Final school trip cancelled, so sad :(

[hapalong]

My DD is in year 6. In normal times her school does amazing residentials in year 5 and 6. I was sad she missed out last year, but relieved she had year 6 to come.
It then became obvious this year's trip wasn't going to happen. Even sadder.
But, the school put together some fun events, including a day trip to the beach.
Now that has been cancelled too, after following guidance from the local authority . And the school disco has been cancelled too.
I know that there are much worse things happening and we should be glad we're healthy and doing our bit. But it's so hard to see how a trip to the seaside 1 hour away on a coach where they would only mingle with each other would make a big difference.
It's such a crappy ending to her primary years.

Are other people experiencing the same, day trips / activities being cancelled at this stage?

I agree it is so rubbish and happening all over the place. It is down to local authorities or heads over interpreting the rules and they should be told to get a grip. My DC plays elite sport and their coach trips and residential have gone ahead no bother, cos they answer to the sporting body not the local authority.

Yes. DS is yr six and usual trips cancelled. Substitute event now cancelled. I just accept it all now. Is that even sadder?

I just try to find the joy in any which way I can. So he is not doing the things in school he might have done, I'll see your cancellation and raise you the best god damn UK holiday I have ever planned. You got to fight the nothing OP.

I know it's not the same, but could you and some other parents plan something outside for them? A goodbye picnic, with music, talent showcase etc?

This actually happens quite a lot in normal years because of the weather. It’s disappointing but not the end of the world. In my day we didn’t even get offered an end of school trip and it didn’t harm us.

Our school went ahead with the residential trip which was the week before half term, and we are in a surge testing area.

I just don’t understand at all what the justification would be to cancel it?

I know she's not going to be "harmed"! I just feel really sorry for them. Last year I could understand it, this year it seems like overkill.

@Kentuki

Our school went ahead with the residential trip which was the week before half term, and we are in a surge testing area.

I just don’t understand at all what the justification would be to cancel it?

I'd love to know, I really would. I don't blame the school. I think the LA is being overly cautious.

I feel the same @hapalong, I blame the local authority. They advised DD's residential should be cancelled and school have sent a letter warning sports day is likely to be cancelled as it's too many bubbles mixing.

The whole thing is absurd. They'd already said parents couldn't support at sports day. To cancel it entirely would mean spending all day in the classroom instead. Surely doing athletics outside on the field is safer?!

My year 6 has had nothing. Zilch, nothing fun at all so you and your DD are not alone. I feel so sad about it 😢. I have a feeling he won’t even get to finish the year as lots of neighbouring schools have classes off at the minute with covid.

Our school yr 6 residential is still happening, sports day happening in yr groups with parents...

Been going through the same thing @hapalong, I have been finding it really hard, maybe especially as she is my only one so the milestones are just passing without any of the fun times for her. She's taking it relatively well.

Transition days for secondary school just been cancelled too and the audience for the school play that age is in (will just be filmed now).

Hardly any cases in our area, no deaths for months and barely a handful in hospital in our whole county.

Local Scouts and Cubs not restarted, this is due to the districts interpretation of the Scouts Associations / NYA guidance that children must stay 2m apart at all times. A few groups tried and got a very strongly worded email about lack of SD. Yet local cricket club running All Stars and Dynamos for around fifty 5 to 11 year olds every week with very little SD. At least DD gets to do that.

DD is Year 5, I feel for the current Year 6 as very little planned, unless the parents have done something themselves. DS's secondary has made more effort and he is Year 10 so not a leaver.

My DC are leaving Year 6 and Year 11 next year, I keep hoping it's a little better by then. Really feel for the current year groups.

I've ranted about it rather a lot on this thread Covid-19 Getting The Better of You Yet? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4269094-Covid-19-Getting-The-Better-of-You-Yet

It's sad.

But the right decision.

If any of the children catch Covid as a result of any of the trips or events, the school could find themselves in trouble. So it's safer to cancel.

@NannyAndJohn the right decision from whose point of view? There needs to be a balance of risks and benefits and the welfare of children should be put first.
Where will it end if there is always going to be Covid around, which it seems widely accepted is the case? Does risk of Covid trump every other consideration?

Even if it is the 'right decision' people are still allowed to feel sad about it.

That’s very sad, our school did their residential trip and have done a few other trips and had class discos in school time too, I really feel for those missing out, especially in year 6.

It is sad, especially when people are currently having staycations and most attractions are open with precautions. My daughter is in year six too, although their residential is in September with year 5 so it got cancelled ages ago. She didn't go in year 5 because she wanted to go in year six instead so she's missed out on that. Her school is also heavily involved in May Day celebrations and years 5 and 6 do the maypole dancing. She's missed out both years. They've obviously missed trips and extracurricular events. I'm gutted for them. Some of it is once in a lifetime stuff.

@NannyAndJohn

It's sad.

But the right decision.

If any of the children catch Covid as a result of any of the trips or events, the school could find themselves in trouble. So it's safer to cancel.

That’s the thing, isn’t it.

I think most of us wouldn’t worry if our kids caught COVID. (Perhaps worry we’d need to isolate!)

Yet with all the government and MSM panic, schools are bound to feel pressure to err towards caution.

We really do need to get back to the keep calm and carry on mentality.

At a point in this pandemic, concern was appropriate. But now with most vaccinated, at least for children, there’s hardly any risk left.

Given that Covid is spreading throughout those that are now not vaccinated, it’s probably a good idea that these sorts of things are cancelled.

Why can people go to pubs and restaurants, soft play and trampoline parks. All kinds of activities! This seems unfair

Going through it too, my daughters yr 5 and has had her inset day at the middle school cancelled and her residential trip also the new parent school visits are also cancelled 😞 she’s starting a new school in September without ever seeing the inside of it! Thankfully her school has managed to do overnight camping in the school grounds with a bbq

[quote Arcadia]@NannyAndJohn the right decision from whose point of view? There needs to be a balance of risks and benefits and the welfare of children should be put first.
Where will it end if there is always going to be Covid around, which it seems widely accepted is the case? Does risk of Covid trump every other consideration?[/quote]
I’d imagine the welfare of them is being out first by following the LA guidance to keep them safe.
Parents are free to arrange trips out of its that important to welfare.
Lots of bubbles seem to be having isolation recently so it makes sense to apply caution. Not all adults have had both vaccines and children non and some will be CEV etc.

Everything still going ahead for us - trips, sports day, productions, prom, speech day etc.

But it was all planned in accordance with the May 17th restrictions so there was no need to cancel anything. Any school that anything planned that relied on June 21st going ahead will have had no choice.

I do feel very sad for children in schools with cancellations.

DS is in year 6 and luckily managed to get a residential trip (only 2 days instead of the usual 5 though) I feel so sad for all the year 6’s who are missing out on the usual rites of passage. I’m sick of the ‘yes, but Covid’ and ‘we never had it in my day so suck it up!’ Brigade too. It’s sad. It’s ok to feel a bit shit about it for our kids. I’m in my late 30s and still look back with fondness to the summer I left primary school.