Really silly question but...

Boy will be starting primary school in September (my baby! ) and I'm wondering how many tshirts, jumpers, pairs of trousers he'll need to see him through the week...?

I imagine it can get pretty expensive too. Where is the best place to get things that are good quality but don't cost the earth? He has to have a school jumper but the tshirts and trousers can be from anywhere I guess!

i just buy supermarket trousers, i did buy M&S which are reasonably priced now for school clothes, but they were a bad fit on Jack

i found tesco, asda and sainsburys to be the best really

he has 8 or 9 pairs of trousers at a guess, and i know he has 12 plus shirts as i bleached that many in the holidays there!

Leah has skirts, trousers and shorts, several pairs of each, not all from this school year, some things she has had from before

I know its not the same but Dec is at Nursery and I make sure he has a clean uniform for every day plus a spare just incase, he has 6 trousers, 6 jumpers and about 12 poloshirts. He also has 3 pairs of school shoes as I read somewhere it is not good to wear the same shoes every day and they should be given a days rest inbetween (this may be not be true but it has stuck in my head lol)

Yikes, I can see how school uniform gets so expensive! When my brother and I were young we only ever had one jumper each, two pairs of trousers and two or three t-shirts.

yeah but back then school uniform probably cost the same as it does now, especially in the smaller sizes you get 2 packs of trousers for £7

I get my daughters uniform from NEXT they last her the whole year.

I buy her 3 logo school cardigans

1 x school logo fleece

5 x white shirts

2 x skirts

2 x shorts

2 x dresses

and she has 3 pink summer dresses.

Then there is grey tights/socks and underwear!

oh and not forgetting PE kit inc plimsoles, school shoes, coat and lunch box and water bottle!

i always think, what if my washing machine breaks down, i have always made sure she has enough to get her through the week without having to worry about doing a wash x

They don't have to have PE kit for us in reception - only when they go into year 1! Although will obviously have to get schools shoes. They are so boring!

Thanks for your replies everyone - food for thought!

I have 3 pairs of trouses and two pair of shorts, two school jumpers, and one logoed polo shirt. I get some plain polo shirts from matalan or tescos.

Daniel has the following:

3 pairs of shorts

5 short sleeved shirts

tie

logo jumper

2 or 3 polo shirts (not sure yet how many we'll actually get as that's his summer uniform and i haven't bought them yet)

10 pairs of long socks

5 pairs of short socks

summer cap

jogging bottoms

sweater

pe tshirt

pe shorts

plimsoles



The only reason he has 3 pairs of shorts is that he still wets about 2 times per week (and yes he does wear shorts all year round - his choice!!)

I buy all the uniform from the designated school shop. Personally i wouldn't say it's expensive although loads of people say it is and will buy supermarket uniform even though it's against the uniform policy. We spent about £100 for the whole uniform including his book bag and pe bag. Given that he is in his uniform mon-fri and so only wears his regular clothes mon-fri afternoons and sat/sundays we have saved a heck of a lot of money on his regular clothes. Therefore what we saved on his regular clothes we spent on his uniform. We've also saved by him wearing shorts all year round. At least he hasn't worn through the knees lol. Although we didn't specifically buy much bigger it looks like all the uniform will last the whole of reception and various things like the shirts and jumper and most of the pe kit are going to last him Y1 too.

when my dd started I got 5 tshirts, 3 cardigans, 2 dresses and 2 skirts. Thats more than enough. I got it all from asda