Reception year - a bookbag or a backpack?

[Octavia09]

I think my DS needs a bookbag because I am going to carry it myself anyway; I doubt there will be many books to bring home and then back to school. My husband thinks he needs a backpack. In his and my primary school days we used to carry books almost from the beginning. But kids these days do not have many workbooks in their reception year. Am I right? I really do not want to see him carrying a backpack or even a bookbag after a long day (first year then we will see).

I have never bothered with a bookbag. DD is in reception and needs to take swimming or PE kit, water bottle, snack box, coat etc as well as her homework book and reading book so there is no way that it would all fit into the school book bag! Those children who have bought a bookbag have a backpack as well, which seems like a waste of money to me.