Hmmm...the junior school Christmas play

[TinyGang]

So it's in the evening - well two evenings actually. Why does it have to be at night?

Younger brothers and sisters aren't allowed in case they disrupt things. Young children do disrupt things sometimes I suppose, but this isn't the west end fgs.

The age they say child guests can come is secondary school age up. That's older than the children perfoming surely?

sorry but I prefer it without little children there, they run around, cry and generally spoil it for the children performing and the parents watching.

our school runs a creche for young children during school play.

That is most unfriendly, not to mention impractical for a lot of people. Thank goodness our school is so tolerant! Obviously if your small child does start being noisy, you just take them out.

Dd has five yr old siblings and I know for sure they'd love to see her and be quiet as mice .

I still vote for banning the rugrats!

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That's a better approach Dior.

so daisy what do you do if you have no one to look after other children?

Miss your child's christmas play (which presumably will upset them)?
erm that's the only alternative really isn't it.

dior's scheme is a good one.

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Most parents take really little ones out straight away if they make a noise anyway. I used to when mine were younger.

ilovecaboose - I don't know what the parents should do. I didn't make the rule I just approve of it!

actually if it's two evenings why don't parents go seperately or join with other parents and look after each others little ones on alternate nights?

Ours is tues afternoon grandparents + young siblings

wed + thurs evening parents only

DH goes 1 night and me other night

its not always that simple though is it.

Many reasons as to why parents may not be able to ask other parents to look after their kids.

Might be a single parent family so not always able to alternate nights. Or one parent may work in evenings and not be able to go at all.

NOt having children may be nice but not possible for some parents.

we only have one performance now because the children were getting tired last year.

I guess we'll split it, but not everyone can as ilovecaboose points out.

I was surprised though. Tis is dd's first year at juniors and it seemed a bit, well unfriendly. I guess we were spoiled when she was at infants - they were less cut and dried about this kind of thing and very welcoming.

we also have daytime performance where younger children are welcome but creche is run at evening performance and i think the reason given was lack of space for parents who cannot get to daytime performance,

We recently had an awards evening at secondary school - quite a formal affair with tedious speeches etc., and there were some very young children there who really ruined the evening. I was astonished that the parents didn't take them out.

If schools cannot rely on the good sense and good manners of the parents of young children (and they can't), then the only alternative is to ban them.

When ds was in yr 6 We finally plucked up courage to take dd. she has cp and in a wheelchair. talked to head. no problems. trouble was they reserved us seats..........in the front row. ds has one line. guess who laughed when he started talking.(luckily he laughed and so did everyone else.
But won't be taking her next week to the play he is doing for his drama gcse

sorry realise that had nothing to do with thread but had to share it

Aww but that's lovely

Our school doesn't allow sibs to the infants Christmas play. Our DCs are very close in age (less than 3 years between the 3 of them) and they're all a bit upset that they can't go.

The play is on 2 afternoons and I've managed to organise a baby-sitting swap with a friend. DH has written to head to express sadness at the exclusion and ask if it wouldn't be possible to do one performance for families and another for parents with RADA expectations...!