To think secondary pupils should not be told when their last day of school is?

[pointydog]

The stunts that teenagers are doing now on their last ever day of school are becoming outrageous.

Last week, at dd1's school, other pupils and cars were egged and around 15 taxis were booked for 12pm, all as a hoax.

I remember that my nephew's school didn't tell their final year pupils when their last day would be until the day itself to avoid the chaos.

Quite right.

How can you not tell people when the last day of term is?

I only left school 8 years ago and no one ever did anything like for fear of being excluded from exams (not that they would but the fear was there)

We used to egg/flour and shaving foam each other and sometimes the local shops got in the way but that was it.
I have to say though, that was some of the best fun and I would hate to spoil the fun of the teens now so YABSU to not want them to know whan the last day is, though I can understand they have gone too far.

Because, pesto, final year pupils don't come to school any more after their study leave starts. SO there is that threat of being excluded from exams. It's not like the usual end of term date.

They always go too far. I would be really fed up to end up egged and floured when I didn't want to be.

And all teh cleaners have to clean it up. And taxi driver waste their time. And people have to try to clean their cars.

I think people need to know. I think if you keep it secret you'll just end up with a week of shenanigans.

When I was finishing A levels - almost 20 years ago - someone drove a mini into the assembly hall and parked it there for the morning. That was quite good.

Ah we never did anything to cars. The same local shops would sell us this stuff and presumably were OK with it as the school kids were their best customers.
I went to a school with 1100 pupils and we had two main sets of shops to choose from if we went out at lunch and most did specials for the school kids.

Obviously as a teen back then I didn't think of it but looking back, I presume they took it in their stride and knew they'd have to spend longer cleaning up three times a year.

Only one shop ever banned us and that was a Supermarket (Gateway IIRC), due to shoplifting.(By us I mean pupils from my school)

I left school a loooooooooooooooong time ago and 'egging' was common practise at the school I left as was letting down teachers car tyres, throwing flour bombs, setting off fire alarms etc etc.

My DD and DS have recently left their senior school and none of that behaviour happened because they wouldn't have been able to sit their exams had they been caught (and us parents would've had to foot the bill for their exams).

I don't think it's a new thing but I do think a lot depends on how the individual school handles the last day of term.

DS2's old school, which was an 11-16 school (OFSTED outstanding in a good area, lest anyone thinks it was a sink school!), decided not to tell the pupils in advance which would be the last day - not only were there eggings etc, but some of the ex-pupils (expelled) had a nasty habit of turning up to cause extra trouble. The policy of not giving a date worked in DS2's year.

really, lily? Yes, I think I'd not give the final date.

I am in grumpy mood

Grump away PD, I'm in a slumpy mood. Meh.

i don't think This Sort Of Thing is fun.

I know of a few local schools that haven't told their pupils when the last day will be. Seems pretty sensible to me.

I don't think it's anything new......when I was in the 6th form (that's yr 13 now, the cheeky litle devils in the 5th year (that's yr 11 now) threw me and my friend in the river just before our General Studies A level .........still passed though

As a 5th yr we ran amok...........silly string, shaving foam watr pistol fights with the other schools etc - it was a good laugh.

But most children know how to use a computer and could easily find out the last day of school.

not the last day of the term, crack. The school sets the last day before study leave so each school could decide.

I realise it's not new. It's just damn annoying

Someone at my school put one of the pupil's moped in a tree. That's nearly twenty years ago.

I left school 33 years ago...

My Mum always allowed me to stay off on the last day of the summer term because of the flouring/egging/and ripping of blazers (she didn't want to have to buy me new uniform).

DD1 is now at upper school and to my knowledge this never happens here. Not sure why. They do usually take in an old shirt which they wear over their uniforms and their friends all write (nice) messages on it.

well,you're a long time dead!!

let em have their fun!!

I don't think it's fun either Pointy.

Its just kids having fun....leave um be

ds went to a pretty rough school but they had no problems on the last day.

I don't consider egging people who don't want to be egged as fun, or egging cars fun, or wasting people's time.

And I don't think of 17 and 18 year olds as kids.

they are marking their last days of true freedom! most of them won't see their friends again,and they are stepping out into the unknown. what would you rather they did? stand around solemnly shaking hands,wearing black armbands scurrying home with their heads down?

Yes because of course there's no middle ground is there?