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Report RE: Uniforms
Original Post
RE: Uniforms - 17-06-09 17:25
I run a pre-school and we supply our new children with a t-shirt which 9/10 wear to the setting. We also have sweatshirts for sale. Parents like the uniform because they are smart looking and are easy to wash. Children like them as they fell they 'belong' to the group.
Uniforms work out cheaper for wash and wear than regular clothes. The average child wears a uniform for 9 months of the year and probably only replaces it once during that time (or not at all!)
My staff are supplied with tabards in the setting. It's not compulsory but very practical and keeps our clothes cleaner. Pockets for pens, obs notes and rubber gloves. All staff also wear a name badge.We find that the new children settle better when staff can be easily identified by a uniform.
As a parent I have loved my children wearing uniforms, again for practical reasons. Easy to wash, no thinking about what they wear (mufti days are a nightmare!) and no worries about them ruining expensive clothes or those given as gifts. No worries about not being in 'fashion'.
As a child I never wore a proper uniform. To begin with this was because my parents did not believe in uniforms so I felt very left out and begged my parents to buy me one. As I got older, my new school didn't have a uniform but I still wore something uniform like.
When I wear my uniform, whether it is a tabard, baseball cap, t-shirt or my caot (all with pre-school logo on) I always feel very much the professional. Sometimes tho, I need to take them off and be just me!