To send out another invite when school goes back

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DD is 7 on the 3rd of January and is having her party on the 12th - so the Saturday after going back to school.

To give everyone a heads up I sent invites out to her friends the week they broke up for the holidays.

I've had 1 response out of a class of 30 and that was a decline. I know everyone is busy in the run up to Christmas so would I be sensible to send invites again on the Monday she goes back?

I would

I would, I did similar before the summer holidays (DS’s Birthday was first week back) and had no replies. I sent them again on the first day and it turned out none of the parents had received the first set of invitations.

Thanks, just didn't want to seem, well, a bit desperate

Yes, text as well if you have numbers. Very easy for invites to get lost and / or forgotten over Christmas. People appreciate a heads up.

Yes and put on deadline that you need to reply by.

Probably worth it.

DS had a party just before Christmas and it took some chasing up for a few people. Then some were changing their minds late on including the "can he still come?" 4 hours before. At least the uncontactable no-reply didn't do a surprise arrival.

No more "all the boys". I've done more than my share of big parties and it's the same core that are unreliable each year... funnily enough they never do their own parties...

I would assume that most of the invitations never made it home - too much other stuff going on at the end of the Christmas term.
Definitely send again, though I find it much easier to email the parents. Nobody bothers with paper invitations at our school as they so easily get lost. Can you ask for an email list?

The best I can get is a list of first names and as I work I do t know most of the parents

Deffo send them out again OP

School won't give email addresses or full class name lists due to gdpr.

Send them out as a "Reminder" and ask for RSVPs by (eg) 5 January

I definitely would.

You need parents numbers and then make a what’s app group for her party. Way of the world now

Definitely re-send. I almost missed an invitation before Christmas as it was in amongst the Christmas cards/craft/end of term letters etc.

Same situation here except party is only for 8. Invitations went out on the last day of term 😕 and party is the 6th. Fortunately I spoke to most people in person but there's still one who hasn't replied.
Good luck OP, its a tricky time to organise a party for

I’d send out reminders.

I’ve only just found a party invite for DS2 - party is same weekend as your DD’s party, OP.

The invite was in an envelope mixed in with a handful of Christmas cards from classmates that DS2 hadn’t opened. I’d assumed the envelope with the invite in contained a Christmas card too. The only reason I even opened the envelope was to check whether the cards had glitter etc on before recycling them.

So something similar may have happened with at least some of the invites for your DD’s party.