Nursery, how grown up!

[tallbint]

Thomas and Emily now go to nursery every afternoon, and are going to the nursery in my old primary school. Hopefully (find out in May) will get into the preschool there from Sept as they love it and is just around the corner. Downside of bring in school is full school uniform and as Emily is not yet fully in 2-3 size and the compulsory logo sweater

Comments

[san_valentine]

It seems a very young age for a child of any gender to be wearing a tie. Surely high school is quite old enough ?

[tallbint]

I hate the idea of girls having to wear ties, so very unfeminine to my mind and hard enough to get Emily to wear a uniform without throwing in a tie as well.

For both it is preferred from three and compulsary from 3 and a half. If they stay in the same catchment they will be wearing it every day until they leave high school as a teenager.

I like the idea of schoool uniform but to enforce it from 3 seems harsh, especially when they enforce a school logo top but only sell this (at a tenner each) from size 3-4, Emily has to roll up the sleeves three times! We had to take up her school trousers 2 and a half inches poor lass although I finally found a dress she likes in Matalan as they stock from 2-3 size, Asda and Tesco only go from 3-4.

[rich_jacko]

Boys and girls wore ties from age 4 at my school, and it never did us any harm! *twitch*

[san_valentine]

We didn't have a set uniform at infant or junior shcool. From what I remember of infant school photos, we could wear pretty much anything. I know I'm wearing a red and navy blue frock in one photo, and I think something dark with flowers in another. At junior school the colours were more restricted, I think. I remember I had dresses one summer in blue and white stripes, and green and white stripes.

I think high school was the first time we had an actual uniform. Ties and blazers were compulsory for boys, but optional for girls. I saw no point in a tie, and have never worn one in my life. I had a blazer though - it was warm, and the many pockets were useful.

[edy_]

Ditto.

Only 'benefit' is I know how to tie a tie, for whatever that's worth.

I'm in 2 minds about uniforms. On the one hand they prevent 'one up manship' over latest fashions and it's a quick way to tell which school a child belongs to. On the other, they can be expensive and most jobs don't need one so it doesn't prepare you for work (a reason for uniforms that I've heard).

I wasn't bothered about my tie (we wore it with the narrow side out and the fat end tucked into our shirts cos it was the 80s). I was more bothered about why I couldn't wear trousers in winter (girls had to wear skirts).

[rich_jacko]

I always secretly liked my uniform precisely because it got rid of the fashion one-upmanship problem. I guess the preparation for work theory is more about being used to dressing smartly, rather than wearing an actual uniform per se.

I was never bothered about the tie. Blazers were useful. Girls had it easy with skirts (and tights) in the winter - Up until the end of juniors boys had to wear shorts all year round.