Final school trip cancelled, so sad :(

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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 can't understand why school trips are being cancelled. An hour away on a beach isn't anything that you wouldn't do as a family anyway.

Our school has taken the top year away for a week, residential, to Yorkshire. It all went ahead, no cancellations, not necessary. The previous week another group went to Devon for a long weekend. All perfectly doable within the current restrictions.

The fact that some schools are going ahead with trips and some have cancelled the lot just shows that this is all to do with the will to make things happen under current restrictions.
And nothing to do with blanket rules.

It’s like lockdown 1 all over again. Some schools were great. Some didn’t give a shit.

It is @hapalong rubbish. Same thing for my Yr 6 last year. So many experiences missed out on.

Just hope things get better soon.

It’s awful. Our school really battled to get PGL and I’m grateful they did. But it shows it’s down to decisions made.

Oh god. Not yet. But perhaps I should prepare for this.

And yes it's immensely sad for the kids involved and the parents seeing them upset.

Huge end of an era/rite of passage but not able to mark this. I fail to see why 30 or 60 kids who spend all day every day together can't be on a bus and then spend a few hours outside on a beach.

I think it is sad. My DS missed out on all the trips and transition to year 7 last year. It's generally been a rubbish year for him.
My DD is is year 6 and so far school seems to be going ahead with a residential trip next weekend, as we've been asked to pay the balance for the trip. Her secondary school as also been in touch stating details for transition day to be emailed soon, so assuming that's going ahead as well. Seems a bit risky mixing all these primary school kids together, the school has dozens of feeder schools as it's a grammar and we are in Manchester where cases are high.

Year 6 child here and year 5 and 10
Its been shit theres no trips all year
No sports clubs year 10 and looks like no sports day.

Year 6 no camp
Inter primary sports tournament postpone to September she won't be primary then.
No year 7 transition day but seniors say summer school going ahead.

Parents have arranged leavers party at local sports club but not sure she wants to go or is wise considering rising cases locally.

Both my year 6 and year 10 had lots time off due to covid. Illness and self isolating.
My year 5 fared better but covids hit his school this year for 1st time 2 cases this week.
He has got to go swimming.
Doubtfully I see his sports day or play

Hes been loving local cricket club where he's had practice and done matches.
Year 7 refused to do anything extra curricular and got really down and stressed this year

Shes had no swimming.

Would just like to say in our area it is neither the headmaster or the local authority who has made the decision to cancel school trips. They were told to by Public Health England, no trips outside of school and no bringing in outside entertainment to replace them

My then-yr6 DD was so lucky to get her school residential in the first week of March just before the schools all closed. It was a definite high to end on as the following week it closed and she never went back to primary school.

Coach trips are allowed though. Can't understand why those are being cancelled.

Adults can cross bubbles if they wear mask and keep distance.

School staff can but not volunteers. They're not insured the same way and the litigation is all very near. It's expensive to have enough coaches to keep supervising adults 2m apart from any children and other adults for the duration of a drive to the seaside.

School staff could meet parents and children at the beach, and people organise their own transport there and back, which is the same as "just going to the beach with your family" but you can count on the fingers of one hand the number of people who'll sign up for that.

That's such a shame. My DDs school are going ahead with all planned trips and events and have even planned extra ones this year. So sad kids are still missing out for no good reason.

My daughter got back from PGL yesterday and there were lots of other schools there. She is also doing transition days and a three day “summer school” at high school at end of July so this must be down to the LEA.

My DS has had his PGL and we have now been informed that end of year events are going ahead. The year 6 leavers party is now to be held at the school rather than an external venue. However, his secondary school transition day has now been cancelled although we were told earlier this week that it was going ahead.

I don't blame any school for cancelling such trips. Not all of the teachers will have had their second vaccine by then, and any coach trip or residential gathering will increase the number of contacts and chance of the Delta variant being spread.

Don't blame the school, remember who is really responsible, and that is the Prime Minister. Putting India on the red list at the same time as Pakistan and Bangladesh would have meant that almost all restrictions would be ending on Monday, which they are not.

Remember when you come to vote.

It is government policy - supported by seemingly everyone - that under 12's will get covid, there are no restrictions in place to prevent it happening.

It's an absolute nonsense to put further restrictions to life only on school children when the rest of society is free to do almost anything.

@newnortherner111 I don't absolve Boris of anything. But trips, residentials, proms, sports days and other life enriching activities are going ahead in some places for some kids, and in other places not. This is not directly down to Boris, it is down to the judgements made my schools and LEAs reacting disproportionately, prioritising adult anxieties and disadvantaging young people in the process. They are exacerbating the impact of Boris's cockups and should be called out as such.

In a 'higher risk area' but not a top hotspot (yet).

One school trip went ahead as planned. DS's trip isn't until next month so I have to sweat it out. (Its at the same place as the other school group). TA for the other year said there were only three groups in the place at the time (two classes from our school and one from another).

Sports Day is in a fortnight.

I get the impression the school will only cancel things if forced to and are determined to go ahead if at all possible.

I've volunteered to help which will be interesting, but I'm in the fortune position that I will be one of the few parents who will have had a double vaccination at that point so hopefully that will work in the school's favour.

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.

Scouts, cubs and beavers going ahead here. Being encourage by district.

The guides group for my daughter have been meeting in person outside since end of April where there is girls from various schools. All schools trips have gone ahead as well as leavers play, day trips , awards ceremony, end of year party and for my son prom for next week.
Also got an activity day next weekend for year 7s which my daughter is attending for senior school and the kids are coming together from quite a lot of different schools. Luckily rates are low here so depends on LA and individual schools.

So sorry op 🙁🙁

Dd was year 6 last year. Lockdown 1 announced when she was literally on the residential they came home a day early but at least they got that. All else cancelled.

She’s smart and realised within 20 minutes of being picked up from the residential that nothing else would happen. We had a good cry that evening as she had spent the whole of primary looking forward to that term and seeing all the other years doing the fun but simple stuff the leavers do. Then she moved on. We organised small group stuff with her friends. On the last day we went to a cricket club where kids could play about and we had drinks. They all really enjoyed it.

It’s shit though.

Our year 6 residential was never even planned. All transition days cancelled, DS hasn’t even seen his secondary school and won’t now until his first day in September, I am really worried for him but not letting it show. They still get prom, but the hardest part I think is leavers assembly via zoom. He’s my last one at primary and it’s just a horrible flat ending for him compared to what DD had two years ago.

My daughter is in year 4 and going into middle school ( I am in Northumberland so we have 3 tier) and they have planned an activities day and a 'festival' on the big field outside the school which havent been cancelled yet, so fingers crossed it goes ahead. They all deserve a big final send off 🤞