent to school dirty or with messy hair.

However they are especially smart on photo day. I would be disappointed.

Bigassbeebuzzbuzz · 27/09/2021 20:36

Hmm I can sort of see both sides. When I know its picture day I might do their hair a bit nicer and make them clean their teeth BEFORE getting dressed to stop spillages but apart from that it doesnt really matter, most times I forget till the dc bring them home anyway

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 27/09/2021 20:37

How bizarre.
Saying that, my younger DD (yr4) needs to wear PE kit three days a week (2 games lessons, one Forest school). Elder DD twice a week. So if it was one of those days, I would be rather annoyed. Although last term they purposefully cancelled PE for that reason.

Timeforabiscuit · 27/09/2021 20:38

I gave up by year 3 anyway, they were always clean but never managed neat!

TipseyTorvey · 27/09/2021 20:39

School photos are meant to be terrible surely? 😊. I agree though, some notice would be better but honestly it doesn't matter that much now we all have smart phones that can do depth of field etc. Just get kids spruced up at home and snap away. In the 70s when I was at school this might be your only photo not so nowadays.

Hercisback · 27/09/2021 20:41

I can see the parents point. My kid has some school uniform that is stained but 'clean' which he wears because I refuse to buy new stuff 3 weeks into term. I'd have sent him in an unstained jumper. The same with (particularly) girls hair, sometimes parents like it tied back to look nice.

FlyingFlamingo · 27/09/2021 20:41

Do they not need permission? We have to consent to school photos. Ours were today and dd wasn’t included because I didn’t sign the form (I won’t be buying them so I didn’t see the point. I’m also still a little annoyed that last year they allowed photos to go ahead when school wasn’t meant to be allowing any visitors due to Covid. I couldn’t go in but the photographers could have access to 200 children during a pandemic )

Biancadelrioisback · 27/09/2021 20:44

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At ours you sign a permission form at the start of the year which lasts throughout unless you withdraw permission.

desperatelyseekingcaffeine · 27/09/2021 20:45

To be honest I'd be mildly annoyed - mine have a variety of uniform from brand new and spotless, to some with pen marks or a little bit on the large or small side. I'd have made sure the best stuff went on, and my daughter's hair was as tamed as it can ever be!

Don't think I'd have put an actual complaint in, but would have moaned on the WhatsApp group!

Basing this on forgetting sibling photos earlier in the week and getting them back with son's hands lost inside his new (too long) blazer arms and daughter's hair looking like she'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. Was irritated at myself for forgetting then forgot all about it - till now!

mnahmnah · 27/09/2021 20:49

My DC always go into school in clean, non-stained uniform. However, the eldest has crazy hair that I just don’t have time to take on a normal morning. On a school photo day I always wet and comb it though, so yes I would be annoyed that I didn’t know

mnahmnah · 27/09/2021 20:50

*tame

Dinoroaraus · 27/09/2021 20:54

I would have been annoyed. If you have 2 uniforms you might want them to wear the newer one. If they have greasy hair you might have timed hair wash day. I'd just buy a copy anyway but not bother for grandparents etc.

Dinoroaraus · 27/09/2021 20:55

I wouldn't be furious just a bit like oh that wasn't the best use of the session.

Megistotherium · 27/09/2021 20:59

Agree with you, OP. I have never sent my dc in any different form on photo day from any other days.

Mandy8888 · 27/09/2021 21:02

I assume the ones moaning send their kids in untidy, if that's the norm then accept that's your photo, is nice to be informed but not end of world

TinselTitsAndGlitteryBits · 27/09/2021 21:03

If they've sent their children to school in such a state that the pictures would be embarrassing, the parents have only themselves to blame.

I wouldn't dream of sending my child to school in dirty uniform or with messy hair. She looks the same on picture day as she does every other sodding day of the school year.

Having a pop at the school because you've sent your child in looking a tramp is unbelievable. It's not as if they need a full face of make up/hairstylist/brand new clothes for these pictures, they just need to look normal - as they should for school.

Smartness is just not as much of a thing nowadays.

Littlepaws18 · 27/09/2021 21:06

If something is stained it's not clean- just putting that out there!!!

This happened to us last year, my daughter has unruly hair which if it's a special day like photo day, I spend a long time plaiting and brushing and pinning into something that looks tame. Other days it's brushed back in a ponytail, which looks reasonable at the beginning of the day, but by the end she looks like a disaster! So her last photo was disaster hair and if that's not enough they made them pose with hands folded in a gangsta style! The photographer lost a lot of money that day!

Today too was the new photo day- spent ages taming her hair and when we were walking back I asked her how she posed- again it was arms folded at an angle- I doubt this will be a photo I purchase! One year it might work out!!!

Legomania · 27/09/2021 21:11

Some kids get mucky fast! DS put his school jumper on fresh out of the dryer at 8am today and by 8.17 when we were walking down the road I noticed he had somehow managed to stain it. Had it been photo day I would have packed wet wipes/rushed back to change.

TrashPanda · 27/09/2021 21:12

If something is stained it's not clean- just putting that out there!!!

Of course it can be. Whiteboard pens are a bloody nightmare for staining white polo shirts and there is no way I'm replacing barely worn tops because kids don't always pay attention to where the pen is pointing.

I wouldn't be disappointed, my lot can't smile on demand so always look a bit crazy, so I never buy them but I can absolutely see why people would be. We've always got a spare jumper from last year or the top with the pen marks that would be avoided with notice.

Hercisback · 27/09/2021 21:14

If something is stained it's not clean- just putting that out there!!!

Yes it is, I'm not buying new jumpers and polo shirts weekly because my kid gets board pen, paint, dirt etc all over them. What a waste of world resources.

IngridTails · 27/09/2021 21:15

They still take school photos?

Gumbomambo · 27/09/2021 21:18

Yes he goes in wearing clean, ironed uniform, hair brushed, face washed, teeth clean, shoes shined and all tucked in. He doesn’t come home in that state and delights in pulling a Bruce Forsyth chin on all pictures. The headmaster is quite hot on smartness and school pride though, a lot of parents get quite angry that he won’t allow nail polish, make up and multicoloured hair colours. It’s kids from 7 to 11 and a bit of care for their own appearance and standards is quite a good thing.

HelpingToHelpHer · 27/09/2021 21:23

My DD likes a specific uniform for photos which I always have one thats not too short/stained/faded in her wardrobe so the chances are she'd not pose for a photo anyway if we weren't told as she's not in her "photo" uniform (It's just a pinafore and polo but she loves it for photos says she looks "dorable in it)

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