I really hope this doesn't arrive in UK

60 yrs ago we had a party at the end of term before the end of term and we went our separate ways, we were 16 so just food and music.

Proms there days but it gets a bit bonkers when they do a prom for leaving nursery school.

I have never heard of nursery schools running proms. Do you have evidence for this?

Grandmabatty

I have never heard of nursery schools running proms. Do you have evidence for this?

I wasnt invited to take photos, it did happen, several happened after junior school.

Any excuse for a party.

BlueBelle

Well a bit more than party buses which sounds very tame Georgesgran
These go on for weeks and cost thousands

It’s a perfectly safe BBC link argymargy I wouldn’t post anything dodgy

I know, BlueBelle and I trust you! Just don’t like clicking any links really.

There's a difference between a party celebrating transition from one stage to another and a prom. And you still haven't given evidence that nursery schools were running proms.

They do in USA Grandmabatty my neice in law put a photo on fb of her tiny toddler at a nursery leaving party complete with mortarboard and robe

Grandmabatty I have copied a extract from a BBC news item for you
“More and more nurseries, kindergartens and other pre-school institutions are offering "graduation" ceremonies for the three and four-year-olds about to leave for primary school.
Tens of thousands of outfits, based on those worn by university students, are being sold every year in Europe, the Middle East and Far East. They usually retail at up to about £20 and are available in dozens of colours, from gold to maroon*.

A graduation ceremony is very different from a prom. My grandson had such a ceremony moving from nursery to primary one. I consider it a bit daft but it gives closure to nursery and acknowledged moving on. A prom is not the same

I'd say "Oh well - you're only young once". The problem comes if one is in a country where they carry right on bingeing well into adulthood and don't give a monkeys if they hurt/kill someone else because of it.

Yep....thinking of a middle-aged local man where I live that couldnt resist boozing at lunchtime and then accidentally killed someone and couldnt give a monkeys and then went on to injure someone else several months later (yep...he was let out of jail very quickly the first time and seems to have got off totally scot-free the second time!!!!!) and couldnt give a darn about that either.

So - might as well let them "get it out of their system" when young and then expect them to be responsible once they're adults.....

Don't parents have enough to spend on their children without this?
Proms used to be about graduating, now every 16 year old girl wants an expensive dress and spends for post-GCSE party, post-18 party and then graduation for any other education.

I fear anything to do with partying, drinking will be adopted here. Just like the elaborate Prom parties in USA. Neighbour has spent £800 on her DDs outfit for her leaving "do". Dread to think what she'll spend on a Uni graduation ball outfit.
The Norwegians do the party buses before sitting exams and tgey are so costly it's the very well off who can partake.

I think this is very exaggerated. I Denmark it certainly does not happen like that. The girls dress up in very pretty white dresses and wear their caps the boys usually wear white shirt and a butterfly and nice trousers. The whole year get on the bus to celebrate, which is usually an open lorry decorated by the students themselves or their families, then drive from home to home of all the students and get some form of refreshments everywhere they stop. They have a fabulous time and everyone stop and wave to them, it is just sheer happiness having finished years of studying. I have never heard of partying before the exams are over. My own second and third cousins did this and I have lovely photos tucked away somewhere to cherish.