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To say if not found the SCHOOL should replace it?

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Arrowfanatic · 06/09/2016 20:26

Day one of school today. My year one son came out of school crying as his book bag has gone missing. This book bag is an expensive one issued by the school, I cannot afford to replace it.

He had it in school, the teachers were very half hearted about it. Suggested another child took it home, but since there were no bags in the classroom left over this child would presumably have left with 2 bags.

I told the teacher if it wasn't found tomorrow I would expect the school to replace it. The way I see it the bag was sent in to school, I have no control on how the bags are stored in school so why should I have to replace what is an expensive item when it's not my fault & a 5 year old who goes to get his back from the storage & find it missing is also not to blame.

OP posts:

Blondeshavemorefun · 07/09/2016 12:12

It's very annoying when named items go missing at school and esp in first day

Hopefully it will turn up

Send a group email to all the parents in the class asking them to check

Hopefully someone has returned it today

Would be easier to allow one keyring per bag to identify easily

Or the teacher to hand them all out at the end of the day

Feenie · 07/09/2016 18:20

So has this bookbag turned up, or what? I am guessing yes, and hoping the,OP has had the good grace to apologise.

The link showing any kind of £30 bookbag has NOT materialised, however.

tinytemper66 · 07/09/2016 18:34

Please come back and tell us the bag has been found.

bumbleymummy · 07/09/2016 18:49

I was hoping to see that it turned up in the end!

travellinglighter · 07/09/2016 20:17

We sent our kids to holiday club with their bikes, very expensive bikes. The school caretaker-jobsworth- locked the bike shed with no bikes in it and warned the play leaders that on no account were bikes to be stored in the gym. The play leaders took the kids to the park and left the bikes outside. Came back, two crappy bikes have suddenly appeared instead of two expensive bikes. Kids fault apparently.

JudyCoolibar · 07/09/2016 20:24

Hopefully it will appear today, but it is your son who lost it, not the school.

Not it isn't, Goblin. The teacher said she had taken it out of the drawer where OP's son put it and put it in a box with the 29 other bags. Therefore it was lost whilst in her custody, and it was not OP's son who lost it.

Drama123 · 07/09/2016 20:24

Just under £30 for a bookbag?!!
Not saying I disbelieve you, but have never heard of this in local authority schools. I'm pretty sure someone in authority would have something to say about the school enforcing this.
If it's private school, that's different...
The school can't reimburse lost property. If they did it for one they'd have to do it for everyone.

Olympiathequeen · 07/09/2016 20:30

If it doesn't turn up simply send him in with a power rangers bag.

If they complain tell them it was lost during school hours and you are not prepared to pay another £30 to replace it it that could get lost too.

Gets you out of admitting you can't afford it

Cleanermaidcook · 07/09/2016 20:50

So, has it turned up today?

embo1 · 07/09/2016 20:56

Am I getting this right? A £30 book bag for a 4 or 5 year old?

Give it a few days. Your son must feel like shit. His teacher must love you.

Peonie7654 · 07/09/2016 20:59

My dd coat went missing from school I was very annoyed, it was brand new!

I went in and asked, no, no sign of it. I was annoyed, but polite.

Then I found it at home ( very greatful I didn't make a scene) did you take it to school? I could have sworn blind that we had.

lilyboleyn · 07/09/2016 21:00

Congratulations OP. You have just named yourself 'that parent' and will be renowned in the staff room. Hope you don't have any genuine problems to raise with the staff later on.

Peonie7654 · 07/09/2016 21:00

Just but a cheap one, if it is a non fee paying school there is nothing that they can do.

Scarpetta1982 · 07/09/2016 21:07

Did it turn up?

EweAreHere · 07/09/2016 21:24

I hope it turned up, OP.

Based on all the info, I'm with you. I would expect the school to replace it if it doesn't. The teacher insisted that they go in a communal box, then couldn't be *rsed to make sure 5 year olds had their bags back at the end of Day 1? Sorry, no. That's on her. And yes, I work in a primary school with young children. I also have three myself.

I have heard parents tell their children they weren't buying them school logoed cardigans/sweatshirts, and that they'd have to get them themselves. Yes, they meant steal them. I wasn't the only one that heard such instructions being issued. But there's not a lot you can do about it, and you're not allowed to demand children let you inspect the clothes they're wearing in order to check places you have labelled them.

I have sewed bright buttons on my daughter's school cardigans every year so they were obviously hers, since they all look the same. None were stolen. BUT, last year, the one year I didn't do this as I'd been busy and hadn't gotten around to it, every single one disappeared within the first month of school, never to be seen again. Nicked from the classrooms. In spite of labelling in multiple places. I work in the school; I am diligent, I know the places to look, and they still disappeared from her classroom. Buttons have been specialised on her cardigans again this year as I can't afford a repeat.

GertrudeBelle · 07/09/2016 21:27

But the school hasn't lost it.

Your DC has.

Or someone else has taken it.

In either case the school isn't to blame.

cioccolata · 07/09/2016 21:27

Did it turn up op?

CafeCremeEtCroissant · 07/09/2016 21:30

Of course he took it to school, the teacher admitted to taking from the drawer where her DS had put it and putting it in a box with all the others!!

I do wish people would read the OP's posts & stop blaming her DS.

PizzaFlavouredCupcake · 07/09/2016 21:33

Did it have his name on it? If so then the teacher should ask people to check. Lots of stuff goes missing in primary, it can be very frustrating. But if you didn't name the bag, then there's probably little chance of it being found and it isn't the schools fault

Ego147 · 07/09/2016 21:34

Will the OP return?

She doesn't have to but it's always nice to get some kind of closure on these threads.

DeadGood · 07/09/2016 21:40

I too will be unable to rest until I know it turned up.

Permanentlyexhausted · 07/09/2016 21:57

Many dry cleaners offer an embroidery service. Getting your child's initials embroidered on works well. Along the hem/cuff at the back is good as it won't show up in photos. Unlike buttons embroidery won't come off esily without damaging the fabric.

DS's school strongly recommends getting iron on initials on PE kit.

Mycatsabastard · 07/09/2016 22:05

I'm willing to bet my youngest child on the fact that the book bag turned up today and now the op feels like a complete fanny for overreacting.

MargoReadbetter · 07/09/2016 22:05

I can't see how the school could be expected to replace all missing items. Hopefully your son's classmates parents are decent people and will bring in the book bag.

What school does your son go to? Is theft common?

Ego147 · 07/09/2016 22:14

Maybe schools need a check in place where you get a ticket - and if it comes out, it needs to be signed out and back in again?

Or is that a bit OTT?

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