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MissAdventure Thu 04-Jun-20 00:37:36

Maybe they aren't?
Grandson has been going because I'm a key worker.

I've no idea what other arrangements are in place for those returning, or not, as the case may be.

suziewoozie Thu 04-Jun-20 00:22:06

I didn’t realise any Secondary schools were going back yet.

MissAdventure Thu 04-Jun-20 00:10:26

It does all seem rather petty to me.
I'm sure they could let things slide for a few weeks.

Allegretto Thu 04-Jun-20 00:07:20

Given the current circumstances, this is an unreasonable request and the notice is too short. I would contact the school tomorrow and have a chat about it. There has been discussion amongst school leaders about the advantage of allowing pupils to wear their own clothes to allow for washing. I think that is a valid point to raise. It seems shameful that their rule about uniforms might result in some pupils, who would be attending, to not be in school.

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:52:02

It's a secondary school.

suziewoozie Wed 03-Jun-20 23:50:40

Is this an academy chain school ? Primary children with embossed badges on blazers? Really ?

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:36:25

Oh yes, clean clothes is an excellent point.
I'm certainly not buying 4 or 5 of everything just for a couple of weeks wear!

Luckygirl Wed 03-Jun-20 23:35:26

Most schools are not doing this - in fact children are being encouraged to arrive in new clothes each day so that the ones they have worn can be washed. No children have a week's stack of uniform to wear fresh each day.

V3ra Wed 03-Jun-20 23:34:06

I'd query this ruling with the governing body and the local authority.
Even those children in the year groups that have been invited back to school do not have to go.
The letters home from our local schools stress that if families would rather not send the children back, for whatever reason, that's fine and there will be no penalties imposed.
Some schools have said that no uniform is to be worn because they want children to wear clean clothes each day.

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:33:44

The school is usually very good, but the tone of this letter is awful, so I'm torn between trying to comply, and just giving up!

Plus, 6 days a week I have gone out to work, wearing a mask, waiting hours for buses, and so on.

I really don't feel inclined to do it on my one day off.

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:29:20

I'll need him to try on everything, because he is quite sturdy (putting it politely!)
Shoes, he will need to try on.
I think he has gone from a size 5 to a size 8 in the last few weeks, and I don't drive.

B9exchange Wed 03-Jun-20 23:24:15

You can buy anything on Amazon, including uniform! Or order from M & S and click and collect?

Doodle Wed 03-Jun-20 23:16:00

I’m not surprised you’re annoyed. Could you email the school back and tell them your predicament and ask if they know anywhere you can get a second hand uniform for the few remaining weeks of term. It’s ridiculous really.

Callistemon Wed 03-Jun-20 23:12:58

Battery fading.

Can you let anything out or down?
He won't be the only one though

Buying new shoes would annoy me for just a few weeks, I bet they won't fit him in September.

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:03:06

He doesn't have to wear his tie, which is probably all that will fit him.

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 23:01:30

I don't know any of the parents at the school.
What a total pain in the arse!

Yes, new shoes needed,the ruddy blazer with the school crest on it.
I haven't even got time to put him on a diet. angry

Callistemon Wed 03-Jun-20 22:57:50

There may be many who have grown out of their uniforms, their school shoes, during lockdown and insisting they have the full kit for the few weeks left of the summer term is expecting too much.

Welsh schools will re-open at the end of June, taking a third of of pupils at a time so that each pupil will get 6 or 7 days of schooling before the holidays begin.
New uniform, new school shoes for 6 or 7 days? Then to find they have grown again by September?

I can see a lot of pupils not going back to school.
Especially if they have to travel on public transport like my DGC.

Could you borrow some?

MissAdventure Wed 03-Jun-20 22:47:16

I had an email and letter from the school today,which says as from Monday, pupils must wear full uniform.

Failure to do so will result in the child being kept in the lobby, and arrangements being made to send them straight home.

Now, grandsons uniform most definitely won't fit him, so where am I supposed to go on Sunday to buy it all again?