Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Akiko wrote: > Personally, I wish > the schools would come down heavily and make them all wear exactly > the same, down to regulation knickers! I don't know what it's like in Perth, WA, where Debbie is but here in Melbourne seeing the schools come out is like being in an episode of Home and Away or Neighbours - checked cotton dresses in summer and striped or checked skirts with shirts and blazers in winter. Boys look funny in the skirts ;-)))) Boys seem to wear shorts a lot in the summer even up to age 17/18. Primary schools often have school sweatshirt and in summer a school polo shirt. The school bags are brilliant - backpack style with waist straps to carry the load properly and with the school logo/emblem whatever on. There was an item on, I think, Oprah, back in Jan (start of school year here) where they talked about the importance of a good bag for children, who apparently shouldn't be carrying more than 15% of their own body weight and this is easily reached with heavy books, sports equip etc. The Oprah thing featured a bag made Lands End IIRC which was a backpack which could also go on wheels for when it's too heavy. I've seen similar here by Timberland and Urchin www.urchin.co.uk have one too - in pre-school and suitable for older children. -- Sue Melbourne, VIC, Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Akiko Hickey wrote: > Both my girls are in uniform in their secondary schools and altho' it > does make life easier to a certain extent, I wish " uniform " actually > meant they all wore exactly the same! My school uniform was really strict - all bought from the same shop etc. - substitutes not accepted and it looked smart because we all looked the same. The local schools here don't have such a strict uniform code and the children look a bit of a mess! When we were in Australia I loved the fact that they seem to have a strict uniform code and I thought the summer dresses the girls (including secondary school girls) wore were in most cases both attractive and practical. http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Well I went to an all girls catholic school, we wore green blazers, green and purple tartan kilts green socks and kickers and purple blouses no tie. Sounds awful but was ok. Tupman Mum to Matt 13, 10, Jonty 22 months & Phil 36 NCT Houseswap Register Coordinator Go placidly amidst noise and haste. Why not visit www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com Or go shopping with NCT Maternity Sales www.nctms.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Personally, I wish > the schools would come down heavily and make them all wear exactly > the same, down to regulation knickers! Now this brings back the memory of my convent days of us all lining up in the playground facing the wall and bending over so the nuns could check we had our navy knickers on! I used to wear flowery ones " underneath " my navy ones! hehehe ))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Personally, I wish > the schools would come down heavily and make them all wear exactly > the same, down to regulation knickers! Now this brings back the memory of my convent days of us all lining up in the playground facing the wall and bending over so the nuns could check we had our navy knickers on! I used to wear flowery ones " underneath " my navy ones! hehehe ))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Re: Re: School uniforms > Akiko wrote: > > Personally, I wish > > the schools would come down heavily and make them all wear exactly > > the same, down to regulation knickers! > > I don't know what it's like in Perth, WA, where Debbie is but here in > Melbourne seeing the schools come out is like being in an episode of > Home and Away or Neighbours - checked cotton dresses in summer and > striped or checked skirts with shirts and blazers in winter. Boys > look funny in the skirts ;-)))) Boys seem to wear shorts a lot in the > summer even up to age 17/18. Primary schools often have school > sweatshirt and in summer a school polo shirt. Well here in sunny Cyprus the girls all wear blue and white dresses (checked, striped whatever) sandals and socks, and in the winter they should wear grey pinafore or skirt with white polo and school sweatshirt. Honestly though the winter period is so short, often the girls just carry on wearing their summer uniform with the sweatshirt over. The boys wear beige shorts and white polo shirts, and a lot of the kids (girls and boys) wear bondu boots which are cream suede boots, essential for walking over the bondu (scrubland) as snakes live there. The girls are allowed to wear the boys school uniform too if they like. It is fairly relaxed because there are so many kids arriving and leaving at odd times in the year, so really any school summer dress goes. But I was outside the school the other day when they were out playing and just to have them all in light coloured summer uniform looked so nice. But our biggest boon is the school bus. Its too hot for the little kids to walk home now - so we have an air-conditioned bus pick them up from the end of the street, and drop them back at lunchtime. Fantastic even though the school is only a mile away, as it means taking her to school takes about 5 minutes and I get a good natter in with the other mums in the street. It is at this time we all decide what we are doing in the afternoon and catch up on other events going on too. It is fab, even though the street can be a bit cliquey. Me, not in on the clique yet, but I am relaxed about it - it may never happen. And people move around so much here, we will just have got settled and a new person will move in and I won't be the new girl any more. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 > Now this brings back the memory of my convent days of us all lining up in > the playground facing the wall and bending over so the nuns could check we > had our navy knickers on! > I used to wear flowery ones " underneath " my navy ones! hehehe ))) > > Yes we had 'greens' and white liners, but ssubstitited anything we could get away with. Also needed 24 cotton hankies in the trunks, all with name tapes sewn on! We had to go to Matron every morning before breaakfast & show her our nails & hold our hanky under neath (to show we`d got one). Trick with the nails(if you were trying to grow them )was ti hold fingers out straight & pointing upwards. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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