Help looking for a boys coat to go over a school blazer....

[Dickorydockwhatthe]

Ds starts year 7 in September so this is all new to us!!! I am looking for something for ds to wear over his blazer when it is raining. He has to catch 2 buses so lots of standing around and waiting and I don't want him having to wear a wet blazer all day!!!

[user7755]

Ours aren't allowed to wear coats on school grounds and there's nowhere to keep their coats. DS took a coat once and lost it - took me going into school to get it back. I just leave him to go without it now.

[228agreenend]

DS 1 will wear his Superdry coat in freezing conditions, and that's it. Ds2 only wears a coat when it's bucketing down. Neither routinely carry coats
Or pack amass, and it's only in 'severe weather warning' weather that they concede.

Palin pencil cases, or maybe one with a sports logo at most.

[rosesarered9]

In my experience, secondary kids NEVER wear coats.

[GasLightShining]

My DC's uniform was a jumper rather than a blazer and they still never wore a coat. Hoodies weren't allowed but were taken off before they got off the bus. DD did use an umbrella but DS didn't bother

[redskytonight]

DS has small umbrella + bag to put it in. There genuinely isn't room in his locker for a coat unless it could fold down very small (not something you want to do in a teeny space with a wet coat).

He has a plastic wallet for his pens etc, though he mostly just keeps them in his blazer pocket. My DS wasn't that bothered about following the crowd until he started secondary - he still isn't really but there are some things that are apparently a huge no!

[lovelybangers]

DS is now 18 - he did not once wear a coat in 5 years of blazer wearing. Even in snow, freezing temps and rain. The only compromise was to wear a thermal baselayer if there was ice outside.

He didn't wear the jumpers either - in fact I saw only ahandful of Y7 wearing the jumper underneath the blazer - everyone else just had the shirt.

Pencil case - my DS did use a pencil case -it was a plain black one - quite large to fit in all his maths stuff and calculator.

[Verbena37]

If he doesn't wear a winter coat, you could always go for some extra base layers instead.

[prettybird]

Another one who suggests a plain pack-a-mac to be kept at the bottom of their school bag never to be seen again

Plain pencil case too - see through one is a good idea. Think ds has an old red one that came with something else.

[BertPuttocks]

He sounds a lot like my DS was when he started Yr7. :o

I'd suggest one of those plain transparent pencil cases, purely because he will be less likely to lose everything else when rummaging through it to find a pencil sharpener.

I'd also have a small mountain supply of plain biros at home to put in his blazer pocket every morning to replace the ones that he will almost certainly have lost the day before.

[cece]

He has a Hype bag.

[cece]

I have just asked DS1 who has just finished Y7.

He said he uses his pencil case. I asked him which is best and he said either a circle shaped one or hard case as they fit in your bag best. I think he means the barrel shaped one.

He does not wear a coat to school over his blazer. He does, however, have a plain navy umbrella for torrential downpours.

[catsilversilk]

OP Mine didn't tend to follow the crowd either - but it is a jungle out there and sadly it is reasonably likely that 'fitting in' will suddenly become a lot more important to him. I have an unused pack a mac and an unworn coat here from Yr7, not going to bother this year as that was a waste of money! Plain or surfy pencil cases here too - Star Wars a definite no no!

[Dickorydockwhatthe]

Ds is very disorganise so I think a plain one or cheap one will do then. I can't really remember boys having pencil cases at school tbh mainly the girls and the boys asking to borrow a pen. He's not too fussed on fashion and still plays with figures which is fine but I've said he may need to do it on the hush. I'm trying to get him into clothes etc so he has some kind of fashion sense compared to his dad

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

Well if he is happy to wear a coat and have a Star Wars pencil case it's fine.
Ask him what he wants

My ds2 went into year 7 last year. He didn't wear a coat because he had no where to put it once he got to school- and because he "doesn't need a coat"
I bought him a plain pencil case but after a week he started carrying his stuff in his blazer pocket

[Dickorydockwhatthe]

Geez I feel sorry ds he has some growing up to do!!! If I'm perfectly honest he'd probably be quite happy to wear a coat or have a Star Wars pencil case he doesn't tend to follow the crowd

[eyebrowsonfleek]

Pencil cases - go for something plain. My son carries pens in his blazer pocket but has a clear pencil case from WH Smith.

[eyebrowsonfleek]

The only time I've seen my teen son wear a coat to school is if it's snowing. (He still procrastinated about taking a coat on those days. )

If you're going to buy one get something in a dark colour and lightweight as they are going to be carried around a lot. It's very unusual to wear one even though boys round here happily wear hoodies at weekends.

[TheSecondOfHerName]

Or a Vans pencil case would also work. But unbranded is fine.

[TheSecondOfHerName]

No to StarWars.
Plain pencil case is fine. DS3 (just finished Y7) has a Quiksilver one. Hype is a popular brand for bags; do they do pencil cases?

[Dickorydockwhatthe]

Really?? I cannot think of anything of worse then sitting in wet clothes all day. I guess I will buy a cheap tesco pac a mac then. Also what type of pencil case would you buy a boy?? I'm guessing some thing like Star Wars is out or is that seen as acceptable??

[littledrummergirl]

What everyone else said. A cheap packamac to live in the bottom of his bag.

[TeenAndTween]

Black pack-a-mac.

Hoodies banned at our school.