possibly outing situation but wanted opinions please.
it was my sons (year 4, age 8) school photo day yesterday, message from the school a couple of days ago with a reminder saying please arrive at school on time and in the correct school uniform.
sent ds to school as normal, black shoes and trousers and school polo T-shirt. When he came home he has said that the photo is awful as the head teacher made anyone not wearing a jumper or one without the school logo to borrow one from the school so he was forced to wear one which was tight and too small for the picture. He has said all but one boy, who they couldn’t get a jumper to fit was made to wear them by the head teacher.
I haven’t done or said anything yet and will probably wait to see a mock up of the image to see if this is all true but it feels wrong to me. i am not that parent who moans, never spoken to the head teacher and only spoken to his teacher at parents evening but does anyone else feel like it’s not right? Surely if they wanted jumpers worn they should have sent a message saying so, but my son doesn’t even own a jumper, never has since the first year as doesn’t wear them and it’s never been an issue for the previous school photos although this is a new head teacher this year.
would I be unreasonable to raise this or is it just petty and I should forget about it?
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Schoolphoto · 20/05/2022 10:35
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MargaretThursday · 20/05/2022 19:06
Actually I wish they'd done that when I was at school. Our school photos had 14 little girls wearing the school green cardi, and one in grey.
Looking back it's clear to me that she was wearing that because they couldn't afford the logoed stuff. I know at times she did feel different, and I think she'd have loved to have been loaned a jumper so that, for once, she could have felt the same as everyone else.
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