Quick check in on kids' birthday party invitations

[MaggieFS]

It's DS' birthday soon. He's in year 1 and we only have space for 12 for the activity he's chosen (no scope to increase). Unlike Reception, the majority of parties this year have NOT been whole class, but there have been a few.

DS has been to two whole class parties of children he isn't particularly close to, and therefore they aren't amongst the 12 on his list. It's a class of 30, so no issue that he's only asking 12 in terms of the number invited, and he's got a mix of boys and girls. I feel it's ok not to send a reciprocal invitation given they were whole class and his isn't, but just wanted to sense check, please mn wisdom?

Not everyone can afford whole class parties. I would even say the vast majority of parents can't/don't. Can you get a list of all the kids in his class so he can pick who he wants there? No need to make it reciprocal.

Thank you, yes, I plan to do that. I just wanted to check it's ok not to include children to whose [whole class] parties he has been.

This tends to be split on here. I say invite the people he’s closest to.

It's fine. Not every child will have a whole class party, and some might not have a party at all. Your DS should be allowed to choose whoever he likes, rather than having to invite those who have already had a party which he attended.