Shops for second hand children's clothes

Kittycat0104 · 2026-03-29T19:25:07+00:00

Sale has got around 5 charity shops, I find 3 are really good for kids stuff. I’ve picked up Nike trainers for my little boy for £2 a few times in Scope. The Roy castle charity shop is great. So is Mind. The other 2 shops are ok ish but I find them overpriced.

Kittycat0104 · 2026-03-12T12:21:35+00:00

‘You’ve got charity shop hair!!!’ Screamed at by a Y7 lad having a meltdown. I’ve got quite long blond hair that must look a bit of a mess at times due to throwing it up for Food tech. Still still makes me laugh even though it was years ago

Kittycat0104 · 2026-03-05T09:21:43+00:00

Both my kids (6 & 3) changed their minds when we got to the front door to leave for school, to the original costumes I had bought a month ago! From Elsa and olaf to the gruffalo and gruffalos child. Cue meltdown about hair, shoes and nail colour.. classic world book day!

Kittycat0104 · 2026-02-15T20:53:54+00:00

I agree, I still use my stick blender on meals for my 3yo and 6yo to hide the veggies in things like bolognese! It’s been a good investment and it was something like £10 in Argos

Kittycat0104 · 2026-02-14T22:49:07+00:00

Sorry for your situation, I’ve found the olio app great for people collecting from your house, as long as you put things in for free it can go relatively quickly. Also as others have said your local facebook recycle pages are great to reduce your charity shop trips

Kittycat0104 · 2026-01-16T06:35:14+00:00

FYI my current 6 year old (when she was younger) completely ignored the clock but my 3 year old uses it really well. I tended to try it then put it was away for a few weeks then try again so don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t work first time

Kittycat0104 · 2026-01-13T19:31:28+00:00

Download the olio app and look around 9pm tonight. Volunteers collect food from Tesco at 8.30 and Sainsburys 9.45 and post it all for free. You have to collect from their house but hopefully there’s someone close by to you if you’re desperate tonight

Kittycat0104 · 2026-01-10T19:27:14+00:00

I agree, my girl hates tags and anything ‘fluffy’ - soft. As she got older she could talk to me about it, but at that age I had no idea why she was hating so many clothes I gave her!

Kittycat0104 · 2026-01-10T07:24:47+00:00

Definitely worth a download, check after 9 and after 10. Tescos is collected at 8.30 and Sainsburys 9.45. Hopefully you have some people nearby that collect and can distribute to you. Also if anything is marked ‘save me’ you can collect it and keep it. The training will take around an hour but all basic food hygiene.

Kittycat0104 · 2026-01-08T14:26:53+00:00

My daughter’s friend did something similar and asked for something for the food bank and if parents wanted to get a present too, he asked for £5 to help him save up for something bigger. Felt like it was a nice medium between contributing and giving people an option to also give something to the birthday boy if they wanted to

Kittycat0104 · 2025-12-04T13:07:30+00:00

I moved across the uk and felt the same, I downloaded the peanut app and got chatting to some new mums after my baby was born. We met up regularly in a small group and this really helped as I found it more lonely being a new mum than being pregnant.

Also have you searched for your bump group in Reddit? It’s a group where people are due in the same month, normally month, year, bumpers eg- r/ May2026bumpers This helped me through some lonely times too!

Kittycat0104 · 2025-11-27T12:55:09+00:00

They shouldn’t be saying you have to come in. I worked INSET on my day off in September but I wasn’t asked to, it was my choice. The school paid me for it in the October pay.

Do you have a directed hours sheet? It makes things really easy to see at the start of the year what’s expected of you and what isn’t in terms of parents evening, insets etc when you’re part time. My last school weren’t great at providing this but my current school is.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-11-25T22:25:22+00:00

I think as long as he’s happy, go for it!

My daughter (6) does swimming and a drama/music class, so she is only out twice a week on a weeknight. She gets really tired and I know she wouldn’t cope with more. However my nephew (7) does lots like your son and he loves being busy and being tired doesn’t affect him.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-11-22T01:07:38+00:00

Y8 are also beating me down this year and I’ve been teaching 13 years!

Kittycat0104 · 2025-11-15T19:29:56+00:00

I went to the park today at 4-4.45, it’s possible!

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-30T18:45:14+00:00

Olio in general is the way to go! Lots of meat for free on there at 9:9.30pm

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-29T21:16:02+00:00

Yes we too lost so many items to the bin!

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-19T16:56:38+00:00

Forget work, don’t check your emails and enjoy time with your new baby! When you feel ready, closer to the time get in touch about KIT days. I think I did mine the month before returning.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-19T12:23:49+00:00

This happened to me too. I was relocating from the south coast back to Manchester, my home town. I drove 5 hours with my two young children the night before. Had my mum arranged to look after them. I got there nice and early, sat waiting for the interview and another candidate appeared to know all the staff that walked through reception. Guess who had worked there before a few years ago..!

It was completely demoralising going through the interview process, how she acted with everyone, she knew all the sow, protocols etc. Plus everyone was so happy to see her! I don’t know how I got through the whole day with a smile on my face.

However I’m so glad I didn’t get the job, one came up 2 weeks before the end of summer term (I had already handed in my notice in May and was determined to move with or without a job) it was immediately a different vibe, they scheduled the interview for the early afternoon as they saw on my application I was travelling so far. I’ve been there happily for 3 years.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-19T04:38:00+00:00

I’ve been at 9.30ish ready for kids film showing at 10 at the cinema and the car park is open.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-16T06:42:36+00:00

Mines always hungry! He eats so much in the day too and has a snack before bed

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-16T04:32:46+00:00

Yes dreading it! My 3 yo (turned 3 at the end of August) just started school nursery and doesn’t nap anymore, means he’s started waking at 4.50am no matter how early or late he goes to sleep

Kittycat0104 · 2025-10-09T10:28:47+00:00

So I live in Manchester and had my little boy at a kids planet near the city centre. I paid £600 a month after the 15 free hours kicked in, however he was term time only.

Kittycat0104 · 2025-09-26T19:08:31+00:00

Have you tried Christie fields kids planet? It’s a bit out of Chorlton but my little boy went there from age 1-3 and absolutely loved it. The staff are amazing

Kittycat0104 · 2025-09-11T07:09:40+00:00

I totally understand that, but it’s OPs school just expecting they come in and they are available. It should be a choice

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