Lexylou

EEK! Well good luck, hope that you can start putting some of that money back soon. March is a long time away but at least you don't have to shell out for warm clothes and heating at this time of year!

Frenchy

Looks like a trip to Dress Mart then!!!! (You been there yet for that bag?)

Lexylou

Just reading this again...... are the girls at a private school? How on earth do uniforms cost that much? The private school over the road from me the uniform costs £250 and that is the whole kit. How many girls are you buying for?

weebossyboots

OMG £250 for a school uniform! i think i can get it here in the Uk for max £50 - school jumpers and the rest at ASDA! Gulp!

Lexylou

yes but they have summer and winter uniform, different sports uniform, heavy kilt, all the 'stuff' that they need at a private school. It all adds up ! Not the normal kit that you get with ASDA providing the rest.

happynz

My daughter Ally will be headed off to intermediate school in a couple of weeks. The fees and uniforms are taking a bit of a bite out of the ol' bank account.

In Kiwi dollars...

school blouse - $49
skirt - $55
jersey - $81 to $90
kilt - $200 to $215
PE t-shirt - $29
PE shorts -$29
hat -$12
stationary pack - $60
school donation - $200
school camp - $160

I'm sure there will be more...

11ThousandMilesFromHome

I have two daughters and NO they are not going to private school...that's the price for a normal high school

They cost that much because everything has to have a school logo on etc etc

i'm sure i'll shell out more before too long

P2L

I've just kitted out my daughter for High School and for uniform, shoes and stationary, it's cost over $500 so far and we haven't bought any books for her options yet :curse:

I just hope the 'baggy' look is in this season

Lexylou

I had no idea that it was so expensive....

P2L

Welcome to New Zealand!!!

I find the things you would expect to pay a small fortune for in the UK, are cheap here and vice versa

Margaret Parkinson

My daughter emigrated in 2006 together with her husband & 15 year old son. We went over to visit them in Jan. 2007. He was starting a new school in Feb 2007 and the headmaster said the school uniform would be on sale on this particular day in Jan. My daughter & myself together with my grandson went, only to find that is was second-hand uniforms that were being sold that belonged to children who had grown out of them or had left, the money of course being passed on the the parents. This seemed a very good idea although my daughter did not do it. She then found out where she could buy the uniforms and she was given two outlets so these shops do have the monopoly. Maybe re-cycling is something that's done in most schools.

Lexylou

Call me a snob but I would not be having my child in hand me downs, from family maybe but not buying second hand school clothes for her. Just not my bag!

uk+kiwi

You might change your mind when they get older and start becoming expensive. Although to some it is choice and to others a necessity.

I have one daughter who is clean and very light on her clothes. Thus two of most things (except shirts) are fine - one on and one in the wash. And just one PE kit. I seem to recall my childhood being like this.

The youngest is a different kettle of fish. She can wear the same shirt all week (she doesn't but loves the lived in feel), but needs a clean skirt/pinafore and cardigan/sweatshirt most days! I can't stand the sight of gravy stains on grey pleated skirts ... Needless to say we have a few second hand school branded items kindly donated by friends of eldest. I don't consider them 'hand-me-downs' although I know that is exactly what they are!

Both my girls have wardrobes to die for. Something for every occasion. If only mine were the same. I suppose this is the benefit of having a few second hand items. A friend of mine runs a second hand clothes business, selling clothes from Monsoon, GAP, Boden and the like for children up to about 12 for a fraction of their RRP. I went today and bagged 2 pairs of GAP jeans and one pair of Dubstars for my eldest for £9, all hardly worn since they really start growing from about the age of six I've noticed! Such a bargain. And in great condition. I used to feel a little like you Lexy about second hand items, but now I really feel good about cutting down our clothing bills and benefitting the environment through recycling. There is such a lot of waste everywhere. I also pass my clothes on to friends, who frankly have no money worries whatsoever, but love a freebie I suppose.

jleroux

Not sure if anybody has offered because the thread is long to read through.

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Margaret Parkinson

No I would not call you a snob and neither is my daughter but she is like you and has only 1 son is able in a buy new. However bigger families must find it a struggle so will be glad of there is somewhere they do not have to pay the top price. When we went to the school we did not know at first they were second hand we just thought they were samples of what was required. I have to say some were like new. My grandson is a growing lad and he soon grows out of his clothes so she sent last years to the school for them to sell.