28th October 2024
Halloween
With Halloween fast approaching, we thought it would be best to let you know how we would like to approach the wearing of costumes this year for school, Guising, and the disco.
As Halloween falls on Thursday this week (31st Oct), many of you will be taking your children around the houses in their costumes that evening. Due to this, we are requesting that no costumes should be worn to school on Thursday 31st October, so that they are in good condition for Guising. If your child is fortunate enough to have multiple costumes, we would still request that no costume is worn, to make it fair. That way, as parents, you will not have to deal with extra face painting touch-ups, new hair extensions, and duct taping bent pitchforks!
However, on Friday we would love to see their costumes, and all should feel free to wear them to school if they want to. Please note this is not a requirement. For those going to the Halloween Disco at the village hall, this also has the benefit of children not needing to change before heading to the hall for 3.30.
As with previous years, we have two stipulations for costumes in school:
Masks – masks may be worn in the playground, however, they must not be too scary, as this may frighten some of the children. If your child has a mask that is deemed to be too frightening, their teacher will ask them to store it in their bag until the end of the day. In class, all masks will be removed and put to the side.
Weapons/Additional costume items – We request that children do not bring in costume based weapons and additional items. If their costume really needs it for the disco, their teacher will hold on to it for the day and hand it back before they leave. This has the double benefit of them not being broken, as well as them not being used overly aggressively in the playground.
