Some interesting points have been made on other parts of the Pupil Council Online this month about uniform. Most have begun as senior pupils were told to wear uniform during S4 prelim exams last month. Also, this point from the Scarlet Pimpernel:
Why can't the teachers have a dress code??? It's not fair to be sent home by a teacher when they're wearing tracky bottoms and trainers!!! Maybe all the younger pupils would wear Uniform if all the teachers had to as well. The teachers always go on about prefects being the example to follow but surely teachers are as well! Why don't they practise what they preach and were a uniform! They all used to have to and now don't. So if they don't have to we shouldn't either!!!
What are your opinions on uniform? Should senior pupils have to wear it during examinations? Surely it's not all that bad? Let us know by clicking in your comments below.
A couple of comments on this matter came last month, too:
we had to do most of our exams in uniform, and yes it was a burden but still the 4th yrs got study leave for their prelims, last yrs 4th years didnt get study leave! mite as well just get on with it eh!? its the grades that matter not what you wear
Posted by: anon | December 2, 2004 10:38 AM
I think i will get better grades if i am comfy so what you wear does matter!
Posted by: anon | December 2, 2004 09:20 PM
Posted by: Mr McIntosh | December 06, 2004 at 09:26 PM
i dont think teachers should be able too send us home for not wearing uniform when only about 14/20 off them wear them so whos with me
Posted by: Claire 1C1 | December 07, 2004 at 04:30 PM
Uniform is a bad thing i really dont fell comfy in my uniform it makes me hot sweaty and the colours are soo boring. I think that the uniform should be like Jeans and a cool shirt with the musselburgh school logo on it! that good thinking
Posted by: No name | December 14, 2004 at 04:21 PM
To be honest the uniform colours are ok but because the staff don't wear them it provides unequality throughout the school. Also the uniform itself is the most expensive thing ever. A big example of this is when i first came here only a few years ago the total cost was £70 and this was only for 4 jumpers and 2 polo shirts. Also it is very uncomfortable hence the reason why i stopped wearing the uniform. So to improve on the uniform i would recomend it be completely re-made to make it more comfortable for the pupils
Posted by: Lee | December 14, 2004 at 10:46 PM
Well uniform is black , blue and white but if we wore a white t shirt and blue jeans thats ok rite well it's not. Teacher do though and do they get sent home NO! it's no fair
Posted by: dont want to say | December 24, 2004 at 02:47 PM
What's the need in wearing uniform while doing exams? You don't do homework in uniforms so why exams. Uniform does not make you concentrate better.
Posted by: 5th year | December 24, 2004 at 07:33 PM
HERE HERE!!
Posted by: lee | December 24, 2004 at 11:59 PM
i can c y teachers like t uniform but no1 cs us when we r in an exam. surely its better 2 b comfy & relaxed
Posted by: anon | January 17, 2005 at 07:05 PM
i totally agree- i'm sure most people would like 2 b uniform free in exams.
i heard we may not b allowed 2 wear necklaces. is this true?
Posted by: exam student | January 18, 2005 at 05:20 PM
I think it is disgraceful having to wear white shirts because they are uncomfortable and too cold to wear in the winter
Posted by: 5th year | January 19, 2005 at 03:37 PM
i think it's a good thing to wear uniform during "normal" school days. i think it's terrible that we have 2 wear uniform in exams. there is very little support for this- we have reasons 2 back our argument. why is nothing been done in our favour/ why is nobody listening to what the s4-6 want?
Posted by: anon | January 20, 2005 at 10:10 PM
hey, a fink dat it is shabby dat ur makin all o th S4,5 n 6 pupils wear uniform for their exams. its bad enuf dat dey ave tae wear it durin th normal skul wk farless wen dey ave the added stress o havin tae sit xamz. i found th jumpers reali uncomfy wen a wore dem n a fink dat u shud ease off th strain on th poor lads n lassies! <3 fae me xxx
Posted by: A lassie fae PL | January 25, 2005 at 05:10 PM
I would just like to say how DISGUSTED i am at how Mr Summers plans to treat the s5/s6 in the prelims. There is no way that i will be whereing uniform! Mr summers will have to go and revise the rules because if he dares prevent me from taking my exam you can tell him i will see him in court!!!
Posted by: Lee | January 28, 2005 at 09:07 AM
do i have 2 wear uniform in my exams? no teacher has actually said this 2 me, is it hearsay? i hope it is because i wil not want 2 wear it.
