Do you check it every night without fail? Do you check it as soon as they come in from school or at some point afterwards going as late as the next morning? What about on a friday night or if they have got a day off the next day due to school holidays, inset, strike or voting etc?
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How often do you check your child's school bag?
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nappyaddict · 04/07/2011 09:37
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nappyaddict ·
04/07/2011 15:06
I thought as much 
I need to be more vigilant in checking it every day. I try to check it every day but there have been occasions when we have been in a rush to get somewhere as soon as he gets home and I think I'll do it later and then I've forgotten. Sod's law it's always those days there's something important in there!!
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lemonmousse ·
04/07/2011 15:45
I love all you Mums who check regularly! Part of my job is to put letters in book bags and it sometimes amazes me how long they stay in there - apparantly unread!
One particular child still has the Christmas newsletter in their bag - that makes me feel quite sad 
lemonmousse ·
04/07/2011 15:52
If it's anything particularly important I tend to resort to the text service as a back up - "Your child has a letter about blah blah look in the bloody bag for God's sake" 
lemonmousse ·
04/07/2011 16:06
Aw go on then - I'll let you off this time elpha - now, is she going on the farm trip or not and where's the £5 contribution and can you return your Christmas raffle tickets please?
baffledmum ·
04/07/2011 16:14
Daily. I have 2 bags to check. I was thinking of starting a bookbag blog
. It would be called Tyranny of the School Bookbag!
ThisIsJustASagaNow ·
04/07/2011 20:08
I check every day (yr4). I don't always look in it but I always ask if there are any letters. Dd is pretty reliable about bringing stuff home. I still have a very regular root about in it too though.
Dd secondary in yr 7- no, I don't look in hers now but thankfully there seems to be a marked decline of letters home from yr 7 onwards compared to juniors. Such blessed relief after 7 yrs of being bombarded from reception to yr6
I know what's coming re inset days, school trips etc. My calendar is gospel round here. I think if there was a fire it'd be one of the first things I'd rescue
AbigailS ·
04/07/2011 20:28
I wish we has some of you parents at my school. Lots of parents moan that they didn't know about something, e.g to wear PE kit to school on Thursday for a special event, but it's been in the half termly newsletter, it's on the school website and it's on the class notice board and just to make certain we don't have tears from someone who forgot I often send a short note in book bags the day or two before. Some moan that they've lost the newsletter as it came out weeks ago and that they don't do the school run (hence the last message in bookbags). The comment is "you should have let us know" and when I point all the above out they reply they never look in the bookbag. I can't win!
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startail ·
05/07/2011 09:16
Satchel post is an imperfect system, children don't put things in their bags. Mums don't get them out.
They are I'll.
The letters get left in Dad's car (we live together, but still I've found Xmas cards in may)
Mum looses them, very common in this house.
And unfortunately sometimes the teachers are late giving them out (I know I make and copy thinks for the PTA)
texts are great for the 90% of the population who can find their mobiles, I often can't.
Please put it on your website and a copy on the big notice board at school! Both of these are impossible for me to loose!!
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