Packing for Y6 residential

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DD is on a Y6 residential. I was talking to a colleague today who made a remark along the lines of me having to spend the evening packing for her. Er no - there is a list and DD is perfectly able to pack for herself. I asked a couple of question at the end along the lines of how many pairs of pants did she pack and did she find the sun cream, but basically it was just clothes, wash stuff, book and a cuddly toy so hardly difficult.

Colleague also has a Y6 child and said she couldn't imagine not packing for them.

My rationale is that DD is 11, not a baby, there is a defined list and she probably has more idea what clothes and shower gel she wants to take then I do!
AIBU?

However if you do let your child do all their packing all entirely on their own. Please don't be cross when we call you from camp asking you to bring trainers/wellies/waterproofs/swim costume/sun hat so that your child can take part in an activity when everything they needed was written on the kit list

Ha, yes, that's true too. I think a balance of letting your child pack, but supervising to ensure that everything is in is the best course of action, especially for younger children.

We would always pack together,firstly so that everything needed went and dd didn't pack her best clothes for stream walking etc and secondly if she saw it going in the suitcase she'd know it was there when she needed it hopefully
My dses came back from their residential never having touched the toiletries and having worn very few clothes. Eldest dd came home with a suitcase as neatly packed as it had gone,clean clothes put in a bag to keep them separate and nothing missing. Youngest dd had worn everything and all the clothes were screwed in balls and stuffed in and she'd lost a towel and came home with someone else's underwear I always viewed it as being a pretty accurate reflection of their ways tbh,