Ralston Primary School have asked kids not to dress up in “scary costumes” or use “scary props” at the annual Halloween disco.
Kids won’t be able to wear scary costumes(Image: Getty)
A Scots primary school has banned pupils from wearing scary costumes to their Halloween party.
Parents at Ralston Primary School in Paisley, Renfrewshire, have slammed the school after a letter was sent out asking children not to dress in “scary costumes” for the Halloween disco on Thursday October 30.
The leaflet issued by the school(Image: Supplied)
The notice read: “Children are welcome to dress up! No scary costumes and no props please!”
A dad of a pupil at the school, who wishes to remain anonymous, blasted the “daft” instruction and said it broke the tradition of Halloween for kids.
He said: “Maybe someone could give the organisers a lesson on the origins of Halloween.
“Instructing kids not to wear so-called scary costumes to a Halloween disco is confusing and disconnects from the spirit of its tradition.
“It’s an instruction that’s as vague as it’s daft.
“They might as week just call it a fancy dress disco.”
Ralston Primary School(Image: Google)
It is understood the move came after talks held by the Ralston Primary School Parent Council committee who feared young children attending the disco might be spooked by scary costumes.
The school Halloween party has been split into year groups, with primary one to four attending it between 6.30pm and 7.30pm and primary four to seven going from 7.45pm and 8.45pm.
A Renfrewshire Council spokesperson said: “Ralston Primary Parent Council have organised a Halloween Disco which will take place in the school.
“The Parent Council included a note around scary costumes to be considerate to the youngest children in the school who would be attending, with Halloween-style costumes welcome but parents or carers asked to ensure they are appropriate for a primary school disco.”
It is not the first time a school had banned specific costumes for their Halloween parties.
St David’s RC Primary School parent council in Edinburgh banned kids from dressing up for a Halloween party in 2019 over fears it’s not ‘inclusive’.
The Catholic school shared a campus – including a shared dining hall – with the non-denominational Pirniehall Primary School, where children were allowed to dress up.
Elsewhere in 2016, Greenhills Primary in East Kilbride issued leaflets to children advertising their Halloween disco which stated that no clown costumes were allowed on school grounds.
This came following the ‘killer clown’ social media craze which saw people dressed as clowns carrying knives near to schools.
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