Year 6 leavers 2020

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I just wondered what everyone's experience of this has been this summer with the difficult situation?
I know it will be different for different schools, depending on the size of the school etc, but due to the space restrictions only a certain number of my DC's Y6 class were allowed to return early June (more returned than didn't though).

My DC couldn't have returned due to shielding my youngest DC, but there were some that wanted to go back but were unable to.

For those of you in this situation, how have the leavers assemblies worked? Has this been done virtually with those at home being invited to Zoom with the class?
Have those at home being invited in to sign end of school books etc, and how has this worked with the current situation?

I feel so sorry for both the children and the staff.
The staff have done their best to include all children in what has been an impossible situation.

My DC is thankfully looking forward to high school in September, (the high school staff have been amazing too, putting them at ease through virtual meetings).

I just feel so emotional about the way it has turned out.
My DC actually had his last day at primary school in mid March.
I have such clear memories of my own last day at primary school, and I feel sad that they have been denied that, albeit no-one's fault.

I just wondered what others experiences were and how they feel about it?

My DD is in Year 13, I know sorry this thread is about Year 6, apologies but faces the same situation. It is the end of her school days forever, there was no Sixth Form Ball, no leaver's assembly. All the rights of passage that she has seen happening throughout her school life.

It is so sad, the end of school days just over not even mentioning the A Level's not happening.

My oldest DD has just graduated, her last term of uni was conducted online. She also missed out on her Graduation Ball, her last term of uni fun and her degree ceremony

Ahh don’t be sorry @makingmyway10 I think that’s even worse than year 6, so hard for them.

Leavers assembly (not online) at 12.30pm... that counts a lot of parents out. Every other year its been at 9am I swear this year DCs school hates us parents

Ours are doing a photo book but that’s it. It is very sad that they don’t get that “goodbye”. They are scattering, so it is a real shame.

I’m more concerned with the secondary doing nothing to help the move up to be honest. My daughters in a bit of denial I think at the moment.

Has she had no transition @EvilPea? Our secondary has been pretty good with videos of the HOY walking around the school, and DS is going for a session with his tutor group next week. Nothing to the level that it should have been, but better than nothing