About year 6 leavers hoodies

Yes ours got to wear them too. And the PTA paid for them for everyone. So no one was left out.

Is this your first time on MN? 😂
The many threads about kids being targeted at school beg to differ.

Perhaps the school have been trying to educate the children on wasteful consumption and do not want to undermine this lesson by encouraging them to buy a hoodie that most do not need, may not want to pay for and will not wear out of school?

Fine, some will wear them again but a lot won't. I've had 2 kids through Y6, neither wore theirs for more than 3 or 4 days max.

Signing t-shirts is more fun anyway and a much better keepsake - if they really want a physical momento.

I’m a very rule abiding parent but schools aren’t always in the right about every single thing and they do get things wrong.

And so do parents who have a tendency to be biased. The schools reasons are not based on personal bias.

my initial question was: why not wear it to/from school and at lunch break?
but, I do feel the school has got this one wrong.

I think that’s unusual as the kids round here seem to wear them plenty. Especially the ones in next couple of years after getting them as they are a sign of having left the previous setting iyswim. I see kids going around in them every day.

I agree with not getting them if your kid is in the minority who won’t wear them though.

The school can set whatever performative rules it wants - it's a school. Parents defending their child's right to go against the grain all create exhausting distractions that hog time. Teachers want to teach - not explain policy reasoning to huffy parents who want to bend the rules to make their child happy, ffs.

Is it for the sake of it?
Are the parents going to kick up a stink if their child loses an expensive hoodie?
Is it easily replaceable if lost?
If not, how will that child feel if they are the only one or one of a few that doesn’t have a hoodie for the majority of the term because it was lost or taken?
Who is organising the year below’s leaving hoodies when their time comes?
Why does it matter so much to this group of parents?
Why can’t the children be told that if that this is considered a sad or miserable experience for them then they are very lucky indeed.

The school will have their reasons. I can think of a few why.

I really don’t care if it’s condescending to feel sorry for kids with whiney parents.

My granddaughter was allowed to wear hers for any special things arranged by the school but not the leavers assembly. She loves hers and still wears it.

I apologise if any of my posts have upset or offended you.

However, you’ve asked for opinions. I gave mine.

I thought that: The year 6 parents are not happy was absolutely pathetic. And these unhappy parents really need to grow up and accept what the school have advised.

It sets a really bad example to the children if parents are unhappy about a perfectly sensible rule set by the school.

Again, apologies if you think that’s rude, aggressive or impolite.

Rules for the sake of rules is so pathetically performative.
And saying you "feel sorry" blah blah blah is condescending. 🙄

I agree with this.

And I also think that everyone being “given the option” of buying one is less than ideal. What parent wants to tell another parent in their class that they can’t find the money to buy their child a hoody?! That’s not the same as it being accessible and inclusive.

When schools organise paid events - like the residential etc - there are often behind-the-scenes arrangements for families that don’t have much money.

I understand the kids are disappointed- or is it actually really the parents?? - but the school had nothing to do with the hoodies, so their stance doesn’t seem unreasonable.

YANBU. My son's school also wore active wear instead of a school uniform, and they were wearing their leavers hoodies for months before they finished school. He now keeps it in a memory box with a few other bits from school.

It’s a shame you weren’t made aware/someone didn’t check before ordering them if they would be allowed to be worn.
Our school organise them for every year 6 for parents that want them, they can wear everyday after Sats.
By then most of them have grown out of their normal uniform jumpers and parents haven’t brought new for their final year, so the year 6 hoodies are great.
I wouldn’t buy one if it couldn’t be worn for a couple of months because once they leave, they never wear them again.
£12 for a hoodie (which what ours cost) that is a memento and can be worn daily for June/July if they want to seems fairly good value.

Scotland too and ours get to wear their hoodies. 😀

Because I think it’s pathetic.

I feel sorry for any child whose parent kicks up a fuss about this.

I feel even more sorry for the school who have to deal with parents complaining about things like this.

They have set a rule. Why is that so hard to follow?

There’s really no need to be obnoxious.

Have you had a bad day?

I used to be a teacher and my children currently at primary and I've never known a school to let Y6 wear leavers hoodies (if they have them) every day after SATs. It sounds like they were organised separately from the school, so I think the school are acting reasonably.

Ours have been allowed to wear them on PE days since SATS finished. Children had a choice of colours so they are not particularly uniform like. I think they may have been done later in previous years but they took feedback on board. PTA paid and organised via the local uniform supplier.