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Sweaters are widely worn at New Zealand schools by both boys and girls.
The sweater or jersey as it is often called in New Zealand is a key part of the uniform at all New Zealand schools. Unlike mot other garments, the same sweaters were worn by boys and girls at many schools. While it never gets really cold in New Zealand,it does get chilly asnd it can even snow, especilly on South Island. Thus sweaters are handy garments during the Winter term. Blazers are not commonly worn at most New Zealand schools. Instead the children commonly wear sweaters. The most common sweaters were grey sweaters, usually with colored trim. The grey sweaters often had colored trim at the neckband to show the school colors. A few had crests. At the schools where boys wore blue short pants, the standard sweater color was dark blue. Schools with blue shorts often have matching dark blue sweaters. Increasingly schools are now adopting more brightly colored sweaters instead of the grey ones. We also notice schools with other colors such as brown, green, and red. Usually these colored sweaters did not have colored trim. Sweaters as in Britain might be called jumpers at New Zealand schools. Traditionally the school sweater was a wool garment. That made it a somewhat expensive item. Some schools are replacing wool sweaters with colorful sweatshirts.
Sweaters are widely worn at New Zealand schools by both boys and girls.
The sweater or jersey as it is often called in New Zealand is a key part of the uniform at all New Zealand schools. Because of the generally mild climate, heavy coats are not needed. For much of the year the sweater is the warmest garment needed. Thus at school the sweater becomes commonly worn during the school year. Thus the school sweater gets a good bit of use. They are worn by both boys and girls and students of all ages. They are often worn in the morning if the weather is cool snd then just slipped off if it becomes warmer. They are thus popular with the students. The fact that this is an item that is normally optional and the students can wear them at their own discression is probably a factor here.
Unlike mot other garments, the same sweaters were worn by boys and girls at many schools. Noth boys and girls wear the same "V"-neck sweaters at many schools. Girls at some schools wear csrdigans, although the cardigans are not as popular as they once were.
While it never gets really cold in New Zealand,it does get chilly asnd it can even snow, especilly on South Island. Thus sweaters are handy garments during the Winter term. Blazers are not commonly worn at most New Zealand schools. Instead the children commonly wear sweaters.
The common style of school sweater in New Zealand was the "V"-neck sweaetr. The style has continued unchanged dor decades as the most popular in New Zealand schools. This of course was a style with which a tie might be used. The great majority of schools had these "V"-neck sweaters. They were not the only type of sweater, but they account for the vast majority of school sweaters.
We notice a variety of colored sweaters worn at New Zealand schools. The most common sweaters were grey sweaters, usually with colored trim. Some schools had plain grey sweaters. More commonly grey sweaters had colored trim at the neckband to show the school colors. A few schools had sweaters with crests. At the schools where boys wore blue short pants, the standard sweater color was dark blue. Schools with blue shorts often have matching dark blue sweaters. We have not noticed schools combining blue shorts and grey sweaters, although he have noticed grey shirts with blue sweaters. Increasingly schools are now adopting more brightly colored sweaters instead of the grey ones. We also notice schools with other colors such as brown, green, and red. Usually these colored sweaters did not have colored trim.
The fact that so many school sweaters were grey led the schools to add colored trim to make the sweaters a little more aesthetically interesting. And this also helped create a more identfiable uniform. The chilften generally seemed to like the idea. There were plain colored sweaters, but most schools had sweaters with colored trim. This was usually two colors applied at the "V" collar. This colored trim was rarely bused on ither types of sweaters, only the "V" neck sweaters. Some schools use just one color, but two colors were more common. The same color combination was often used for both ties and knee sick tops. This was also done with the dark blue seeaters. The various other colors were often kept as plain colors.
Some schools also had a logo or school system which was done on the sweaters to add a litle destinctive appearance. The logis were quite varied. This was usually a symbol or crest, but we also see letters. It was usually done on plain-colored swearters, but a few schools had sweaters with both trim and the logo. The logo was always placed over the left breast, the same place the crest was placed on blazers. This was not nearly as common as the "V" trim, but we do see it at several schools.
Sweaters as in Britain might be called jumpers at New Zealand schools.
Traditionally the school sweater was a wool garment. That made it a somewhat expensive item.
Some schools are replacing wool sweaters with colorful sweatshirts.
