About year 6 leavers hoodies

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Dd is in year 6 and one of the parents very kindly organised leavers hoodies for the whole of year 6.

I had two older children that attended a different school and in their case, their school organised the hoodies and the children were allowed to wear them for the last half term (after SATS).

DD’s school have said no. They’ve even gone as far as to say that any children wearing the hoodies will have them confiscated. The school have said that the children can wear them on the last day only.

I’m very surprised as the school is actually quite lax when it comes to enforcing uniform rules generally.

The year 6 parents are not happy.

Aibu to think that the children should be allowed to wear their leavers hoodies now?

They’re a souvenir/alumni item more than anything though aren’t they, not uniform. I’d not be getting upset about it, just wear them on the last day and outside school.

In my day we all just scribbled messages on each others school shirts in marker pen on the last day, but I do see that times move on!

You sound very miserable.

My DC's school have been wearing leavers hoodies for months! Since they arrived basically. It was agreed on the basis that the hoodies were the same colour as the school jumpers (with the same logo on the front too). They've loved it and felt grown up! They were bought with fundraising so no risk of anyone being left out

Vast majority of state school teachers are socialists. Socialist love rules and control .

I would expect no less of them to make it difficult.

Not at all but there's a reason why youngsters are having problems in workplaces.

Honestly it’s insane these days the amount of things that schools expect you to pay for and organise.

I forgot to add to the list all the Christmas card designs they do every year where you end up being pressured into buying a ridiculously overpriced mug, tea towel, cushion and whatever else with your child’s drawing on it. They’ve started doing them for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day too now.

School photos are extortionate.

They do Santas grotto every year during school
time £7 a go.

Really does throw the argument of left out children out of the window.

I would assume the kind parent is making a bit out of doing it.

Why do you assume that? Is that what you would do?

Tbf, you and your DC will have a lot of disappointments if these non-events are felt so keenly. It wouldn’t even occur to me to challenge the school about this - our DCs only wore them at school on their residential and the last day. Literally not one single parent thought it was an issue. As I and others have mentioned, many wear them outside of school for years.

I just don’t think they argument stands up.

I have two almost grown up children, both were allowed to wear leavers hoodies by their very strict school. Both have had no problems following rules and getting on at secondary school, college and work.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with questioning rules where there is no logic.

@Winter2020 I agree with you!! Conspicuous Consumption!

Ours have them in year 4 and I have seen them wearing them for at least the last 4 weeks. I think why not as tbh after that they prob won't wear them so pointless buying them.

Ours (organised by myself as part of the PTA) only ever received and wore theirs after the leaver’s assembly on the final day of term. DD got plenty of wear out of hers over the summer and it was a nice parting gift for them all to be presented with on the final day.

In my opinion they look scruffy when worn rather than proper uniform 24/7 so agree with our school’s approach.

There will be some logic behind it!

Ours got theirs on the last day and could only wear them the . Id have loved her to have been able to wear it longer. My neices wear theirs pretty much whole year in their schools

It’s not the wearing of hoodies that is the issue. It is the issue that you are making about the rules when there isn’t one.

Seems sensible to me. The hoodies are quite a random thing I only became aware of fairly recently. Maybe the school are trying to discourage the whole thing.

DC1 will be in year 6 next year. I'll get him a hoodie if someone else organises it and he really wants one but I won't be encouraging it.

My DD is Year 6 and they have all been allowed to wear theirs since they got them in January with the thought process being it makes sense to be able to wear them through the winter months.

Ours were organised by the school and heavily subsidised by the PTA to make them affordable. They stop wanting to wear them once they leave school so really a complete waste only letting them wear on the last day. The kids love wearing them so much and feeling special. I think really mean of the school to say last day only. Bastards!

My year 6 DS has not got his leavers hoodie yet.
My year 11 DD has already left (doing her GCSEs so isn’t in school every day now and her last exam is two weeks today) and also hasn’t got her leavers hoodie yet.
It’s annoying and a bit wasteful but I haven’t really got the energy to be wound up about it in the scheme of things. Different schools have different needs and demographic considerations. For the most part I let them get on with making the decisions they think are best. (I’m also of the opinion that they are for leavers - and they haven’t left yet! We see loads of kids wearing them over the summer.)

At my children’s school the hoodies are always organised by the school and they normally get them towards the last couple of weeks and are allowed to wear them instead of jumpers. However there’s normally a heatwave then they’re told they can’t wear them as it’s too hot!! Other local schools get them at the start of the year and can wear them for residential / trips / P.E which I would much prefer as it’s such a waste of money to only wear them for a few weeks at the end of the year!

It sounds like it was done a bit independently and, for who knows what reason, your school aren’t fully on board with the idea and have chosen to see them as non-uniform. It’s a shame and I can imagine parents and kids are disappointed as most schools do allow them to be worn. Ours got them on the last day of SATs and can wear them in school from now on. Ours are done in coordination with the school, as it’s very important that every child gets one, and they are all initialled so they don’t get mixed up. I did them this year and it took hours to do comms with parents, process orders and get all names, initials and sizes right. And I’m having a right laugh at the idea that I only volunteered for this as I somehow made money from it!!

Ours wore them from Easter, which was great as they'd all outgrown their uniforms by then and it was a good substitute.

The leavers hoodies are not school uniform. When we got ours they wore them to Y6 things like PGL but not for school. But the kids also chose to have them in big sizes so DD wore hers for a few years afterwards

I find the whole leavers hoodies, leavers parties etc. a total ballache.

Our Parents Association buy the hoodies from their funds which is just as well as I’d definitely not be wasting my own money buying such pointless items.

In fact, I’d rather they used the money raised for buying ice creams and treats fir the whole school during the final couple of weeks instead. (Small village primary)

DS had a hoody that they were given on the last day of primary school. It’s been 4 years and it’s still sat in the back of the wardrobe, unworn. You can’t even donate them to the charity shop as it’s got all their names on the back. 😤

I’ll probably end up chopping it up for cleaning rags.

I’m sure the school have got their reasons however the hoodies have been very well
organised and thought out.

It’s a bit of fun for the children after what has been a year of SATs, SATs and more SATs. It seems to work ok for the other schools in the area that are allowing hoodies and it worked fine years ago when my other two children had them.

Sometimes I think organisations dig their heels in because they can.

Yes, but next year 2 parents might not be able to afford them and then that would be incredibly unfair on the two who don’t have them.

we organising them ourselves as parents but we raised money and then provided them free for anyone on PP or who needed help.