About year 6 leavers hoodies

All the dc got them oversized and wore for years afterwards. DS 15 and six foot still wears his.

I mean, surely the fact that the school wasn't organising hoodies was a fairly clear indication that they didn't want the kids to wear them?

I don't think you have a case for getting pissed off that a school doesn't want kids wearing a non-uniform item that a parent took it upon themselves to purchase, and which the school had nothing to do with. I don't really see why you'd expect the school to say yes to wearing them at school after it was made clear to the parents that leavers' hoodies aren't something the school was choosing to do that year.

My school is allowing them for the first time this year. I think it’s great. They won’t ever wear them again once they start seniors and it’s great to make them feel extra special at the end of year 6.

YANBU. Your school is being a bit miserable OP and so are some posters.
It made me laugh thinking about young people having problems in work because they were or were not allowed to wear leavers hoodies in primary school 😂

We were lucky because in my kids' school the leavers hoodies were organised and paid for by the PTA. They gave them out and took pictures of them all and the kids loved them. They were allowed to wear them instead of a school jumper for the last half term.

@Readyforthelaunch at my kids school, they used to have a red sweattshirt for P7, rest of school navy sweatshirt, then they srated doing the leavers hoodie, so it was red and their school uniform for the last year, why have a leavers hoody they cant wear to achool. Mine dodntvreally wear their after they left primary. Very draconian they cant wear hoodies to school.

Let's be realistic...

• It is June so kids wearing hoodies in warmer weather is pointless.
• Y6 kids stink to high heaven...the smell is awful by the end of the day. Worse if they have been wearing jumpers in hot weather!
• They only have 1 so it will either need washing daily or not get washed at all which means more sweaty, smelly classrooms.
• Nothing stopping them wearing it outside of school.
• Parents do not get to choose the school rules.

Mine all had them and they only could wear them on the last day and that’s when they received them however these were organised by the school PTA.

Personally I don’t see the problem in school implementing their rules. Also my kids wore theirs for a long time after they left and still have them and they have either left schooling or are in their GCSE years.

Yes, but next year 2 parents might not be able to afford them and then that would be incredibly unfair on the two who don’t have them.

we organising them ourselves as parents but we raised money and then provided them free for anyone on PP or who needed help.

I find the whole leavers hoodies, leavers parties etc. a total ballache.

Our Parents Association buy the hoodies from their funds which is just as well as I’d definitely not be wasting my own money buying such pointless items.

In fact, I’d rather they used the money raised for buying ice creams and treats fir the whole school during the final couple of weeks instead. (Small village primary)

DS had a hoody that they were given on the last day of primary school. It’s been 4 years and it’s still sat in the back of the wardrobe, unworn. You can’t even donate them to the charity shop as it’s got all their names on the back. 😤

I’ll probably end up chopping it up for cleaning rags.

The leavers hoodies are not school uniform. When we got ours they wore them to Y6 things like PGL but not for school. But the kids also chose to have them in big sizes so DD wore hers for a few years afterwards

Ours wore them from Easter, which was great as they'd all outgrown their uniforms by then and it was a good substitute.

It sounds like it was done a bit independently and, for who knows what reason, your school aren’t fully on board with the idea and have chosen to see them as non-uniform. It’s a shame and I can imagine parents and kids are disappointed as most schools do allow them to be worn. Ours got them on the last day of SATs and can wear them in school from now on. Ours are done in coordination with the school, as it’s very important that every child gets one, and they are all initialled so they don’t get mixed up. I did them this year and it took hours to do comms with parents, process orders and get all names, initials and sizes right. And I’m having a right laugh at the idea that I only volunteered for this as I somehow made money from it!!

At my children’s school the hoodies are always organised by the school and they normally get them towards the last couple of weeks and are allowed to wear them instead of jumpers. However there’s normally a heatwave then they’re told they can’t wear them as it’s too hot!! Other local schools get them at the start of the year and can wear them for residential / trips / P.E which I would much prefer as it’s such a waste of money to only wear them for a few weeks at the end of the year!

My year 6 DS has not got his leavers hoodie yet.
My year 11 DD has already left (doing her GCSEs so isn’t in school every day now and her last exam is two weeks today) and also hasn’t got her leavers hoodie yet.
It’s annoying and a bit wasteful but I haven’t really got the energy to be wound up about it in the scheme of things. Different schools have different needs and demographic considerations. For the most part I let them get on with making the decisions they think are best. (I’m also of the opinion that they are for leavers - and they haven’t left yet! We see loads of kids wearing them over the summer.)

My DD is Year 6 and they have all been allowed to wear theirs since they got them in January with the thought process being it makes sense to be able to wear them through the winter months.

Ours were organised by the school and heavily subsidised by the PTA to make them affordable. They stop wanting to wear them once they leave school so really a complete waste only letting them wear on the last day. The kids love wearing them so much and feeling special. I think really mean of the school to say last day only. Bastards!

Seems sensible to me. The hoodies are quite a random thing I only became aware of fairly recently. Maybe the school are trying to discourage the whole thing.

DC1 will be in year 6 next year. I'll get him a hoodie if someone else organises it and he really wants one but I won't be encouraging it.

It’s not the wearing of hoodies that is the issue. It is the issue that you are making about the rules when there isn’t one.

Ours got theirs on the last day and could only wear them the . Id have loved her to have been able to wear it longer. My neices wear theirs pretty much whole year in their schools

There will be some logic behind it!

Ours (organised by myself as part of the PTA) only ever received and wore theirs after the leaver’s assembly on the final day of term. DD got plenty of wear out of hers over the summer and it was a nice parting gift for them all to be presented with on the final day.

In my opinion they look scruffy when worn rather than proper uniform 24/7 so agree with our school’s approach.

Ours have them in year 4 and I have seen them wearing them for at least the last 4 weeks. I think why not as tbh after that they prob won't wear them so pointless buying them.

@Winter2020 I agree with you!! Conspicuous Consumption!

Tbf, you and your DC will have a lot of disappointments if these non-events are felt so keenly. It wouldn’t even occur to me to challenge the school about this - our DCs only wore them at school on their residential and the last day. Literally not one single parent thought it was an issue. As I and others have mentioned, many wear them outside of school for years.