Boarding House Routines (Continued) - Ipswich Grammar School

Clothing and Uniforms (Continued)
Example of how labels should be sewn on -
The importance of clear labelling of clothes is stressed to facilitate their return as unnamed clothes obviously
can’t be returned to the rightful owner
CIVAN SMITH
IPSWICH GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
Turn under these edges
before sewing
Laundry
There are two main operations of the laundry: washing of personal clothes and bed linen. As mentioned earlier,
clothes that require washing are placed in laundry bins in the foyers. Boys are rostered to put the clothes into bags
where they are collected for washing. Each boy has a locker with his name on it. Washed clothes are placed in his
locker. It usually takes about 5 or 10 minutes for boys to collect their clothes. They then take their clothes back to the
dormitory and put them away.
Bed linen is changed once a week on a Thursday. The duty master collects sheets and pillowcases in the morning as
the boys hand in their sheets, then the boys collect the same number of sheets and pillowcases and return these to
their rooms. Boys have to make their beds every day, and change the sheets once a week.
An additional point needs to be made to all boys and parents about the laundry. Clothes are washed using industrial
machines where certain rules regulate water temperature. In short the laundry can damage expensive brand designer
clothes, particularly jeans. To avoid this problem boys have several options: use the machines installed on the ground
floor of the towers; hand wash; or take special clothes home when going on leave. This point is stressed, as damage
caused to expensive clothes can be very upsetting for boys and parents. It should be noted that the tower laundries
and machines are not to be used for any item of school uniform or sports wear.
Dry cleaning of blazers and ties is always available and encouraged. This service is available through Sun Fresh and
can be organised via the laundry.
16 – IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL Boarders’ Handbook