To think no school needs this many parent groups?

[MycatsaPirate]

DD goes to a middle school, from year 5 to 8 so four year groups.

They have a parents page on FB run and used by the parents. This is where we post to ask about homework when our kids have conveniently lost theirs, school trips, holidays etc. It's just a general point of contact and information and saves us all bothering the school office.

DD is at the end of year 6. Today I was asked by another parent if I was going to the Year 6 parents night out. I had no idea of the night out but apparently it was posted on the Year 6 Yummy Mummy group. I am not a member of that group but seemingly there are groups for each year and are secret and invite only. I have now been added to the group but there are only 47 people in it!

On top of that is the PTA social hub group and the PTA group. There are also other groups which are off shoots of these groups.

AIBU in thinking that it's fucking ridiculous? Why does everything need to be in separate groups? From what I can see stuff is repeated in the year 6 group that is in the main group. Although I've not looked too closely, I may read further back later.

Second AIBU is to just keep clear of the whole bloody thing? I post in the main group and really don't want to join yet another group for Year 7. Plus I am not a yummy mummy - more of knackered mum - so that may be why I wasn't invited two years ago.

Playground politics. Bloody hell.

[Purplepicnic]

I would steer well clear of anything associated with the phrase 'yummy mummy'

[DrHorribletookmycherry]

So there's a school group for parents and official pta. All good. Other "invite only" = cliques who haven't yet matured beyond the playground phase themselves. Avoid!

[GreenTulips]

Don't agree with 'Year X only invites' very childish - either you're friends or you aren't having kids the same age does not make a interesting evening

Run

[Pollypudding]

The "Yummy Mummies" sound like mean girls to me. Don't get involved!

[Mumzypopz]

They sound ridiculous. Our school has a PTA group in Facebook, a parents Facebook page which started off as a X school gossip page, then changed the name as there were complaints....then the school itself has a website and twitter....so four places to look...

[MycatsaPirate]

Oh there's an official twitter thing run by the school, so far no off shoot groups that I know of!

Reading back, it seems this was set up by parents when their kids moved from the first school to the middle school in year 5. They have regular social things which only that group are invited to.

I was added by the mum of my DD's friend tonight, she is a lovely woman but I don't think she realises that I actually feel bloody hurt that I have never been invited to any of the social evenings at all in two years. I have only lived here for 5 years so the chance to have made new friends would have been appreciated.

I just feel a bit put out really, that I wasn't worthy of being invited to anything along with all these other parents. I will just stick to mums net and my books I guess.

[Barbie222]

it's like that at my children's school. One group open, the other two secret. Only found out about one of them this year and he's in Y5. Can't say I've missed anything but no doubt they are secret so that they don't show up when the staff nosey about on Facebook as I often do