Alcohol at primary school disco

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or am I just being a miserable old fart? My children attend a primary school that has mainly 'well heeled' families. There is to be a welcome disco for the reception families with the whole school invited, the invite states that alcohol will be available or you can bring your own. Am I wrong in thinking that alcohol does not belong at what is essentially a party for children. I get the impression that all the parents will be sat glugging beer or wine and chatting away whilst totally ignoring what their children are doing. Don't get me wrong, if you have a family/friends party at home and have the odd glass of wine then that is different but I really think that at this sort of thing the booze should be kept out of it.

Rawls, I have seen it happen in the past, in fact even see it at mass (where I assume alcohol has not been consumed) They let their kids run riot because they are arrogant enough to think it is ok for the little darlings to behave like escaped chimps.

YABa miserable old fart.

I can't imagine a family disco being any sort of success without alcohol TBH

Jesus, who can't manage to chat to other parents at a kids disco without having a few glasses of wine?

They won't be able to hear each other anyway over the sound of gangnam style.

Having attended more than 30 school discos, a few glasses of wine is the only thing that makes them bearable. It also makes a lot of money for the school. The parents sit and chat and the DCs run around with their friends with the parents keeping a vague eye on them. YABU

Rural primary, there is Pimms at the summer fete, mulled wine at Christmas and the fireworks and the odd can of beer at them all.

Senior school events have wine

Never seen any sillyness of any kind.

they are arrogant enough to think it is ok for the little darlings to behave like escaped chimps.

I hope your kids behave impeccably!

TBH I would definitely need some wine to get through mass and a school disco but that's just me!!

I think you sort of know you are being a bit of an old fart but why don't you go, not have a glass of wine and then report back to us about the most annoying brat there because I genuinely love stories about other peoples' frightful kids.. makes me feel better!

Wow, I have never heard of alcohol at a school party - but I am not in the UK. Great idea!

We sell alcohol at family discos at school. Do need a licence though

YANBU.

It is planned that wine is served at the school Christmas fayre and I just think it is unnecessary. The fayre is about 3 hours long and there is no need for people to be drinking wine.

We sell alcohol at a lot of our PTA events, it's where we make the most money. We have to get a licence to do it

Pimms at the summer fair, mulled wine at Christmas, we do a hog roast and sell cider for bonfire night. There's usually beer or wine available at the disco/beetle drive stuff too.

No one has ever got drunk or behaved inappropriately

We usually have a few drinks, chat to other parents, join in the dancing and the kids all play or dance together - much like you would at a wedding or whatever. No brawling or bad behaviour.

A glass of wine helps me cope with the endless One Direction/Vamps/Gangnam Style loop

My kids' primary served alcohol. It was, in all honesty, the only way to survive concerts/school plays/discos. The last night of the play usually involved the performers' exhausted parents staggering in on a Friday night, grabbing a beer and settling down to weep happily through their precious children's performances. Terrific fun.

The secondary serves booze at concerts too.

Oh, and the Christmas fair did mulled wine. I particularly enjoyed the year when two actor fathers dressed up as pantomime dame barmaids.

Dd's school did this at their last disco. It was lovely. The parents relaxed outside in the sunshine with a glass of wine and the children enjoyed the disco inside. Parents were available if required. No one had too much and it was a great way of parents getting to know each other. Mulled wine at the school christmas fair too.

OH, and lots of parents at both schools are Muslim.

When I read your post, I thought you meant that the children were drinking alcohol at a primary disco. What could possibly be wrong the parents having alcohol at a disco?

I'm afraid you are coming across a bit of an old fart.

Gosh you'd hate my DD's school then. They always serve wine and beer at the school fete and it makes a bomb. Although 2 years ago they forgot to apply for a licence so they weren't allowed to sell it and it had to be given away - buy a cupcake and get a glass of wine free. Didn't see loads of drunk adults though.

Summer punch is served at the school fete at our school and mulled wine, however they are in tiny plastic cups and you are unlikely to be able to drink enough to get trollied. I would be a bit more reserved about it stating on the invite that you can bring your own, sounds more like a student party than a reception get-together, I also agree that it could be excluding to groups that don't drink (I don't drink and don't mind people having one or two beers though).

Bloody hell, I thought you meant alcohol was being laid on for the kids the way your title was worded!
It's not for the children, is it?! They're not swigging alcopops in the corner while pogoing around to disco music.
What about at weddings, christenings, etc? There's usually alcohol at them too. Shouldn't kids be there either then? It's hardly like everyone will be falling down getting pissed on school property.

I completely agree with you OP, I like a glass or two of wine but I don't think it's either appropriate or necessary at a primary school disco. YANBU.

Interestingly my understanding of the current position with the licensing law in my part of Scotland is that alcohol cannot be served in an event where children are if on school premises So these events are normally now held in the village hall Alcohol can be served at all adult PTA type events on the school premises I think the feeling behind it was that having alcohol on school premises was normalising it too much To
be honest I think that alcohol is now so much part of 'normal' socialising that this artificial ban is not going to make any difference You are defo not going to get much enthusiasm here for a dry Halloween party

My kids' primary serve alcohol. The school fete has a Pimms stall, and also, kids have to bring a bottle (preferably alcoholic), for the fete's bottle tombola, to school in exchange for wearing their own clothes on a Friday . On St Patrick's day Irish coffee is served in the school hall at 3pm pick up. All good fun.

YANBU Alcohol is a dangerous substance which for some reason is more acceptable than smoking despite the fact that it kills thousands every year. 8.367 in 2012 which is not MUCH less than the 10,000 smoking related deaths is it?

Yet for some reason it's all "Oh har har it's only wine!"

I have quite a bit of experience of organising fund raising events. Some of them have been school, some a "dry" church.

I can tell you that among the general public there is no enthusiasm at all for dry barn dances, quizzes or discos. A disco with no alcohol available or allowed would have hardly anyone turn up.

All of mine went to CofE schools and alcohol was served and consumed with great gusto.

No children or animals were harmed during the events

For goodness sake am amazed at some of these hysterical posts

YNABU OP.
It all panders to the tedious wine o'clock brigade who can't seem to function without slamming down a few drinks.