To expect to have had at least one reply by now?

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DS will be 5 at the beginning of next month, he started school in September and so we are doing the big party thing this year with most of his class invited. Invites were distributed yesterday (wanted to give plenty of notice as it is half term) and gave my mobile number so parents could text back with replies. AIBU to expect to have at least one reply by now, bearing in mind that book bags would have been emptied last night, or am I getting a little paranoid in thinking no one wants to come to DS?s party, made worse by the fact that he is REALLY looking forward to it?

I'm afraid you are BU . IME people only reply to you quickly if they happen to know who you are and see you in the playground. They won't even think about it again until they get back to school. Sorry. But it doesn't mean they won't be coming.

They wont have opened their bookbags yet. Probably wont till the day before school starts again. So fret not.

I doubt you will get replies over half term. If the party is not for another month then most people will approach you at school next week.

I have not even looked through the dc's bookbags yet - and even if there was an invite, it is half term, I would wait until we are back at school.

What are 'book bags'?

I have noticed that all school age DCs seem to carry little nylon satchel things these days (DS not school age yet).
Are they regulation school issue?
Do you have to use them?
Can you use one of your own instead?

We didn't have anything like this back in 'my day'.

Most places it's part of the uniform. I suspect the reason they are the shape they are is so that it is easy to pile them up in the classroom to put things in them. When we arrive at school in the morning, all the bookbags are plonked in a box. They take up very little room as they stack easily. And I imagine if everyone had their own bag there would be lot of different pockets into which messages could be put and lost.

And super easy - you don't need to choose a bag. I've noticed some of the older children have their own as well but it does help the reception children not carry all that extra crap to school that they otherwise might want to.

There is always at least 2 stragglers that you need to chase the day before.

Mrs SB - it depends on the school, our school sells book bags but some schools you have to buy them from uniform shops. I think John Lewis may sell them in plain schoolish colours. At my ds's school the children have pull out trays and the book bag sits in them. Most schools also do "show and tell" one morning a week when the dc can bring in a small item from home and talk about it. This item must be able to fit in the book bag in the tray.