Back to School

Up until a few years ago, parents had to buy school uniforms from specialist shops or direct from the school. Now many major retailers have school wear departments for boys and girls and are currently actively running “back to school” uniform campaigns on TV and in store.

Retailers like ASDA, M&S, Tesco and Sainsbury’s provide a competitive one stop shop for your children’s school clothing whatever your budget.

School Uniform items available include coats and jackets, dresses, jumpers and cardigans, pinafores, polo shirts, shirts and blouses, skirts, trousers, socks and tights, underwear, not forgetting shoes and sportswear. You can also view the variety of styles and sizes online. Most retailers cater for children sizes aged 3 to 16 years and it is easy to mix and match the clothes with personalised school labelled polo and t-shirts.

We have had trawl through soem of the early Back to School campaigns and here are our findings:-

ASDA Back to School

Asda

This year the George schoolwear department has introduced a new and improved range of school clothing offering quality and styling at unbelievably good prices. School knitwear and sweatshirts are made of 100% Cotton for extra warmth and comfort. The school trousers feature secured hems, adjustable waistbands and Teflon finish important for growing and active children.

Prices start from £2 for girl’s tops and boy’s shirts and come with a 100 day quality guarantee on their school clothing. ASDA offers free delivery on schoolwear when ordering on their easy to use website with a minimum spend of £10 and delivery is within 2 to 3 working days.

More information on the Asda Back to School range

M&S Back to School

M&S

Marks and Spencer sell quality school uniforms and their outstanding value unisex pure cotton jumpers are priced from £2.00. You’ll pay a little bit more for school uniform clothes that include:

• Adjustable waist for the perfect fit
• Crease resistant – stays smart all day long
• Permanent pleats stay neat and tidy to save you time
• Stormwear™ – keeping dry whatever the weather
• Stain Defence™ – the high performance finish that helps to repel stains

You get free standard UK delivery from 3rd June to 14th September when you order selected school items.

More information on the M&S Back to School range

Tesco Back to School

Tesco

Tesco one of the largest UK retailers is offering a back to school bundle for £12.

The package deal includes a coat from a selection of 4 styles, any 3 pack of shirts, trousers or dress or skirt from the F&F signature and Fashion Academy ranges. Girl’s individual jumpers are priced from £2 and boys shirts from £3.

Tesco are offering free delivery for a limited time only.

More information on the Tesco Back to School range

Sainsbury’s Back to School

Sainsburys

Sainsbury’s “Back Tu School” range has over 50 products and Sainsbury’s are selling 12 products in the range for just £2 each including polo shirts, jumpers, trousers and cardigans.

All clothes in the “Back Tu School” range are machine washable with features such as adjustable waists and longer length trousers for growing kids. Polo tops and shirts are 100% breathable cotton. Recently 86% of Netmums from the online parenting organisation who tested the uniform for a full term voted the polo shirt great value for money.

Back Tu School is now in over 429 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide and an entire school uniform can cost as little as just £4.33. Boys will love the cool styles, and girls the heart details on zips, belt buckles and scalloped edge trims for that extra special finish.

More information on the Sainsbury’s Back to School range

Clarks Shoes – Back to School

Clarks

Shoes can be the most expensive item on the school uniform list. Clarks are well known for their quality footwear, comprehensive and stylish school and sports shoes. Cost can be a little higher than budget ranges but the old adage you pay for what you get is never truer. With growing feet it really does pay to get good quality well fitted footwear.

Clarks are now stocking their new range of school shoes for boys and girls. Not surprisingly there is a large range of girl’s school shoes to choose from including the Daisy Jump, DaisyWatch, Daisy High, Daisy Wish, TrixiDaisy, Daisy Dust, Dolly Jazz and No Drama to name a few. Boy’s school shoes collection includes Jack Class, Deaton, Air Master and Gravel Mover.

Prices start from £26.00 and orders placed before 3pm on Fri or Sat will be delivered the following Mon. Orders placed before 3pm on Sunday will be delivered the following Tuesday. The charge for this service is £5.50 per order. There are no chargse for orders for delivery within 5 working days within the UK.

