Leaving primary - no celebration

[Lailalily]

It was talking with another mum and it make me think about our children finishing primary school.

They worked so hard all these years and grow up together, making lovely friendships and memories. For many of them they been together since Reception and now they are all going separate ways for secondary school.

I feel a little sad that our school do not really do a big celebration for them. They have hoodies and do a play. It is such an important moment in their lives and I think they deserve a nice ending to their primary education after all their hard work.

Please let me know what your schools do? Do they have leavers party, prom, disco, special trip or something else? Any ideas are welcome.

Maybe it is just me, but I feel they deserve something special to celebrate this milestone before they move on.

Leavers hoodie,
leavers year book
play
leavers assembly
leavers mass service
leavers disco
and on the last day of school when year 6 is leaving there will be confetti chucked at them,

Leavers assembly, photos for a yearbook and BBQ at primary

Whatever they do its pointless. Its money making, spending without needing to, adding pressure to families already struggling

most of us over a certain age left primary school without a celebration and don’t feel left out.

It’s just fun. Sometimes things don’t have to have a point other than for enjoyment. Especially for children.

We finished last week (Ireland). We had a graduation ceremony about week before finish. it was mostly the kids singing a few songs with a few readings and poems in between. It was sweet. Then for the actual last day the parents, teachers and other students do a guard of honour outside and they walk out for the last time. It was quite emotional but also really positive. Poor DD was bawling, her twin DS was laughing. It was a nice moment with a sense of finality

Nothing, don't think any of my friends had anything really, apart from games on the last day.