Would you let your child go to a party on a school day?

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After school, 3-6pm. Child collected straight from school. Craft/film party, cake and popcorn or other party bits, not a meal. Ages 9-10.
Would it make a difference if your child had a test two days later i.e. party on Tuesday, test on Thursday morning?

I'm assuming that your house is not North Korea 2.0?

Yes, of course. Aren’t parties on school nights normal? And it is only 3-6pm.

Christ, why would you not?

Yes but there needs to be a meal.

O. M. G. 🤣🤣

Very common time to have a birthday party and FAR beter than it chewing up party of a weekend.

Of course.

Yes of course ( and I have a 10 year old ), his football training which is every week finishes way later this ( it's 7pm to 8pm in next town and then he'll need to have a shower and eat on getting home..)
What difference does the test 2 days later make?
This is a reverse isn't it?

Yes no problem, but I would definitely feed them. Be starving by the time they get home.

OP if you're hosting bang some pizza and curly fries in the oven for everyone's sake!

but yes I'd expect a meal to be honest given the timing of party

Agree with everyone else - that's totally fine - it's not much different to your average play date at that age. And the test is immaterial at 9. But you need to serve an actual meal. No one wants to pick their child up at 6pm hyper from party/cake and then have to sort a meal out for them.

Absolutely. Also tests at that age really aren't that important. Not important enough to miss valuable socialising time two days beforehand.

If it's your child going to the party, then yes, of course they should go, tests at that age are pointless and prove nothing.

If you're the party host and someone is using the test as an excuse not to come then it might be the child doesn't actually want to attend.

It's a 3 hour party that finishes at 6 so it'd be nice if the kids were fed at the party otherwise there's no issue.

Of course

Yes but I’d also expect them to get a proper meal, pizza or sandwiches etc, not just popcorn and sweets. Would make me feel really sick to have that in the absence of proper food.

Yes of course. My 8 year old dances from 4pm til 7pm once a week and kids are often at after school club til 6pm so a party wouldn't be an issue at all. Does your child go back to play after school sometimes?

Yes.

Of course. Most parties seem to be on a school night around here. Probably because it’s cheaper.

To put into perspective my 9/10 yo and several school friends do 3 hours of dancing at least 1 night a week after school. It has never been an issue

Yes, unless the test was the 11+ or school entrance. If it were just an intra-primary KS2 test then no problem. I would expect a meal in that time though, not just cake and popcorn.

In principle no issue at all.
Except
a) if the test is important e.g. 11+ or y6 SATs
b) my particular DD had no stamina at all in the school week so dependent on other things I may or may not have said yes

Why not? A 9/10 year old is hardly at bed at 6pm and what test is so important that a fun afternoon will destroy any chance to pass it? If he hasn’t revised before, 2 days won’t make a difference anyway.

I thought you meant a party until late in the night.

Absolutely fine timing wise. I would even mind if it was before an 11+ Or Sats test. I don’t encourage my children to cram for tests.
I would however expect them to be fed. If you don’t feed them I think you will have a lot of grumpy 10 year olds.