More information on the Clarks Back to School range

Labelling School Uniforms

Although many school clothes provide a label to write your child’s name, we all know from experience that we either forget to write it on or it fades quickly in the wash.

Simply Stuck provide a number of quality labelling solutions to help ensure your new purchases don’t go astray early in the new term.

Options include iron-on labels, woven labels, stickers and even shoe labels. The labels are easy to apply to the school uniform, are waterproof, and can be personalised to include your child’s name and their chosen picture motif.

Ordering is very easy via the Simply Stuck online shop and delivery is within 3 working days.

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School Lost Property

School Lost Property

At the beginning of the Spring School term last year all the parents at our local school received the following note:-

“We encourage our children to be as independent as possible and show respect for their property by looking after it carefully. However, sometimes various items are misplaced or lost.

Those items that are lost and are named can be returned easily and quickly. Those items that are un-named are put in the Lost Property cupboard. At the end of last term we had over 100 items without homes and we would like to try and reunite as many items with their rightful owners.

The items of the Lost Property cupboard will be displayed at the start and end of every school day for the next two weeks . However, at the end of half term we will bundle up the unclaimed useful items and send them to a number of charitable organisations or add them to our stock of spare clothes.

Of course we would much rather that we return items to their rightful owners. PLEASE ensure your child’s things are clearly named and help us keep lost property down to a minimum.”

A friend of mine hadn’t seen a couple of items of her kids for a while so decided to pop down after school one day. She was staggered to see the amount of clothes that were there simply because they hadn’t been clearly labelled. Jumpers, gloves, scarves and even several single shoes!

Now that the weather is changing most of our children are wearing extra Winter layers so it is even more important to ensure that every clothing item is clearly labelled. We all spend a lot of money on keeping our kids wrapped up warm for the Winter so spending a few pounds on making sure their clothes come home is well worth it.

See our full range of Personalized Name Labels:-

• Iron On Labels
• Woven Labels
• Shoe Labels

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Back to School Iron Labels

Iron-on Labels

Well it is nearly the end of the term – just a few days to go now for most schools. Our kids are trying out with their new teachers today which makes you realise that the new term won’t be too far away now.

Whilst not wanting to wish the summer away, why not get organised now before your summer holidays and order your iron on labels for your school uniforms before the rush.

All of our iron-on labels are easy to apply and they stay in place during every wash. Our website over at SimplyStuck is so easy to use and will help you create personalised iron-on labels that your kids will love. Get them involved with choosing their favourite icons and colours, then just add their name.

We have listened to all of your comments and now offer a range of iron-on woven labels just like your Mother used to sew in! We have moved this traditional product into the 21st Century – no need for needle and cotton – just simply cut & iron. And if yours is one of those schools that insist on hand sewn woven labels, then cheat – iron these in & stitch the corners!

As you can guess, the summer holidays are actually a busy time for us, so why not beat the rush and order your uniform labels early.

Back to School

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Funky Woven Labels

We have had another busy week in our Andover office. Our Funky Woven Label range have been flying out the door – could be something to do with the new Asda advert for “All Age, Same Price” school uniforms.

I digress for a minute, but have you seen their prices? – a whole school outfit (consisting of a 100 per cent cotton polo shirt or Easy Iron shirt, 100 per cent cotton sweatshirt and Teflon coated trousers) for children aged three to 16 – all at the same price £4.75!! AMAZING!!

Anyway, back to the Funky Woven Iron-on Labels – these are a really nice new modern woven label, available in a range of colours. Simply iron-on and the last for ages, no matter how many times you was them.

We have a great little tool on the Simply Stuck website that allows you to choose a lable colour, the text colour and of course the text to go it. Our kids love playing with the different combinations you can have – so why not involve your children when placing your order.

Our iron-on labels are great for school uniforms or PE kit and they come in a batches of 100 so you won’t ever go short. Just £13.50 – great value.

Funky Woven Labels

Funky Woven On Jeans

Funky Woven on Dress

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