Hat Storage
Junior School – Rooms 4, 5 and 7
Room 4 Year 1
These children came up with the idea of putting initialled beads on the chin strap. When the new sunhats arrived it was discovered that they have two holes on the side and so the solution was modified.
Room 5 spray painted initials
Room 5 Year 2
The preferred method of hat identification in Room 5 was to use a stencil and paint a child's initials onto their hat using material-quality spray paint. Two kinds of stencils were trialled and a stencil cut out of cardboard was considered to be the most suitable. The stencil could be used to spray paint onto the rim or head part of the hat. The paint used would be either silver or white so the initials are easily seen and the hat easily recognised. This type of paint won't wash off so the hats can be cleaned.
"To identify my hat I could put my name on it. Jonathan. Put my initials on it. J C. J E C. Put a tag on the front of the hat."
Room 7 stitched names
Room 7 Year 3
The children in Room 7 decided to stitch names onto the hats but this solution required the help of parents.
The solutions were considered by all the students and the one that was considered most appropriate was Room 4's that utilised the beads. The children made a presentation to the wider school community and this system will be adopted for the coming summer.
