infants and junior school Valentine disco

[GrannyButte]

My Grandchildren had a Valentines party at school. This is a junior school they are 6 and 7, I know its a bit of fun but surely its giving young kids the wrong impression, we are supposed to be learning them about grown up content, not encouraging it.
Tickets were £1 and if they wanted crisps and a drink they had to take money for them. Plus it was on Tuesday so they could still charge kids another £1 for number related non uniform day!!

It’s a disco to raise school funds. Can’t say I blame the school.

Do children that age even enjoy a disco? Why not let them do proper party games?

But YANBU, no need to make it Valentines themed.

Do children that age even enjoy a disco

Running around in the school hall with your friends, singing pop songs and eating crisps without your parents watching? What's not to like at that age!

@bridgetreilly do you actually know any 6/7 year olds?! Most bloody love a disco.

What proper party games would you suggest, with 100 kids in a hall? Good luck getting to the end of musical chairs in an hour

I find it odd how people appear to have suddenly embraced valentines day. Maybe it's more noticeable as my kids get older. I had cards and gifts that they had made at preschool there were also lots of kids at the primary school exchanging gifts which seems like a horrible idea to make people feel left out

I do, as it happens, and they much prefer playing games to having a disco.

@bridgetreilly it’s not about what they prefer though, it’s what they like. You asked if kids that age even like a disco. My experience (years volunteering at multiple school discos!) is very much a yes, most kids love them. They might also like party games, even prefer those - but they still love the disco. And as I said - good luck playing musical chairs with 100 children. Disco and games isn’t either or, they can like both - and I’m surprise that you have experience of that age and ask if they like a disco.

Uabu for writing ‘learning them’.

I loved school discos as a kid, let them have a bit of fun. All too soon they become adults and we know how 70% of the time that is shite.

This is nothing new I remember valentines discos at primary school and that was 25 years ago. Most of the adults would probably have their own valentines plans so I can understand it being on a different night. It's nice for the children to socialise with peers outside of an educational setting.

YABU. Valentine's disco has been around in every school I've known of (my own, the ones my parents taught in, the ones my other half taught in, and the schools my 3 children have attended).

It's a disco. That is it. Kids love them. School get to fund raise. What is the problem?

It's a disco with a few hearts stuck around the school hall not love island.

With government cuts the way they are schools need to take every chance they get to raise money.

What We3kings said, exactly!!

@We3kingsoforientareandabump Exactly!