To not let ds go on THIS school trip to...

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...Toysrus...
Their theme is toys this term and have just had letter back saying this will be educational and enjoyable and they may take five quid spending money.

1. I fail to see how this is educational
2. It is commercial
3. We are broke and my life is spent managing dc's expectations down and I specifically avoid toy shops esp. At this time of year.

Pinot lay off the ? You're not some high commissioner of primary school trips. Your a person who googled. Googled. And your googling was probably wrong. Stop now. It's embarrassing.

I don't think the trip is harmless. Already told de he wasn't going and he seemed unbothered and unsurprised pp

as if i googled

Do you really think they would

I absolutely see where your coming from OP and I totally agree with you that it is a pointless trip BUT it is really not fair to punish your DS by making him stay at school all day whilst his mate are out having a good time.

I would either keep him at home or send him in with a pound for spending money.

Pretty sure my nephew went non a school trip to TUR last year. Or maybe the year before.
He is definitely not made up.

Oh Pinot please do stop with your attempt at blasé humour. You googled something and are now at the Op like a dog with a bone. You do realise individual stores can have their own policies?

I'm not saying the op is definitely, 100% legit but you seriously need to stop banging on about your Google results. It's cringeworthy and embarrassing. Seriously. I will also say again that it's the same tactics of a bullying teenager: repeat something over and over at someone to make them embarrassed and small. You've said your piece. Why continue? Just back off.

OP could well be telling the truth but there needs to be a complaint made with the school. It may not only be OP who will have fallout from this. I would hate mine to go on a trip like this - what does it achieve? take them to a museum, whatever. Not Toys R Us and an e coli risk pet store. It's, um, barking.

Well I'm sad and I did Google and found at least one school that has done this - bizarre

I'm confused that this apparently unbelievable? Why is it not believable? Commercialism and bizarreness quotient for trips have been creeping up throughout the eons that I have been a 'school parent'.

I'd be fuming but not overly surprised. If there's something specifically about that chain of shops that makes it ridiculous, can someone explain please?

Why is it so unbelievable? I work in retail and we have kids come in for school trips all the time.

Pinot please report this thread instead of troll hunting.

I'd deny permission and ask why the three toy sections of local museums weren't being visited.

That's appalling, especially at this time of year.

My year one children are doing the same topic, and they are going to a museum.

*Umm googled Toys R Us and school trips grin

Guess what

It didnt exist*

What does that prove? Do you think every school puts every letter it sends home on the Internet? Because I can assure you they don't especiakly not school trips, they don't want people other than parents knowing where their going, do you some how know where every school choses to take its kids on school trips?! The fact you had to google it suggest not! When I was training to be a TA gears was our theme we sent a letter home going we're thinking of a taking the year twos to Lego land instead of the local musuem, so yes I totally believe that as a one off they'd say toysrus! Just cos you've never heard of it doesn't mean it wouldn't Happen and how is it different to the secondary kids going to Oxford street, that's not educational either but schools still do it.

There are other toy shops or shops that they could do behind the scenes, there would be more benefit topic wise going to the local museum and looking at old toys!

Actually build a bear would be both fun and educational least they'd see how bears can be stuffed they go from the fabric body to being a bear! Expensive though!

I really don't think it's an appropriate trip unless there's more to it than meets the eye. I feel sorry that your DS is going to be perhaps the only one not going though. I think the school need to know they've made a mistake here with this and consider something different for next year. Also taking £5 to buy something is consumerism rather than buying a souvenir to show/ remember where they've been. £5 isn't very much either. Some parents will send heir children in with more and will the teachers limit them to spending only £5 or will they let them spend £20 and walk out with something 'better' than the other children? Just a mess really.

Pinot I can assure you trips to tesco do exist I went on one in year 9 and I've seen the ks1 resources on healthy eating they produce to go along side the trips at that level!

If my daughter went on a trip to toysrus her class would

1. be very over excited and difficult to control.
2. completely believe claims by class mates about what they were getting for Christmas
3. ultimately be bored because apart from one or two games consuls there isn't much to do in toys r us. It's just a big warehouse full of toys they can't touch.

Going to toysrus before Christmas really isn't the same as going to a supermarket.

Presumably the trip isn't compulsory. Levi's him at school.

pinot your laughing at Paul about the tescos trips, we'll look what I've found
RHET & Tesco have been working together since 2003, and have a very strong partnership. In conjuction with a Farm Visit, schools can also visit a local Tesco Store to really see the journey of food from soil to shelf where the class can become Store Detectives! To organise such an excursion, please see www.rhet.org.uk/Teachers/Farm+Visits and complete a Farm Visit request form, noting you are interested in a Tesco visit too.
To accompany the Tesco tour, there are a variety of work sheets, which you can download below:

don't belive me read it here

I know that's Scotland but I assure you it happens is England too!

Just cos tesco or toysrus don't advertise it doesn't mean it doesn't hapoen not sure what's not allowed about it in fact certainly in terms of tescos its actively encouraged!

Could you send him but say the £5 needs to be spent on s toy to give to charity?