Posted by: prelim pupil | February 02, 2005 at 10:03 PM
there is very little support for this 'uniform in exams' so why do we have 2 wear it? don't we have enough 2 worry about?!?! so yes we have a routine in the morning but when are studying, we do not wear uniform. when doing past papers we do not wear uniform. when on study leave we do not wear uniform therefore, there is no argument for wearing uniform in exams.
why don't we get suitable working conditions so we can actually learn and acheive our potential and focus on academic achievment? when doing a close reading in Eng.(period 6 wed) we had 2 stop because of loud drilling. we inderstand that the companies will be fined but it is simply disturbing our education.
these are the things that are affecting us. get this sorted first before you disturb the pupils further. listen to us, the one's going through the stress, the country's future instead of going against us. go on, ask the 6th yr.
Posted by: mgs 6th yr | February 02, 2005 at 10:17 PM
i kno this has nothing to do with uniform but it does hav something to do with the prelims. how come we hav to do our exams in the large gym? cant the building work stop for 2weeks at least? i think this is a joke we are being placed in there as im sure it will b a struggle to fit us all in!
i for one are not very happy with these arrangements
Posted by: angry prelim sitter | February 09, 2005 at 06:51 PM
I agree. We are used to the layout of the hall and I think it is totally shocking that we are expected to sit these important exams not only in uncomfortable uniform but in the gym too. Terrible. What next?!?! Terrible.
Posted by: 6th year | February 09, 2005 at 07:55 PM
how would certain teachers and members of the senior management like to do their prelims in a P.E. hall? i don't think they would like it at all. be honest, it's bad and you wouldn't put up with it.
therefore, as seniors, we are putting our outrage across and in return told to "focus on academic achievement."
for once, listen to us please.
Posted by: put yourself in 'our shoes' | February 09, 2005 at 08:02 PM
I have just sat a couple of my prelims in the gym hall- there is not even a proper floor. it is covered with this plastic stuff.
Posted by: pupil who has just sat prelim | February 18, 2005 at 10:03 AM
I think that there should be no school uniform because then we would have a lot more fun at school and it would save our parents money
Posted by: Unknown | February 19, 2005 at 09:58 AM
iv bn sitting my prelims in the gym hall and hav bn severly put of with the lightenin and heating noises that occur regularly.
im sure this wouldnt happen if we were in the assembley hall!!
anyone else agree?
Posted by: angry prelim sitter | February 23, 2005 at 04:22 PM
To be honest i think that when you are in exams you should still wear school uniform because it may or may not effect your preformance but the 5th and 6th years are supposed to set an example to thr rest of the school but if they are at school and not in uniform what is that giving an example of?Pupils see the fith and sixth like this and think thats it's not fair and then they decide that they aren't going to wear school uniform because the pupils that are supposed to be setting a good example when in actual fact they are setting a bad example.This is also counter acting the whole point of Mr.Summers clamp down on people not wearing school uniform.So I say that everyone should wear school uniform no matter what year they are in and no matter what exams they are doing whether they are exams in 1st year and second year,doing 3rd year exams,stander grades,highers or advanced highers.
Posted by: 2nd year | February 23, 2005 at 08:34 PM
Well s4 s5 s6 shouldnt wear uniform when doing exams Its just not fair you need to be comfy it doest help wearign shirts and all.I dont think there should be a uniform cos that girl who went to court so she could wear her muslim dress (diff skl) ( She was musilm i think)and the rest of us have to stick to uniform thats not on with me. The teachers arnt allowed Jeans i know that. But its so uinfair they dont have a dresscode they can wear whatever they feel like you know?.
Posted by: Angry s2 | March 06, 2005 at 04:34 PM
what about s1-3?
Posted by: likeimgonatellya | May 03, 2005 at 10:32 AM
Before the "2nd years" continue to complain about the "bad example"the S5/6 are setting, I would like to say we have much exam experience, you don't. You will understand when you are sitting these exams, that is such a need for you to be comfortable. Surely you are mature enough to wear uniform while the senior years sit exams. We have experience, you do not. Therefore, we are not setting a "bad example", we are trying to have the best conditions for ourselves and for future exam candidates.
Posted by: 6th yr pupil | May 04, 2005 at 08:50 PM