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Most state primary schools through the 20th century did not require a uniform. American usage is elementary schools. Rather the primary children mostly wore the popular fashions of the day. Some mothers would buy grey school uniform items, but mostly the children wore their regular clothes to school. As a result, in the state system you have the rather incongrous system of little elementary school kids going to school in long pants and big secondary boys going to school in short pants and knee socks. Many New Zealand elementary children look forward to the day that they begin intermediate school and wear uniforms like the big boys. The novelty of the uniform, however, for many soon wears off. Some state primary schools began to introduce uniforms in the late-1990s. This was especially pronounced in the cities. It is a trend that has become more pronounced in the 2000s.
HBC does not yet have much information on school clothes during the 19th century. We know much more about the 20th century. Most state primary schools during the 20th century did not require a uniform. American usage is elementary schools. Some state primary schools began to introduce uniforms in the late-1990s. This was especially pronounced in the cities. It is a trend that has become more pronounced in the 2000s when school uniforms became increasingly common throughout the country. We do not yet have an overall chronological write up. A New Zealand reader has, however provided an interesting assessment of the 2000s when a major change occurred in primary schoolwear, many schools shifting to school uniforms. .
Rather the primary children mostly wore the popular fashions of the day. Some mothers would buy grey school uniform items, but mostly the children wore their regular clothes to school. As a result, in the state system you have the rather incongrous system of little elementary school kids going to school in long pants and big secondary boys going to school in short pants and knee socks.
Many New Zealand elementary children look forward to the day that they begin intermediate school and wear uniforms like the big boys. The novelty of the uniform, however, for many soon wears off. Thisds changed in the 2000s when many primary schools also adopted school uniforms.
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