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[Shirl]

It was E's 1st day at school today and what a disaster!

 

It started well and we were ready in plenty of time and out the door nice and early. I wanted to get there early to hand out party invites. I thought about asking the teacher but figured they're only in for a half day and so there wouldn't really be the time.

 

We went into the classroom and started handing out the invites. The room was busy with lots of parents and older siblings. I was writing the child's name down as I gave the parents the invites. After 5 or 10 minutes a teacher stepped forward, thanked everyone for gathering and said they would be shown to their classrooms. Well my face must have been a picture. I had been giving invites out to all and sundry! I couldn't grab the invites back because I wasn't sure who I'd given them to. We'd originally been told that the classroom we were in was the reception class (as it has been for a long time) but infact it was just a holding point for all the pupils! I felt such an idiot To cut a long story short I had only given out 7 invites to children who aren't in her class but she can only have 30 people at the party (swimming pool party) so I've now got to hope they contact me so I can uninvite them. 1 parent actually said yes straightaway so I've got to find out who "Marcus" is so he can be uninvited .

 

Fortunately E had a great time and had her first French lesson. How cute.

[Looney]

Sounds like a scene from a sitcom!

 

At least your daughter had a good first day

[ubereglu]

Hopefully the parents will understand-after all their children will have no idea who your daughter is! Since when have schools started back so late? And when was French introduced?

[Shirl]

Sounds like a scene from a sitcom!

My whole life seems like a sitcom sometimes. I sometimes think I should have been born blonde (no offence any blondes out there)

[Shirl]

Hopefully the parents will understand-after all their children will have no idea who your daughter is! Since when have schools started back so late? And when was French introduced?

 

My friend's son doesn't start until next week, they all do their own thing.

 

I don't think French is National Curriculum.

[Janepie33]

Seems a shame to 'uninvite' children to the party. Your daughter might make some lovely new friends with the invites that you have already given out. The parents might understand, but the children might be very disapointed.

I work in a Reception class (4 & 5 year olds) and I have seen the sorrow on children's faces when they have not been handed a party invite. When you have just started school, it's a bit hard to have an invite taken away.

Just a thought.

[Shirl]

I totally agree but as it stands there will be children in her class that can't be invited because there is a maximum of 30 allowed in the pool and children in other classes have the invites.

 

I don't think a child in year 1 for example would want to go if they knew no-one there anyway. Well that's my train of thought. I think at the moment as I have had 2 other friends say they can't attend and one parent called to say they wouldn't be coming when they realised she wasn't in the same class. So I now have only 4 children to "lose".