to ask the head to stop allowing this (warning: trivial)

[parakeet]

We seem to get quite a lot of leaflets put in the children's bookbags for sports clubs, art classes, language clubs, that sort of thing. Some of them are held on the school premises (although privately run), some held elsewhere. We get at least one every half term for a football club called "Make me a professional" (even the name gets up my nose).

Would I be unreasonable to ask the head to stop all this? I am on the telephone preference service that's supposed to stop cold calls (much good that it does me), the equivalent one for direct mail and have a sign on my letterbox asking for no junk mail. But I have no opt-out for the junk mail in the book bags!

Clam - that's a great idea to say take one if you think you might be interested. I will try that in future.

Maybe ask the head if the adverts can go on the website or the leaflets can go in the entrance hall so parents can pick them up if they wish?

I also think it can't be very nice for parents who can't always afford them if the children keep asking to go to activities in the same way as television advertising. They end up feeling bad and that their child is missing out on something lots of other children may get to do and the child is left feeling upset and disappointed.

I don't get why everyone is so pro being advertised at through their child's book bag

You could put a no junk mail sticker on dcs bookbag

I don't mind being advertised at if it's stuff the DC may enjoy. There's very often soccer camps in the holidays and the forms are sent in the bag so you can pre-book.