About year 6 leavers hoodies

We ordered them at the start of Year 6, they are only allowed to wear them on the day they are in PE kit all day, but have done that throughout Year 6. They arrived just in time for the residential, which was September/October time, so they've had a good amount of wear at our school but not every day use.

All of the primary schools near here have them. All of my children, nieces and nephews, and friends kids have gone through primary and had them. They all got them after SATS for the last few weeks of their final term and all wore them to death both inside and outside school. Right through summer too and only stopped once they got to secondary although I always see a few still kicking about into September.

For those saying how rubbish it is and what a waste of money etc, remember being 10 or 11. Remember leaving primary school and feeling so grown up. They absolutely love them, ours are even allowed to wear them when they go to the secondary school taster days in July and you see all of the Year 6's from all of the different primary schools proudly wearing their colour heading to big school (the schools somehow must discuss to make sure each school opts for a different colour). The PTA's step in quietly if needed to ensure no-one misses out.

It's really special for them and it brings joy.

No! Because those things are not visible day in day out like your idea of children wearing hoodies after sats, when everyday they’d be the odd one out.

Unkind.

Near me the state school kids get a leavers’ hoodie at the start of their last year of primary and wear it constantly. I know there are 11, and I’m being mean but it’s just so lame! 😂 I can’t explain my irrational dislike of them. They are just so uncool, but the kids must think they are the bees knees.

And there is usually a behind the scenes arrangement for leavers hoodies too.

My DS both had leavers joodies at the end of Y6 (provided by school/pta). They got them on the last day and spent the summer and following year wearing them until they were too small. We saw other similar aged children wearing their leavers hoodies out and about all over the place.

There’s still 7 weeks of term left, so yes they shouldn’t be wearing them now. It gives the impression that school is done. It’s a copy from y11s doing it, but the y11s are actually leaving or have left. Y6s don’t need them now (or at all imo)

Eh? Not that it matters, I've been here for over 20 years. Not sure it that is a positive or not.......does time on MN make someone's post more or less valid in the discussion? 🤔

Most people reading my post would manage to work out I am talking about the actual subject at hand. Hoodies. No pupil is being "targeted" here, the parents on the other hand are getting their knickers in a twist over nothing.

I can understand why the school won't allow the children to wear them until the last day. If it's something that the school don't do, then the current Y5/Y4 children will be noticing them and then wondering why they aren't getting hoodies when they reach the summer term in Y6. I can also imagine that some children may think that the leavers hoodie means they have already left school (in their heads) so continuing to get the children to be engaged in school may be more challenging.

Of course you can disagree with the school and think they should be doing hoodies but, for their own reasons they choose not to. I see your examples of what the school do and request but there is no logic in the Y6 being allowed to wear them or not. If it's the school policy and they don't do hoodies and don't want children to wear them then that's up to the school. Our local primaries don't do them so it's not all schools who do it. Just my take on it all!

How odd
My children's school see it very much as a rite of passage. Those who want them have their year 6 hoodies ordered at the end of year five so that they have them at the start of year six they're then allowed to wear them p days for the entire year.
I know our school pay for everyone to have one if affordability is an issue

My daughter is in year 6 and got her leavers hoodie a few weeks ago and they’re allowed to wear them at school. Your school sounds very harsh! I wouldn’t be happy either. What’s the harm in letting them wear hoodies for a month or 2!

I can understand why the kids are grumpy about not being allowed to wear the hoodies, but I feel some parents are far too invested in this matter. And it's always the ones who have done nothing, organised nothing who have the. most to say and complain about.

What is the issue? The school have said no non uniform until the last day and here we have a parent taking to the internet to whinge about it. This is why children can't follow rules.

Our school hands them out at the Leavers Assembly which normally takes place a few days before the end of term. The children can then wear them for the rest of the week (if it's not too warm!!).

Yes it's too hot in the summer term to wear hoodies too!

That’s a real shame all of my dc have loved wearing them the last few weeks of term. It’s like a right of passage. You find that once they go up to high school they get forgotten about quickly.

At our school once the SAT’s were done and it was after half term then it was wear it when you want.

Then you shouldn't be adding to this waste. Not everyone can afford this stuff.

Ours give them out at their Leaver's assembly, so virtually the last day - the kids survive!

As for them getting "use out of it" as some have said, pretty much every kid in both my DS and DDs years wore them almost solidly for the next 6m - we used to keep a tally on the group chat about who had gone the longest refusing to have it washed.... 😆

Really. You complain about the cost of things the school organise and then complain that the school isn't supportive if this wasteful initiative. Schools have uniform policies for a good reason and even if everyone you know has bought one, it pressurises others and sets a precedent for future years.

As a teacher (and parent of a child who wanted two hoodies) and owner of several hoodies that are kindly gifted to me by the parents of whichever Y6 class I'm teaching that year, my observations:

1. Only buy one- your child will never wear it again
2. Please wash it often- they are thick hoodies worn at the hottest time of the year by children who've started puberty but often aren't good at washing!
3. Just agree with the school.
4. Do be careful with the info on the top. One year the PTA put the children's full name on the hoodies- not good for safeguarding.
5. I am appreciative but now I own about 6, I'd secretly be happy not to have one in future! My school allows kids to wear them in the summer term, which seems fair. Too early and they get lost, and become meaningless. Too late, and what's the point?

All 3 of mine wore them for 1/2 day only as they were only allowed to wear them on the last day - which was always baking hot so they were discarded by lunchtime! Despite me spending a fortune on them, none of my kids ever wore their hoodie again. They no longer wanted to be associated with being primary age by then and were ready to be high schoolers! Total waste of money 🤦‍♀️