School Proms

[DinkyDaisy]

Just seeing if most school Proms been cancelled now.
My ds school not said so yet- but I have warned him to brace himself for disappointment. He is convinced his school will get round it. I am not so sure though know they will try their very best for year 11.
What is happening in other schools?
Thanks.

@Lostinacloud

Cruel! Our poor, endlessly disappointed and upset children This thing is over, vulnerable are vaccinated, delta variant cases spreading but not causing any major problems. This could all have ended by now if the frightened weren’t shouting the loudest.

Just seen a tweet that New York is now scrapping every single covid restriction at 70% vaccinated. We have an estimated 80% of people with antibodies, what is the problem with the British?!

I was so angry to read this, what the hell are we doing here? The professionally terrified can just sit in their houses if they like 🤷‍♀️

This is now almost 2 school years of disruption, chaos and abnormal school life, it’s too much to ask of children now. It needs to be over, they do not need to keep paying the debt to keep god knows who safe now that pretty much everyone who needs it or wants it has been vaccinated.

Exactly it's been most of DD1 GCSE years and the younger two have also missed out so much and next one starting GCSEs. I was hoping next Sepetmeber things would be back to normal for them then there was all the talk about school vaccination program and it sounded like it wouldn't till that was done.

JCVI ‘not recommending the vaccination of under-18s’ – minister

Now it's not clear that will happen - so maybe Sepetember might be possible.

Yes @tappitytaptap. How about instead of restricting every single citizen, the permanently terrified get their own little set of rules and can wear their masks, stay at home and never go to a crowded place again. I’d even give up going to the supermarket between a set hour for the terrified to shop if it satisfies them and I get my life back and those of my children!

If they can keep it to one year group, then proms should be allowed to go ahead.

I feel down and sad today.
My year 6 has had a crap year and her mental health has suffered .
My year 10 had equally shit year.
.my year 5 has had a better year but his school has a case this week so he's lost his ta..
Sports day won't happen. Doubt parents Be able watch the play.
I had hoped sept be normal but I fear autumn winter term will be shit again.
Kids need to be vaccinated.
Over 25 school outbreaks in Bristol this week.
Today primary sports competition cancelled.
No idea about year 6 leavers or year 7 transition day.

@Lostinacloud

Yes *@strangeshapedpotato* you’ve answered one of my previous posts where I mentioned the US openings in a similar way. But then how do you explain that states like Florida and Texas abandoned everything in March and still to this day haven’t seen a spike in cases? They may not have seen the delta variant but they had the alpha one spreading there.

So given that I pointed out your claim was false, you decided to post it elsewhere anyway and then double down on it with false claims that Florida and Texas also abandoned everything!

I've little time for liars

Just looked up Florida - they didn't end State imposed restrictions until 3rd May when given the high numbers previously infected and vaccinated they were in a similar place to the UK in April when we were running at about 2500 cases/day. Florida is currently at about 1000 cases, but population less than 1/3rd the UK.

The lack of the Delta variant means they have sufficient herd immunity to quell infection numbers for now.

I really can't be arsed doing your homework for you with Texas as well, particularly because I'm certain you'll continue to post lies regardless.

Don’t do my homework for me then @strangeshapedpotato, just run back to your hidey hole and keep ticking yes on those government questionnaires asking if you agree to more restrictions and I’ll keep plugging away to restore normal life.

I’m not a liar, i am just fucked off beyond all recognition that people like you keep this charade going.

Year 13 proms cancelled here. Some prior to the announcement, some after. My DD's school did an outdoor brunch on last day of school.

Scrap my previous post, our year 11 prom has been cancelled.

The venue can't confirm it can be covid secure 🥲

There are no official proms at my children's school anyway, though year 13 normally arrange something themselves. I haven't heard about anything this year so I presume its not happening, but to be honest my year 13 wouldn't be interested anyway.
I do think its a shame that those year 13s who want to mark the end of their schooling don't get the chance though. If you're into that kind of thing and have been looking forward to it for ages it must be very disappointing Can't get too excited over year 11 to be honest though as, for many, its not school leaving in the sense that it used to be. My DS has just spent ages making a year 11 "farewell" video through school media club, but in September over 90% of them will be back, so it all seems a bit contrived to me. Appreciate it would be different for a school that doesn't have a 6th form though.
Lots of normal end of term stuff isn't happening which is a shame, but I think that on the whole the kids would accept it if the rules seemed logical. I think the biggest issue at present is that they are allowed to mix for some things but not others. No problem with a whole year group in an exam hall together but they can't have a prom with the same people etc. I can see how that would feel very unfair to the afffected youngsters. I think it's lack of consistency that's the biggest issue.

My ds still not heard. They are still in school unlike other schools.
Depends if outdoor bubbles have to be 30 for a Prom for original date...
No sixth form at his school so all going separate ways to other schools and colleges.

DD1 school does have a sixth form but they do very few subjects there and bus them to other schools for most choices - so most of DD1 friends are leaving either for other school sixth forms or for local colleges

She's been home since before half term - it's hard to find useful stuff for her to do as she won't be 16 tlll right at end of August - though her 16 year old friends aren't finding job hunting easy.

My son's yr 11 prom has just been cancelled. It's so unfair on these poor kids

No cancellation here yet. Dd2's prom was already going to be outside and they're a year group bubble so fingers crossed!
DS can't have his Yr 6 party on the 16th, we're hoping for the 21st.

I'd hope they would all be cancelled. Then again, I'd hope that every year and they would be consigned to history.

Though agreeing indecision is not good where it is occurring. Hopefully when those children who are disappointed come to vote in 2024 they will remember whose inaction has led to this.

My yr6 daughter's leavers party and other leavers events have been cancelled. They are due to be held after the proposed lift date but they don't want to take any chances.

We've been told they will find an alternative (probably a marquee at school rather than a hotel) or pit back the date, but they will have a prom. Dresses have been bought, hair and make up booked. I really feel for the teens at schools who have just cancelled the prom. It would have been kinder to say there will be no prom at all, like last year.

DDs was cancelled with no attempt to delay. Kids absolutely gutted, but a parent has gone all out and secured another hotel on a date in August. Smaller capacity than the original though so tickets will be drawn like a raffle. Have got everything crossed for her and her friends.

Smaller capacity than the original though so tickets will be drawn like a raffle

Crikey that's awful! All in or none in.

DD's school never arranged one. They had a leavers barbecue on the field on the last afternoon of school.

@duckme

As long as they're all in their year group bubble, they are allowed to go ahead. Ideally they would be outdoors. I hope my daughters goes ahead.

We've been told it couldn't go ahead with dancing...without dancing it would have been OK. Or in a marquee at school.

However we have a new date at the end of July, and a date in September if that isn't possible.

The email came too late for DD to be able to phone the makeup /hairdresser. She's taken it very well and is just happy it hasn't been totally cancelled.

Cancelled for year 11. They left school mid May with no provision after. In fact they've ended up with even less than last year's cohort, who at least had a live zoom awards ceremony thing.

I had an email saying that it will be put back to next school year, but also asking if you intend to go or not, so looks like it will be cancelled.

Some parents of girls have spent a small fortune on their dresses. I've had two DSs attend proms and now a DD eagerly awaiting hers, and I think a cancellation will hit girls a lot harder than boys.

Schools should have either said no prom or definitely a prom somehow somewhere at some point. Cancelling after dangling a carrot and parents have paid out for dresses is doing nothing for anyone's mental health.