Was it silly to sign greeting cards for all the children in the class?

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My DS is in Y1. For the 2nd year we have decided to buy greeting cards for all kids in the Y1. The other day my DS kind of told me with disappointment he did not get a postcard from some of his classmate. Yesterday the same. I feel for him and think that may be we have been silly buying 30 cards. I told him that many children do not buy cards for everyone. He was clearly disappointed he did not get cards from some of the children. He spent all Sunday evening signing the cards. I told him that next year we will only prepare greeting cards for those children who had given cards in F and Y1. He was all right with it.

They probaby have a school post box-DCs love it. Year 6 deliver at the end of a day.

Problem with school post box is they have to know surnames, or at least parts of surnames, and many of the little ones get confused, or you can have 2 children with very similar first and second names, even in same year.

I personally favour TA discretely putting cards in bookbags.

Not if you put the class on the envelope with name, and if there are 2 the same they tend to be known as James S and James M anyway.

That's a lot to write, esp. for reception, especially if child wants to send a card to everybody, and they have combined 2 reception classes together with 15 x yr1s (they did at DC school so everybody = 55 kids plus the TAs + the teachers and maybe dinner lady, too). Some schools have 3 or 4+ reception classes & then when you have 3 or 4 DC at same school you forget who is in Triceratops class & who is in Maple leaves, especially when your DC2 was in Maple leaves last year but now it's DC3 in Maples, etc.
Anyway, optimal solution will vary by school, I'm sure.

I find this thread quite bizarre, and the idea that getting a christmas card=caring

At my dds school this year they have decided to promote an environmental message, and asked children to bring in 1 card, which will go on the wall of the class, addressed to the class. I'm really happy about this, saves the pointless exchange of cards, and mychildren dont seem too emotionally distressed by not getting loads of cards.

It seems silly to write them to the whole class-just a few to friends is fine.

There was a box for greeting cards by the reception but who knew the teachers would give out cards that way.
It is possible to buy post cards in a pack of 30 from Tesco and garden centers. My son got a few cards which were made by the children. Looked really lovely but all cards were special.
When I go back to my parents' home there is nothing in there that could remind me of the nice school day moments. My parents threw everything away except photographs. I store my children's drawings and postcards from friends. Later they can decide by themselves what to leave and what to bin.
The teacher got one cards signed with messages by all the parents.

3duracellbunnies your poor DD1, especially as she had taken the effort to write them. My DD has hard to read writing too but more from laziness but i would hate her being laughed at in a group card giving situation - such a tactless idea. I am really loving the idea that catsareevil school promotes with the one shared card on the wall.

DCs love giving cards-you can do one shared card on the wall ,but I think you will find that as DCs get older they will want to give their own cards to friends-outside school if the school makes it difficult.

Elfon the shelf; these were cards which we gave individually to children, and I agree it would be much worse in a group situation at school. I know teachers do their best to support understanding, but some comments are made out of earshot, and children do make comments, and yes it was wrong that an s was the wrong way around, but as you say it is the thought that counts. Thankfully in yr 2 with extra support in school her writing is becoming clearer.

Ours came home all together in bookbags yesterday, dd1 got loads more than she had given, but kept saying that she didn't know why x had given a card because they never play with her. Maybe next year she will want to send more.

my dd (yr1) didn't give cards to all her class as I don't know all the names and she can't remember everybody (big school, 3 classes per year and they swap the classes round each year). So she didn't write to all the children in her class. She gave cards to the friends she plays which ended up with about 15 from her class and 10 from the other 2 classes.
We did give cards back to those we received earlier but she got some cards from friends we didn't give cards to and vice versa.
To be honest she hasn't worked it out herself and I haven't pointed it out. She loves giving the cards and that's the main thing.

Also the school has a christmas post box and the year 6's come round and give out the cards which are put in their book bags.