Hello All
Any tips website to save some cost for uniforms.
School Uniform Cost Saving Ideas
Lbu on 11/12/2019 - 21:32
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Most in-school uniform shops will sell 2nd hand uniforms. Check when the uniform shops opened at your school as some are opened on specific days.
My kids prefer secondhand as it is softer and more comfortable.
Home school
Make them yourself
Go to the schools Facebook page, uniform shop or P&C and have a look at their selection of second hand uniforms.
Sometimes you can buy the right colour uniform without the school logo on it for a lot less at somewhere like Lowes.
If it's just the school logo on a shirt pocket, you can undo the sewing on the pocket and just replace it on the new shirt, obviously provided you have an existing shirt with the logo
I got some online but the fabric felt as if it was only going to be worn for fifteen minutes. The skirt was also way too short.
The skirt was also way too short.
No one would want to see your hairy legs!
That hurt my internet feelings. :(
Put in the effort to save and pay for new uniform. The child would appreciate it and not affect their self esteem. You don't want your child think their parents can't afford new uniform. Give them the best you can. Sacrifice elsewhere so they can wear new uniform around all the other kids.
Not having a go at you or being disrespectful, but that's my opinion from experience.
Do you have kids? Kids eat clothes like they eat food…..
If you are having difficulties affording uniforms Salvation Army will issue a voucher directly to the uniform shop for you for $500 per child. You need to make an appointment by calling them.
Salvation Army will issue a voucher directly to the uniform shop for you for $500 per child.
That's a great idea.
Who the f spends 500 bucks on uniforms for a public school?
And if you're chosen school has uniforms that expensive , why should a charity help pay for it? That's private school uniform money… crazyness
Agreed, maybe they meant $50? $500 would get about 8-10 uniforms for the kidlet.
No it’s $500. It includes backpack, school shoes, summer and winter uniforms, text books if needed. It’s for private school as well as public. Some catholic schools are cheaper than public but the uniforms still cost more.
@Oz em: Since when do private school kids need hand-outs of such kind?
Would the kid/family not have to be below a certain threshold to be getting this?
@Oz em: PRIVATE KIDS GET A HANDOUT from the Salvation Army!? F#ck that, those rich bastards can pay their own way.
What has the world come to, that private snot bags get a $500 handout from the Salvation Army. Next time I see the Salvation Army begging for money, it'll be a NOPE, if it goes to private rich kids.
@JimmyF: I went to a private school. We were poor as shit… My parents just chose to spend holiday, going out for dinner, new clothes, sports, new cars, gifts, smoking, drinking… money… on my school fees and chose to forgo all the fun stuff. Even groceries were the cheap brands- coco puffs, not pops, wheeties not wheetbix… A friend of mine was in the school on a scholarship, parents were poor as well like mine, would never afford it with out the scholarship.
A friend of mine was in the school on a scholarship, parents were poor as well like mine, would never afford it with out the scholarship
Does the scholarship not cover clothing?
If you can't afford the clothing for your private school, then maybe you shouldn't be there and go to public school instead.
The point is, private schooling isn't a RIGHT, its a choice. If you choose to do something you can't afford, then the Salvation Army shouldn't be giving $500 handouts. As above, based on this new information, the Salvation Army won't be receiving any money from me in the near future.
I went to a private school.
on my school fees and chose to forgo all the fun stuff.Was it worth it all in the end?
@TheBilly: Thats all that matters then. But I do hope you're returning the favour these days and donating lots to the Salvation Army to help your fellow private students through these tough times.
@JimmyF: If you think the Salvation Army is wasteful because they donate to private school kids to buy uniforms, you should wake up and see how other large national and multi national charities spend their money. I'm just surprised this one item is what made you open your eyes and take a stand. If I were you, I wouldn't donate a cent to any one ever again because this is just the tip of the iceberg.
see how other large national and multi national charities spend their money
Oh I'm aware, don't worry. I just didn't realise that the Salvation Army sees private school kids, as those 'in need'. I knew the bar was low, but didn't know it was that low.
Was it worth it all in the end?
how would you know?
