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Talk to me about Book Bags

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nickelbarapasaurus · 31/05/2012 11:57

I had a lady in here this morning asking if I sold Book Bags.

I always thought that kids bought their bookbags from school with the logos on... Confused

I assume she means those satchel-like bags.

I thought I'd get a cross-section of society to tell me...

Would you buy your child a Book Bag from a shop, or would you always buy the logod one from school?

thanks!

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redskyatnight · 31/05/2012 12:12

Bought DD's book bag from school.
DS's school doesn't have them.

MrsJohnDeere · 31/05/2012 12:18

We have to have the school ones (book bag or rucksack) with the school badge on. State primary.

crazygracieuk · 31/05/2012 12:21

There is a school uniform shop near here that sells plain bookbags. I assumed that they were for after school music lessons or similar.

jubilee10 · 31/05/2012 12:43

Our school ones are flimsy. Ds's is falling apart after less than a year. We have a school shop near us that will put the school logo on one for you or you can have it plain. I have ordered one for next year.

NanAstley · 31/05/2012 12:45

School's official book bag for school books.

Having said that, my neighbour's dd uses a separate non-logo book bag to take her music sheets to her violin classes.

blueglue · 31/05/2012 12:49

Our school require you to get the one with the logo that they sell at school. However, only £3.95 or something like that so very reasonable. Eldest's bag is on 3rd year of use and is washable.

coppertop · 31/05/2012 12:53

I personally would buy book bags from school but they are not compulsory. Lots of parents buy them elsewhere or don't bother with them at all.

Butkin · 31/05/2012 12:56

We got ours from the (only) shop that sells all the school's uniform and sports kit. Wasn't expensive though and was compulsory. The alternative was at the school's 2nd hand shop but they are a bit tatty compared to the clothes which are often immaculate.

Firawla · 31/05/2012 12:58

I would only get it from school because afaik they prefer them to have the school one and I wouldn't want my child to be the only one with a different one, as I have never seen children with different ones they all have the school one round here.
Also i have got a few hanging round the house which came with bookstart, so don't think I would need to buy any spares

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nickelbarapasaurus · 31/05/2012 13:05

yes, that's what I thought.

:)

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Songbird · 31/05/2012 13:08

You sure she didn't mean this kind of book bag Wink

noramum · 31/05/2012 13:17

DD's bag comes from the school and one year after her starting it starts to have holes in the bottom.

It wasn't expensive (£3.50) and I didn't expect to survive the year.

roadkillbunny · 31/05/2012 13:53

We buy ours from school, no logo, a choice of colours and all for £2.50. Dd starts swimming after half term and they must wear a swimming hat, school buy them in bulk though and sell them for 60p. I have to say I like the way our school goes about these things!

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nickelbarapasaurus · 31/05/2012 14:17

Grin songbird

she had her child with her - 5/6 yo girl.

i did try to flog her one of my logoed shop cloth bags.

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ChopstheScarletduck · 31/05/2012 14:20

I reckon it's for music books. Ours have logoed, but people seem to use plain ones for music books.

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