School Disco party advice
Most kids love party
games at the School disco but the older they get the less keen they become,
and doing any games like musical chairs is really out of the question
for more than 20 kids. If you are organizing a party for primary school
kids its best to divide the group in to two, infants and juniors. You
can make the junior disco slightly longer but both parties should be wrapped
up in under 4 hours. Many of the school discos we do are for about an
hour and a half with a short break in between for change over. The games
you play should avoid excluding anyone because those kids left out will
soon get bored, so games that involve everyone like dancing competitions
work best. This helps keep the party momentum going but you will always
need plenty of adults to make sure any of the kids sitting on the side
lines stay involved.
However having lots
of grown up helpers is not the same as letting mums and dads, who are
not helping with the disco stay to watch. With 30 years party experience
pro mobile disco would strongly advice against doing this. For a great
school Disco party its not a good idea to let the parents stay and certainly
not stay in the same hall as the party (with the exception for the very
youngest of children.) There are several important reasons for this but
mostly remember back to when you went to a kids disco, ask yourself, if
mum or dad were there would you have enjoyed yourself as much.
A School Disco party is not a family
disco or a party where the parents can get involved in and they get
bored. kids are usually quite sensitive to this, they can also become
more self conscious because they know mum or dad has got an eye on them.
Also imagine it from the kids perspective other peoples parents can look
grumpy or the other kids might have big scary dads who just seem to stand
there looking cross.
We have heard it said parents need to stay for insurance
reasons, so now for a horror story and the real reason Pro
Mobile Disco will always advice against allowing parents to stay at
the disco party.
In 1997 we were booked to perform at a School in North
London (we will not mention the schools name because it would be unfair
on the current staff and pupils). The school had a diverse multicultural
pupil population and on the whole the kids got on with each other great.
The parents on the other hand did not. We immediately noticed there were
equal numbers of adults to kids and a definite tension in the air. The
evening ended about an hour after the party started with a massive free
for all punch up that lasted at least half an hour and involved almost
everyone.The police had to come in force to restore order. We found out
afterwards the situation was caused because one kid pushed over a second
kid and the seconds kids dad told the first kid to behave. Unfortunately
the first kids dad didn't take to kindly to this and from this spark of
tension the parents took sides and the place erupted. Kids were crying
hysterically and instead of having a fun and enjoyable party many were
traumatized.
At other School Disco party's there has been less serious
incidents and this can normally be expected, because in a party situation
kids can get over excited and sometimes do silly things. However if a
6 foot 6 dad is in close attendance its impossible to tell the naughty
kids to behave and sometimes kids can take advantage of this. Essentially
any parent who wants to stay should be prepared to help with the organizations
of the event. However if its an absolute must that the parents have to
stay then organize a side room or a classroom that the parents can sit
away from the party and not drain the the party atmosphere.
If you have any questions or would like
to hire a great value Mobile Disco for School Disco with an experienced
party dj call Cathy for a great Disco deal.
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