School Uniforms - how many of what do you buy?

[Tinks]

All my kids started at school with 2 shirts, 2 jumpers and 2 pairs of pants. Every year I buy 2 more of each. They stayed in the same size for a couple of years then when they grew out of that size I passed it down to the next in line. So my eldest now has 2 of everything in his size, the middle has more and the youngest has STACKS!!

He won't be needing an extra jumper or long pants in summer so you could start him off with 1 jumper, 1 pair of long pants and 2 pairs of shorts and buy more throughout the year as he needs more.

Does your school sell second hand uniforms? Perhaps you could buy 1 of each then buy a 2nd set 2nd hand to save some cash.

[Trillian]

Mind you though, I get two years out of the shirts, shorts/skorts/skirts and jumpers. The only things that I have had to replace yearly are the trousers because it's so noticeable when they grow LOL. DS has had his sports coat since Kindergarten - it was a bit big on him then and now it's a bit small, but still does the job and he's been at school for 4 years now so some of the stuff you will get loads of use out of unless he's really hard on gear and gets it too stained etc or if he grows too much.

[Rouge]

I have

3 summer dresses
2 polo shirts
3 skivies (non uniform shop and no logo)
5 pairs of pants (they are a cross between slacks and lycra way more attractive than slacks!)
3 pairs of tracksuit pants (purely because they do not last and that way you've got backup!)
1 bomber jacket (if it were DS I'd get 2 as DS is messy!)
1 bucket hat
10,000 pairs of white socks


Keep in mind you can purchase some items from other places like Lowes or Target. Check within your area as to what stores have what. The only problem is with Target the range isn't year round its only at the beginning of the year.

I do buy everything that has a logo from the uniform shop, otherwise I purchase items from Lowes. I hate the slacks and will not be getting DS' from the uniform shop they are just hideous and not practical not to mention the waists don't fit the skinnier boys.

With the bomber jacket I got it in prep a size to big and she's just growing out of it now in grade 2. And I'll pass it down to DS as a spare. So keep in mind it does feel like a small fortune now, but it will get more than one wear with siblings depending on the item (obviously not tracksuit pants )

[*TripleJ*]

well i remember in skool we had about 3 dresses coz we wore them more often not much help coz we are girls lol i only had one pair of pants and shorts and a netball skirt 2 shirts my mum used to wash a lot and one jumper and one jacket but uniform was cheaper then coz we didnt have to have logos or anything most things we got at the start of the year at target so yeah not much help
primary uniforms are starting to get like high skool uniforms its cute yes but bloody expensive

[Pandora]

Blazer $174
Wool Jumper $65-73
LS Shirt $40
SS Shirt $38
Tie $16.50
Hat $14
Trousers $35
Shorts $23
Sock (with school coloured ribbing) $8.50

Rugby top $80
Polo $31
House Polo $27.50
Track pants $22
shorts $29

Everything other than trousers, shorts, track pants and sports shorts has school emblems or colours on it so needs to be bought from the school or the uniform supplier

[~Raven~]

I think your little blokes uniform is a bit more formal than ours

[Trillian]

Well whatever stuff that you don't have to get with a logo, get it from a regular shop for a lot cheaper. Also I know a few mums who buy cheaper shirts from BigW etc and then take them to get the logo put on it for only a few $$ and that still works out cheaper than buying it from the local uniform supplier.

ETA - and there are some things that he wont need right away, like the long sleeve shirt, trousers and trackies etc and you would only need 1 jumper to start the year JIC there is a cold snap, so there are something that you wont have to buy at the start of the year.

[Pandora]

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ETA - and there are some things that he wont need right away, like the long sleeve shirt, trousers and trackies etc and you would only need 1 jumper to start the year JIC there is a cold snap, so there are something that you wont have to buy at the start of the year.

I actually hadnt thought of that, that he wont need it all at once, thanks