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Proms for 4 year olds leaving nursery

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CruCru · 30/04/2013 18:44

There was an article in the Times about this a couple of days ago, mentioning fancy cards and dresses. AIBU to think this sounds like a pointless faff?

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ChilliJo · 30/04/2013 19:50

What's next? A prom when they leave your uterus? Taken home from hospital in a limo? Hmm

2cats2many · 30/04/2013 19:52

Our nursery does a leaver's party, but its more jelly and ice cream than limos and posh dresses.

ArbitraryUsername · 30/04/2013 20:03

DS1's nursery (he's 13 this year, so it wasn't recently) had a 'graduation ceremony'. The kids performed the 3 little pigs and then put on cardboard mortar boards and black capes and ran around pretending to be batman. It was cute.

I went to my friend's DD's kindergarten graduation in the USA. That was really quite something. DS1 looked utterly bemused when everyone did the turning towards the flag to sing the anthem hand on heart. He was 5 and could not figure out what was happening.

DS2's nursery have a leavers party. It takes place during the nursery day and presumably involves crisps, sweets and some party games.

morethanpotatoprints · 30/04/2013 20:05

Ha Ha Ha Biscuit

Fillyjonk75 · 30/04/2013 20:12

When I left school in 1992 we called the party a "prom" but it was just a disco with everyone dressed up in black tie/dresses. Went to a separate sixth form college and we had a ball at the end. There were several summer balls at university. I can't say as any prior event made the subsequent ones an anti-climax, they were all different.

thermalsinapril · 30/04/2013 20:29

What's wrong with a good old party? Smile

No need whatsoever for the prom stuff, there's a time and a place for graduation much later!

EnidRollins · 30/04/2013 20:59

Sorry to pee on the parade of anyone regaling tales of their little ones wearing gowns, mortar boards and having graduation teddies, but I've never heard of anything so feckin' ridiculous, and am seriously glad both my two seem to be in a sensible primary school that don't do that, as I would have made a face like this Confused and then burst into laughter.
Talk about OTT, I'm sorry but it's bloody ridiculous nowadays. They're leaving NURSERY. Not even the end of feckin' school. Jaysus.
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EnidRollins · 30/04/2013 21:00

What's next? A prom when they leave your uterus?

Grin don't be going giving 'em ideas, you never know nowadays!

Mrsrobertduvall · 30/04/2013 21:07

Well said Enid.

I am very non comittal about dd's prom( year 11). Some of the girls have spent £300 on a dress. Dd will get £50 all in for everything.

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