Unless we had a control 'TheBilly' who went through an equivalent public school in the same area so we could compare outcomes over the high school and subsequent years its purely just guessing;)
@JimmyF: People make the mistake of assuming private schools are rich.
read the gonsky report.
regional and rural private schools - usually catholic - are not rich and neither are the people who send their kids there.
some in indigenous areas should be 100% government funded according to the report.
by contrast some of the capital city public schools are very rich, especially by comparison to those regional/rural private catholic schools.
this public vs private argument we are still having is bull&&&& and i don't understand why it continues after the commission and the report. other than ignorance and media sensationalism/trolling.
People make the mistake of assuming private schools are rich.
Based on the cost to send a kid to private school, someone is making money. Plus the private schools get gov funding as well.
The point is, PRIVATE school is optional, you shouldn't be receiving a handout if you can't afford it.
Its the problem with the world of people wanting what they can't afford.
Yes your minimum wage job doesn't earn you enough to send your kid to private school, drive a European 4x4 and take yearly overseas holidays. That is life.
@JimmyF: you haven't read the report have you.
in some places there are no public schools, or not enough. that's one of the reasons why it recommended the government increase their funding to 100% for catholic private schools in those places. it also recommended some of the elite capital city public schools get less funding, as well as the elite private schools.
you and many people are confusing the term private school, with elite school, like one of the capital city grammar schools.
regional catholic schools are nothing like that.
my cousins went to elite public schools, that were like a grammar school for free, in comparison to the private regional catholic schools we went to and paid for, partly because my parents feared for our safety at some of the public schools. i also went to several public schools.
it is not always a choice.
government increase their funding to 100% for catholic private schools
Catholic anything is the last thing this country needs more of. 'Gods' time is over, no one under 50 believes that book of lies, the church and its kid fiddler priests need to go the way of the dinosaurs.
Sure we might need more private schools, but not catholic ones.
it is not always a choice.
It always a choice, your parents made a choice based on this
because my parents feared for our safety at some of the public schools.
@JimmyF: i would agree with both your points if it weren't for the fact of places where as i said there are no public schools
except distance education - which i also did, and is generally great
but definitely not suitable for everyone. you need a parent who is responsible and has the time available, the younger you are the more essential.the catholic schools gonsky recommended 100% government funding for are mostly in majority indigenous communities
politicians mostly dont seem to give a $$$$ about indigenous people, i guess because most voters dont seem to either
at least catholics sometimes do because their religion requires them to
My mum used to buy the cheap polo shirts from big w then use an iron on transfer of the school logo.
Some schools don't supply iron logos :/
even at the uniform shop?
Yep
That's some hardcore "on the welfare" stuff right there!
Nick them from lost and found.
It depends on what type of school, if it's a public primary school then just buy cheap stuff from big w or kmart.
Depending what color, but never buy non-branded items (pants, socks, shorts, etc.) from the Schools uniform provider.
Buy them from Target, Big W, etc.
Ie. My kids school has gray pants/shorts. From school uniform shop. 1 pair of pants is $45, from Target for the same color/material is $15
Have a look in Op Shops in the surrounding areas of the school. Often they will have a section with second-hand school uniforms.
I usually raid the 2nd hand boxes before I pay full price. I have a stash in each kids cupboard for them to grow into as well (our school has 2nd hand stuff for $2 each, so not a big deal to grab a few larger sizes).
If it's a public school, they also can't enforce the uniform. My kids now have one school polo with the emblem ($28 each) for important things like photo day, assemblies, excursions etc, and 3 or 4 without the emblem from target ($5 each) for everyday use. Same goes for their jackets. One with an emblem, and a zip-up hoodie without the emblem from target for about 1/3 the cost.
Surprisingly enough, with our school uniform, the cheap stuff doesn't stain as easily either. Go figure!
I've told my kids if they get in trouble, tell the teacher to call me. I've had one kid come home with their jacket stolen, and 6 or so months later it came home with their own name scribbled out, and someone else's name written on it instead! I'm not spending a fortune on uniforms for that to happen.op shop
school used shop
school payment plan
my mum used to trade/give with my friend's mums - now there is facebook you could maybe make a uniform exchange group for your school or something.
also if you can't buy the badges at the uniform shop to put on suitable bigw/kmart/target stuff, find a second hand one that is the wrong size, unpick/cut-out the badge and sew it onto something the right size.
Buy them secondhand?