I very much dont agree with having to buy extras for the class. Its expensive as is and you should only have to buy supplies for your child. If the school wish to ask for extras for children that dont have supplies then it can be suggest that any parents that wish to help out can send along extras of make small cash donations to an on going fund but it should not be expected.

I hate this idea. There are stationary pieces that don’t perform as well as others, and if a parents feels inclined to buy the better option for their child they should know it will be their child using it. I think having a pooled amount of extras or spares is a good idea, but not redistributing what’s in their pencil case

If you are supplying them, you have the right to label them. If the school is providing for the class to share than it’s luck of the draw.

I don’t see a problem with kids having personalised stationery

I can’t see why this would be a problem, honestly. I think there are bigger issues in the world than this right now, and teacher is making a fuss when it is not needed.

I got personalised sets for my girl – its so cute and really, none of anyone elses’ business

I think it is cute. I have done it. It is unique

Yes I bought my kids personalised stationery but would not let them take it to school as I thought the other children would carry on about it

I don’t see an issue with it

That seems a bit odd to me that the teacher wouldn’t allow personalised items especially when all the extras were purchased as requested. I wouldn’t back down and would continue to get my child their own personalised products. I don’t see anything wrong with it at all.

Nope not the asshole. You bought exactly what was requested with extras in case kids couldn’t afford it. It’s not up to the teacher to decide what your daughter does and doesn’t get out of what you bought.

I would be very interested to know if this is a public or private school..

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 29 Aug 2022 , 7:17 am

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  A valid and interesting question!

Have you finally stopped by to have that chat with the teacher? It would be an interesting conversation. When my kids went to school their things all had to be labelled , so I don’t understand the problem. Maybe your personalised stationary is just so expensive it stands out!

Why shouldn’t you get your daughter personalised stationary? I couldn’t do anything like that when my boys were going to school but I did write their names on them with a permanent marker. It costs enough as it is to send them to school and get their supplies. It’s not up to us Mother’s to pay for other children’s supplies as well.

Owing your own pencil case and supplies shows responsibility and also gives children a sense of pride. Surely individual supplies and then shared supplies for the class but children should be able to label and have their own supplies. Covid safe rules should surely come into play and I believe these rules are still being followed about not sharing items.

All schools apparently now do 100% shared resources. I 50/50 on tha I get that some families are doing it tough (I grew up below the poverty line) and this ensures every child gets a pen and paper. However, I’m also aware that they do not hold through 23 packs on textas etc so there is always surplus.ive always labelled my children’s things. What annoys me, however is having to buy new scissors every year. My kids are left handed, we had to pay extra for their left handed scissors. There wouldn’t have been more than two lefties in either of their classes, so their scissors would still be in excellent condition, so school could have passed their scissors back or moved them onto the next class. My kids new school buys all the supplies and charges it in the fees. I hate this because I like shopping for their supplies and I know I can get what both my children need for less than the price they are asking for one child.
This mum just needs to accept that her daughter’s supplies will be share amongst all kids

First off is this an Australian School? If so I will continue …what happened to covid protocol or has that gone out the window as well. Seriously this mum has done NO wrong and should stick with her idea/supplies and tell the teacher so.

I don’t think the teacher should make a big deal

Ridiculous. I did the same. Why should your child use some rubbish stuff that some other parent purchased (not to say that everything from other parents is rubbish) but I get it. I always personalized my daughter’s stuff too. I did it myself, but same thing. I contributed to the class room supplies as requested every year, but also made personalized notebooks, etc for my daughter. The teacher needs to get over it.

Not only did the parent buy what was required she also brought extra and it is labelled for her daughter.
When my kids were in prep/grade 1, they had a joint pile for stationery and it was individual. I always named their supplies as it was theirs and not our whole grades. The entire grade had the same supplies but stuff was still “borrowed” all the time.