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Do you celebrate year 6 leaving?

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sallysaysrelax23 · 29/06/2023 23:22

Wondering if any year 6 mums past or present did anything on the last day of school to mark it? School are holding a leavers ceremony which parents are invited to but afterwards I'm wondering if I should invite some of ds friends over? Or maybe see if the whole class (parents willing of course) wanted to arrange some sort of party? Does this sound too much? It feels like a big occasion!!

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inappropriateraspberry · 30/06/2023 07:50

Ours have leaver hoodies, a day out, leavers assembly and photos.
Seems plenty to me, they're only leaving primary school, hardly a life changing event.

youhavenoidea123 · 30/06/2023 07:56

The evening before the last day ours had a leavers party, which was a disco etc.

On the last day they had a leavers assembly. Every child had a part.

Bigoldmachine · 30/06/2023 08:04

At DD’s school everyone heads to the park and has a giant water fight

PossiblyNotOne · 30/06/2023 08:06

We’re having a leavers party, they’re getting leavers hoodie and doing a school play.

Ski4130 · 30/06/2023 08:14

Our youngest and middle dc went to the same junior school and Yr 6 had school arranged things (leavers assembly, ice cream van for lunch time ice creams and then all the classes did a guard of honour and clapped them out the playground, it was really lovely) Then the parents organised a coach over to a local lake, the kids all did two activities and then a bbq on the beach for kids & families. Most people stayed over so it was a lovely way to say goodbye and mark the occasion.

Our oldest dc went to a different primary and they did the school stuff, but there was nothing organised outside of that.

nancy2022 · 30/06/2023 08:41

How many classes per year do you all have? A lot of these activities would be really hard work at our school.

Jellycatspyjamas · 30/06/2023 08:48

Our school have a leavers hoodie, “graduation” assembly, school residential trip to an outdoors centre, party on the evening of the graduation ceremony and a whole school water fight on the last day. The water fight gets everyone out of the school laughing and having had some fun - a nicer transition than tearful kids leaving Primary school for the last time.

Simplelobsterhat · 01/07/2023 18:34

My daughter was in 2021 so just coming out of COVID and people were a bit unsure what to do, school did stuff but less than normal. So the parents all agreed on a really casual get together on a local field straight after school - took own snacks, picnic blankets, drinks, balls etc and just let the kids run round, take selfies etc while adults chatted and drank. Nothing major or organised but meant they didn't just go home and was nice for parents to catch up. I think other years have depended on how organised the parents are eg some have had a hall hire and disco (not necessarily on last day though), others not much!

Manthide · 01/07/2023 18:48

I think after school finished we headed for the park with each parent bringing food for a picnic.

iatealltheminieggs · 01/07/2023 18:54

Scotland here, so P7 leavers. They were lead out of school by a Piper and onto a party bus. They had a disco the day before and there's a special assembly that parents attend. The parents organised the party bus, but the rest is done by the school.

MidnightEagle · 01/07/2023 18:56

I'm in Scotland and schools here broke up on Thursday. The P7s had a piper pipe them out the school. It was lovely. I'm not sure if they had anything else planned as mine aren't that age yet...

JohnnysSoLongAtTheFair · 01/07/2023 18:56

Did I celebrate year 6 leaving?

Oh yes, I celebrated every time. With champagne. Especially when the youngest left primary.

No more parents’ WhatsApp groups. No more ridiculous behaviour by class parents. No more school fetes. No more PTA and class rep nonsense. No more world book days.

MamaBear4ever · 01/07/2023 18:58

DD nothing due to Covid restrictions, DS had a school disco and we had a parent BBQ for a small group whilst they were there but then he got covid in the last week so missed his last day.Tradition at the school was to all meet outside school to cheer them off and then meet on the local park with a picnic

EasilyDistracted77 · 01/07/2023 19:03

My own daughter's last 2 weeks of year 6 are already SO full on including a 'prom' organised by parents, a disco organised by the school, 2 nights of the year 6 school production, 2 nights camping on the school field, sports day: we definitely don't need anything else to do! The last day will just be the leaver's assembly and signing each others's shirts.

flutterby1 · 01/07/2023 19:52

JohnnysSoLongAtTheFair · 01/07/2023 18:56

Did I celebrate year 6 leaving?

