I was just wondering why they both had to be separated into groups at all? I remember all our activities for the grade 6 leavers we all done together. BOTH sexes these kids have gone through years together so they should be able to enjoy an activity of choice they ALL wish to do with each other. Like a final good bye type thing aside from the dinner! i feel for the boys in this circumstances because what exactly is there to do at bunnings??? but yet the girls are doing something that might benefit them outside that afernoon? anyway i could just be thinking too much and thinking everyone should be treated equal and not be made feel segregated

Oh please! It’s not sexist. The response from the Education Department is a clear explanation of why the girls didn’t go to Bunnings. The school has a tradition of doing something nice and practical for the girls in regards to the graduation. If this father wants his daughter to have the Bunnings experience then why doesn’t he just take her there himself.

As long as the kids have a choice, it’s not a problem – but it doesnt sound like they had a choice.

The possibility to have your hair and makeup done at the end of year for the graduation, can be quite a treat for some of the girls. However I can imagine some parents want to be involved in that themselves. Nothing wrong with the option to have either hair and make up done or going to Bunnings, as long the kids have the choice (meaning boys can have their hair and make up done if they want and girls can go to Bunnings too). It’s the end of the school year, the reports have been made, let them have some fun.

Good on him! Yes, definitely, the students should have their choice of the activity they would prefer!

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Choice is the key word and there always needs to be choice when choosing activities – rather than them being pre-determined according to gender.

I love this witty and clever letter – well done! Professional make up and lighting for a Year 6 graduation – seriously! Time warp indeed!

For kids doing woodwork and metalwork (or another trade) at high school I could understand if the pupils went to places such as Bunnings, otherwise no. Of what educational benefit is that? The same applies to hair and makeup, even more so in primary school. A lot of schools don’t allow pupils to wear makeup at school so why teach it so young. They aren’t even teenagers in year 6.

Good on him for standing up for equal rights amongst the genders.

If my daughter was obliged to go and have her hair and make-up done, I am positive she wouldn’t want to go to school. I wonder if all the girls were “obliged” to go to the library or they could choose to go to Bunnings instead.

Yeah. He’s got a point. I’d actually get pretty annoyed if I was sending a kid to school only for them to be taught hair and makeup. Given how bad spelling and grammar has gotten these days I think there is a more productive use to that time. My child goes to bunnings more than enough with us. He shouldn’t be going during school hours too.