TOP TIPS FOR OUTFITS, STARTING SCHOOL SEPTEMBER.

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dd school doesnt have a uniform, will she need loads of outfits or shall i buy 5 and stick to them?
any definately nots?
shall i get proper school shoes or casual?
how many coats?
any tips appreciated, away most of august so trying to get my head together.

Buy stuff you won't mind being ruined

Buy mix-and-match things. They have uniform but DSs manage with 3 trousers, 5 polo shirts, 4 sweatshirts and one coat (1 winter coat and 1 light weight rain coat actually).

Any robust shoe/trainer should be fine. Depends what colour the clothes are. Dark school shoes might look odd.

dd1 has one winter coat, one mac, one lighter summer jacket.

2 cardigans
1 skirt, 1 pinafore dress, 1 pair trousers
Enough tops for each day

She has 2 school summer dresses she is wearing now as well, but could have managed without - all the girls wear them though in the nice weather.

TOP TIP....

Get yourself on the PTA or elected a parent governor as soon as you can and campaign for uniform to be introduced.

Yes, get a uniform sorted!

We have (for DS):
2 pairs of trousers (one being an emergency hand me down!)
2 school sweatshirts (ditto with no. 2!)
5 polo shirts

It sort of depends how messy DC is. DS1 was fairly clean thus I didn't need a second sweatshirt til Y1 for him whereas DS2 goes through 2 sweatshirts a week most weeks.

MIx and match, easy to wash, preferrably non iron. Get good shoes, they are in them all day 5 days a week. One coat is all that is necessary, preferabbly dark and waterproof/warm with a hood.

Also make sure the clothes are easy for her to undo etc for going to the toilet and getting changed for PE.

thanks everyone,apparently its been to vote recently on uniform and lost.lotsof victim mums im afraid, right get list ready.