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Year 6 leavers hoodies - how to get school to agree

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sydenhamhiller · 10/02/2015 11:30

Hi, I just wondered if anyone out there organised these for their Year 6s, and how they went about it?

I know this sounds mad, but our school is temperamental on what they will allow, and what they won't, so I need to have my persuasive arguments ready.

Their usual answer to anything new is 'no', so I am trying to pre-empt them. I think there might be a safe guarding issue with listing children's names on the back of the hoodies? How did you get around that? Would I need to send out a consent form to all parents? Even if they don't buy one, their child's name would be listed...

This is not funded by our PTA - parents will have to pay for it (about £13) - which school will probably dislike because it is exclusive rather than inclusive. I get that, but I can't sub it myself, so this is the reality of the situation. I am going to counter argue that every pupil has a school photo taken, and designs a christmas card, but not every parents buys them.

Any tips/ legal arguments gratefully received. Now back to my proposal to the Head...

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PatriciaHolm · 10/02/2015 13:57

"lets face it these children are all going to see each other after the summer holiday anyway."

Well no, in some places that's not the case. Our primary sends kids to about 10 different high schools, and even if you do go to the same one, they are so large that you're unlikely to be in the same tutor group as your friends.

Anyway, the hoodys are always very popular here!

myotherusernameisbetter · 10/02/2015 14:29

Soory didn't mean to say I didn't think they were required for the high school foreign trips - they are for the reasons given - e.g. identification etc. Just that if it wasn't required for a specific purpose I wouldn't buy them as they haven't been worn since and were quickly outgrown.

Welliesandpyjamas · 10/02/2015 14:34

DS has worn his far more than I expected, as casual wear. It's also nice to see lots of his former classmates wearing them whenever there is an event that brings them back together e.g. school Christmas fair (if siblings still there), village bonfire night, etc.

IIRC the parents were sent a form home requesting permission to put names on the back, and also asking what version, full/part/nickname, to put on. Not everyone has to buy one but the majority do.

Iwantacampervan · 10/02/2015 14:36

Our school do them for year 6 in the same colour as the school sweatshirt with logos. They were introduced 5 years ago to wear at the summer residential, the next year the residential was earlier in the year and the head then allowed the hoodies to be worn as part of school uniform. Now they are ordered in October and worn for the year. It makes the year 6 stand out from the rest of the school and saves parents the issue of whether to buy another school sweatshirt for 2 terms! There is no pressure from the school to buy them or wear them. Both my daughters wore theirs out of school for a least a year afterwards.

Clayhead · 10/02/2015 14:37

My dc have worn theirs loads - dd's now in year 9 and still wears hers.

They are popular in our town and you see loads around.

Ours were done by one parent organising it so the school weren't involved as such but they distributed them and kept sample sizes of the hoodies at the office so you could see which fitted your child.

sybilwibble · 10/02/2015 14:48

Our school class rep in the PTA did it, so no permission needed from the school. The dcs used a mix of real and their nicknames and my dd has worn hers loads and is very proud of it. In fact I have just this morning packed it in a case ready for our half term holiday. Everyone bought them - some people bought two, in different colours!

bigTillyMint · 10/02/2015 14:55

My DD is buying one for her Y11 leavers - they are optional. I expect she will wear it a lot as she wears hoodies a lot and it is costing more than £13!

Would all the children be able to afford one, do you think OP? The children are much younger and might be more upset IYSWIM.

myotherusernameisbetter · 10/02/2015 14:59

Obviously not the done thing to wear them round our way - it's a struggle to get them to wear a top anyway but they clearly have too many clothes as it would never occur to them to wear them casually. Additionally DS1 particularly hates the over the head hoodies as he wears glasses and it's a pain. Size wise maybe it's easier with girls as they have done their growing a bit earlier? Year 6 is about age 11 yes? (I'm in Scotland so not the same here) If I compare the size of my DSs at 11 to that at age 13 there is a huge difference - at age 11 they could probably fit in age 13 clothes, now age 16 is a push but would be M/L mens size. height wise probably grown about 8 inches - there is no way that the same hoody would fit, even if bought on the big side originally. the ones bought for their trip at age 12 dont fit by age 13.