Oh yes, I celebrated every time. With champagne. Especially when the youngest left primary.

No more parents’ WhatsApp groups. No more ridiculous behaviour by class parents. No more school fetes. No more PTA and class rep nonsense. No more world book days.

This is how I feel 😂

Fizzhead94 · 01/07/2023 22:58

One of the mums has organised a leavers party for DS year group. The school haven’t really done anything for it and she took it upon herself to hire a place, it will have things like a popcorn machine, music, all of that. Charging £25 per child but it definitely looks like it’ll be a fantastic send off! She’s also got them to vote for various awards and will have a slideshow of photos from the years etc

Tulipvase · 01/07/2023 23:03

we do leavers hoodies (sorted by a parent but in conjunction with the school), a day out, an assembly off site, a performance of some kind and then a parent arranged disco type thing in the last week.

benecarlos · 01/07/2023 23:12

Our school have organised leaving assembly, a musical show and loads of trips and fun stuff for the kids,then the parents have organised a party bus to pick up kids after school on last day and a big party in a social club.

Most of the kids are moving to single sex senior schools so will all be split up next year so theres always a big deal made of end of year 6

MummyToOneRainbowAndOneAngel · 01/07/2023 23:21

When I finished primary school (ah, the summer of 1997) there was nothing planned but the mums all decided impromptu to take the whole class to the local Toby Carvery, which had a big outdoor playground (semi rural). It wasn’t anything grand but I remember that afternoon / evening so fondly. You should definitely do something to mark the occasion as it is so lovely to make memories but it doesn’t have to be a party. Even just getting everyone to the park for a picnic would be great. What the kids will remember is everyone being together.

Marie2011 · 02/07/2023 01:32

A couple of us organised a disco for the whole year group when they left y6. It wasn't without challenges, we had a lot of grief from parents who were calling it a prom etc. It wasn't, it was a disco with kids having fun. My daughter just attended her y13 prom and took a photo of the same friends from the y6 party. It's absolutely priceless and I'm so glad they had every opportunity to get together and enjoy themselves from being in primary school to bring young adults

elliejjtiny · 02/07/2023 01:56

School do leavers hoodies, shirt signing and a leavers assembly. Used to do a leavers barbeque and a play/concert/talent show but not done that since covid. I took a photo of dc1 walking out of the school gate for the last time but I have to admit I didn't do that for the others.

I did take lots of photos/videos of the leavers service though. I took a video of each of them going up to the front and getting their leavers certificates. I love how different they all are. Dc1 looking very earnest and proud, dc2 walking fast and doing his "let's just get this over with" face. Dc3 casually strolls up the aisle and turns round half way to give me a grin and a winkGrin.

We don't do anything as a family or as a year group for the end of year 6 or the end of year 11, we just do what the school organise.

TrustyRusty68 · 02/07/2023 09:31

Our school had pizza on the field & clapped them out on the last day - poor effort really! Some mums arranged a leavers party which the children all enjoyed. My son & his friends rode home from school on the last day - we made a big paper banner saying ‘So long year 6’ & stretched it across the road for them to ride through! They loved that! Then we had champagne glasses of lemonade, pizza & balloons in the garden! Was great :-)

Qilin · 02/07/2023 09:37

On the day dd left year 6 we (parents and children) all went to a nearby park for the children to play and chat, Had a small picnic and drink.
Then the girls (was all girls school) went to a pre arranged photo shoot and had a lot of group pictures take, with lots of fun and snacks, etc.

After that people went off in smaller groups and pairs, or on their own - depended on family as nothing official sorted for the evening. We went with Dd and her best friend and her family for evening meal out and drinks after, we were already good friends with the parents.

Qilin · 02/07/2023 09:38

They did other 'official' leavers events in the run up such as a school bbq night with teachers and parents, a school disco, a leavers school trio, special assemblies, etc.

They also got leavers hoodies on the last day too.

nancy2022 · 02/07/2023 10:15

It wasn't clear but the OP's school do leavers activities.

She just wants to know what others did immediately after finishing on the last day.

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