Primary charging for attending school nativity..

[user1480061930]

I might be unreasonable, but I'm feeling aggrieved that school are charging for attending the school nativites this year..there are 3 different ones for different year groups. Apparently reception and nursery parents were charged last year.
We also had to take the children back for evening performances last year, were asked if we'd agree, but this year it's automatically assumed we will, and pay too.

So I've had to buy two costumes, will have to pay £4 for two tickets to attend 2 different plays, and take children back so they can perform again for the later show..bearing in mind, we have to drive, 15 mins each journey too..

I'm just annoyed, we give to all sorts at the school, time, money for book fair, cakes, bottles for tombola, PTA time etc etc....and now to pay for tickets to see our own children too...I'm just really annoyed about it..

[BikeRunSki]

Our school provides all the customs and charges £1/seat. Seats are limited to 3 per family across both performances of KS1 Nativity or KS2 Kristigle. The money goes towards coach hire for the school panto trip the following week. Parents pay for the panto tickets. Hate the Autumn term, it's so expensive !

[smellyboot]

ours only do it in YrR as our school is simply too big for all classes to do a nativity... no charge but parents sort costumes....

[MidniteScribbler]

We do a musical every year, and do charge, but that's because we hire a professional theatre, with lighting and sound systems. We don't charge for costumes, generally it is something like 'send them in navy pants with a white t-shirt' and we make things to add (headdresses, neck pieces, arm bands, etc) usually done by the teachers and some parents over a few boozy nights at someone's house (this year it was mine, and my living room got taken over for three months while we made 754 costume pieces!). We may ask for donations, and we use our contacts to get things pretty cheaply.

I don't agree with paying for costumes, but I don't think paying a small fee as part of the school fundraising is such a bad deal.

[LIZS]

Is the bbc news website borrowing threads now?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-38131721

[user1480061930]

I saw that LIZS....cheeky. 😀
So it seems charging is prevalent ..it's the costume issue which is lightly more unusual..( buying our own, so often )
For an older child, years earlier, school had given us a specific request for black tabard, with gold letter H, helmet, and some kind of long pike thing...and foolishly I spent a surprising amount of money on fabrics and made it myself..I thought doing a pretty good job for my daughter, even fashioning a helmet...until the day of the Christmas play, and Herods other soldier, a boy, was resplendent in fabulous "Roman Emporer" type plastic gold armour and helmet, nothing like the requested costume, but infinitely more appealing...grrrrrr

[BackforGood]

That was my thought when I saw that LIZS