to think DSs school is being a bit boring?

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World book day, nothing other than a book workshop ..whatever that is? Is it just another guise for selling bookks added on to the already existing book club? On the the 13th is Red Nose Day of course, they.aren't doing anything they sold red noses last week , they ran out with no plans for more....AIBU to feel its a bit ..well ..boring?

World book day at dds school is not a PTA event, it's organised by the school.
And I hate it. All it means is "more stuff to go and buy for the sake of one day". For 2 dc.
It comes a week after buying a costume for Roman day, 2 weeks after buying materials to build a human shield, and next week I need to buy 2 dancing costumes for a school competition.
I could theoretically have made costumes though would have still needed to purchase material, and had the time and knowledge to produce them. I have no idea how to make clothes.

I'd have preferred not to have to go and buy yet more crap for one day tbh! We also had a "voluntary" £3 contribution per child for a travelling theatre coming in as part of WBD celebrations.

So everyone here is a costume scrooge apart from me? oh well. ... at what point did I say i have no intention of helping out? and no Im not a qualified teacher , not sure how thats relevant. That sounds like a nice Idea wiggles rock, Im surprised more about the lack of anything for comic relief really.

Be careful what you wish for

You could volunteer to join the PTA and liven things up ?

When youngest is in nursery i wouldn't mind at all, its nice if the kids have something to work towards /look forward to My school was all stick no carrot.and morale was Always low.

I'm not a costume scrooge. I just think they should have proper book character costumes, not cartoon or superhero rubbish.

DSs were costumed as characters from books.

Your school sounds sensible.

The BBC has enough ways to advertise their charity and raise funds for their chosen cause without forcing it in school children.

It is morally wrong that parents are emotionally blackmailed into giving money to a charity that they haven't chosen because their children get left out of fun things if they don't, and if your school has chosen not to be part of it, then good on them. Children have to go to school, it is a place to learn, not a place for big powerful charities to make some easy money.

Schools can't win can they? Dress up / no dressing up - someone isn't happy as this thread demonstrates.

I assume you haven't read all the other threads on struggling to deal with cosutmes. I have spent more on a costume for one day than a weeks school dinners.

I think dressing up in Key stage 1 is quite good fun by key stage 2 I think it does nothing to encourage reading.

It's quite expensive though isn't it? My sister is a teacher and ended up buying red noses for kids in her form who couldn't afford them. I think these kind of events can just make poor kids feel left out.