It is the first time this is happening in over 100 years. St. Joseph’s in Fairview, Dublin is opening its doors to female students in September for the first time in 135 years and along with it comes the introduction of gender-neutral uniforms. Out of the 50 new first year’s arriving for the next academic […]
2 years ago
Brought to you by Tesco How is it August already!? It feels like only yesterday that schools broke up for the summer, making it very hard to believe that the new school year is just a few short weeks away. We’re sure you have a mountain of things to sort out before September rolls around, […]
3 years ago
Growing up in Scandinavia, I never wore a school uniform going to school. Nobody did. Nor do they nowadays. In my school, rather than school uniforms, the focus was very much that children should be dressed for comfort – and in clothing that allowed plenty of movement and was suitable for outdoor play. In the […]
3 years ago
What are your thoughts on this? School uniforms are often a hot topic in media, with some people now calling for them to be banned, as they put an added financial pressure on families when it comes to getting kids ready for school. As well as this, the notion that girls should be wearing skirts […]
3 years ago
The #whowearsthetrousers campaign was started at Maryfield College in Drumcondra, with hopes of national changes. It seems positively archaic – in 2022 – to be telling girls they have to wear skirts, not trousers should they wish to, for school. And yet this is the reality for thousands of school children across Ireland – and […]
4 years ago
“These kids should not have to be cold” A school in England has stopped pupils from wearing their own coats in school. The Cheshire school has been called out for leaving pupils freezing in their classrooms. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, windows in classrooms should be left open to help ventilate the room. Students at […]
4 years ago