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Leaving do for year 6

31 replies

Annoyedparentofyear6dd · 15/04/2016 14:07

Our year 6 is trying to organise a leaving do. For the past couple of years the girls have left school in a limo and gone off to a meal or someone house. This is a parent organise thing and not official a school tradition. However, nearly half of our class parents are not happy with the limo. Some feel they are too young and other feel it is not safe. A few of the class really want the limo and the rest are happy either way and will do it if most of the class participate. So the organising mum's children are the ones who really want it, so they have decided to go ahead even though nearly half the class say no. This had turned into a huge fight with the parents and is completely overshadowing the event and is started to affect the girls. They argue that everyone should have be able to do what they want to do, even if it means upsetting the girls who are not able to go in the limo. I have no problems with the limo but feel we should scrap the idea and do something all girls can do. AIBU or are they?

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SquidgeyMidgey · 15/04/2016 17:07

I personally think these dos are getting to be over the top

Agreed. Limos for 11 year old? All a bit Big Fat Gypsy Wedding for round my way, thankfully (snob alert!).

Sunnymeg · 15/04/2016 18:31

How many girls are in the class? Will they all fit in the limo? If not then I think that it is best forgotten about. Could another mode of transport be arranged? At DS's primary school they have an open top bus and they drive through the village and to the nearest town. The kids have the time of their lives waving to everyone along the way. Would it help to suggest something like that, which the whole class could be involved in?

Annoyedparentofyear6dd · 15/04/2016 21:13

Oh love the bus idea! Tried to suggest something else but these two mum insist on it being a limo. It a shame really that we can't all agree.

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manicinsomniac · 15/04/2016 22:10

It's a bit over the top and silly but I don't see any harm in it and wouldn't care either way.

However, I think the organisers should have the final say. So, if they want it, it happens. The naysayers could presumably have been involved in the organising if they'd wanted to, after all. If you don't help you should naturally have less of a voice.

Leeds2 · 15/04/2016 22:21

At the school where I volunteer, they had - a couple of years ago - two limos going from school to two different venues. I thought it was very sad that they couldn't agree on a common venue.

I think if some don't want the limo, it shouldn't happen. Personally, would have no objections.

hyperhypermum · 16/04/2016 08:40

Arghhh. We'll at least all the children are being INVITED to partake in the limo shenanigans. When DS left, some parents organised a couple of limos but there was not enough space for all the kids so it was only the in crowd invited to take part while the rest looked sadly on. A double decker bus was suggested so all could be included but the uber mums didn't want that.....

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