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Post by corkwing on Dec 10, 2014 9:01:52 GMT
We had a letter from school. They're doing a Christmas jumper non-uniform day. But there's no pressure to go out and buy one.
Well, maybe not from school, but what about the kids?
We have got away with it but it has taken literally hours of our time in negotiation, getting the kids to do jobs to earn the money that they have to pay, spending a small amount of money to buy things for Kermit to attach to Sprat's t-shirt, sewing them on to safety pins...
Grrrrr
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2014 9:47:25 GMT
I agree Corkwing, I hate the way schools are jumping on the bandwagon of silly commercial dress up days. I know there are lots of "bad taste Christmas sweaters" in places like Primark etc, but I refuse to pay out £10 - £15 for a tasteless jumper that I know DD will never ever wear again, especially as money is very tight at the moment. I would rather give a donation of money to charity than promote more waste in our disposable society. Whatever happened to the Christian ethos of giving to the needy at Christmas, and that's coming from a pro-lapsed Catholic who does not attend church. What message are schools giving to our children, pressure to dress like an idiot and then throw it in the bin. Only saving grace I have is both my DD's have always hated dressing up days and neither of them want to take part. They will just dangle a bit of tinsle around their necks like a scarf and leave it at that and have a laugh at all the other kids who wear the ridiculous garish sweaters and pay a £1 donation for the privilege.  |
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Post by corkwing on Dec 10, 2014 10:09:14 GMT
I think that we forget to think. It's billed as being for charity. It's 50p if you wear something Christmassy and £1 if you wear normal clothes. And presumably nothing if you go in school uniform. So there will be parents who go out and pay £10-£15 for a jumper so they can send their children in with 50p to give to the charity.
I'm struggling with the maths here...
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Post by runmum on Dec 10, 2014 10:53:56 GMT
Yes we have had this rubbish too. In the end we went for buying an expensive Christmas jumper that they have both already worn and will wear again (£10 x 2 plus £1 x 2 for the Primark version for 1 wear and a guilty conscience because of the exploitation or spend £25x2 plus £1 x 2 for a more fair trade version that will be worn at least 10 times.) You are right Corkwing even with the expensive version the maths is rubbish pay loads of money for a Christmas jumper then pay more money for the privilege! See my post on Christmas fun for more on the bonkers theme of Christmas at school - there's a whole script for nativity 4, 5 and 6 in this somewhere!!!!
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Post by topcat on Dec 11, 2014 14:08:15 GMT
Agree, agree! Ours is tomorrow and I was really holding out to put Benny in her rather too small only actual "jumper" - nothing terribly Christmasy but I have now given in to the fear of it "not being right" and got a supermarket red and white number...£11 and she pays £1 to charity tomorrow for the privilege of wearing it.
Like you say, Corkwing, it's not like there's "no pressure", I want the kids to feel included and they want to be like everybody else. Schools have no idea what goes on behind the scenes on days like these.
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