It's great that some kids are clearly geeting a good use out of theirs, I just feel a bit odd about getting rid of them but they take up a bit of space and are no practical use :(

Spatial · 10/02/2015 15:03

We are doing them, they are much more popular than tshirts.

We are fundraising at school to cover costs ( various sales etc ).

RaisinBoys · 10/02/2015 15:12

Our y6 received a class of 2014 long sleeved t shirt with all the students' signatures printed on. Paid for by school. They all put them on at end of Leavers' assembly for year photo. Teachers wore them too.

My son uses his as a night shirt - would never wear it out!

Pagwatch · 10/02/2015 15:18

We got one for DD.
It was not really worth it tbh, even though it made her happy at the time.

The problem with this is its year 6. Year six is the end of 'baby' school.

She moved up to year 7 and is grown up and independent and generally awesome so it would not occur to her to wear something from her previous incredibly childish and totally non cool past.

Year 11 is different.

angelcake20 · 10/02/2015 15:32

Ours were just organised by a group of parents. I don't think anyone raised any issues with child protection etc, even though everyone's usually very hot on it round here. They weren't allowed to wear them in school until the last day. DS wanted one and has certainly never worn it but I still see lots of his classmates wearing theirs round town. They also signed polo shirts on the last day.

bigTillyMint · 10/02/2015 16:10

I think Pag is spot-on really. The signed polo shirts mine have from Y6 have sat in the wardrobe since their last day at primary. I think a hoodie would have done too as it was the end of an era IYSWIM

AndWhenYouGetThere · 10/02/2015 16:38

Voice of bitter experience here - Children whose names can't feature (eg - due to child protection) should be able to choose a nickname so they still can feature.

SomewhereIBelong · 10/02/2015 16:40

the other side of the coin is who wants to go round with the name of their bully written on their back...

myotherusernameisbetter · 10/02/2015 16:51

Somewhere yes exactly!! We removed a few pages from DS1s book as he had people that he'd rather not remember - couldn't order the final year class photo either :(

AuntieUrsula · 10/02/2015 21:59

The hoodies at DDs' school just have the individual child's name on the back (or nickname, they get to choose), not the whole year

poisonedbypen · 10/02/2015 22:06

Haven't read the whole thread, but, ours has hoodies for their year 6 trip, with the name of the place they went to on the left breast & their name or nickname on the back if they wanted it they had their school shirts signed on the last day.

weegiemum · 10/02/2015 22:16

My ds is in S1 and wears his p7 leavers hoodie all the time. As it's in High School colours with the school logo/name embroidered on the front as in the uniform jumpers, lots of them wear them to school now (slightly more unusual as the school is 3-18 so same logo throughout). It's our half term this week and he's still wearing it, we bought it a size too big and it's very cosy.

Dd2 is p7 this year and will be getting one. Dd1 in S3 bemoans the fact that "we only got a stupid tshirt!".

myotherusernameisbetter · 10/02/2015 22:20

ours have this sort of thing:

Year 6 leavers hoodies - how to get school to agree

balletgirlmum · 10/02/2015 22:20

My dd has worn here a lot. She is in year 8 now & still wears it & I see lots of children from various schools wearing theirs.

We were sent a form & you could choose how you wanted your child's name to appear (nickname or full)

Dds year was the first year they did leavers hoodies which I was glad at as she was feeling a bit left out as all her friends from other schools had them.

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 10/02/2015 22:21

Do they really need the kids' names on? Ours have the school on the front and Class of 20XX on the back. My kids have all worn theirs to death, but we're in the States and team/school hoodies are worn happily by all the kids. I guess as they don't wear uniform, they like having an item of clothing that's all the same.

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 10/02/2015 22:22

Actually, come to think of it, the class tshirt also comes with all their signatures ready printed on it.

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