{"id":4559,"date":"2025-10-30T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:17:44","slug":"halloween-choking-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/10\/30\/halloween-choking-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween &#8211; Choking Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><b>!!! Halloween &#8211; Choking Hazard !!!<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/10\/30\/halloween-choking-hazard\/gummy-eyes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gummy eyes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121633\/gummy-eyes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/10\/30\/halloween-choking-hazard\/lollies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lollies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4561\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121652\/lollies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/10\/30\/halloween-choking-hazard\/chocolate-pupkins\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"353,143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chocolate pupkins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins-300x122.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4562\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/10\/30121707\/chocolate-pupkins.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Parent\/Carers,<\/p>\n<p>With Halloween coming up when sweet treats and bags of goodies will be eaten, we would like to highlight the risk of choking, particularly with small, spherical, gummy textured sweets.<\/p>\n<p>We would encourage all parents to avoid sending in chocolate or jelly eyeballs, lollies or any other small round confectionaries for snack.<\/p>\n<p>Given that pupils could be running around over break time these sweets can be incredibly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><i>Let&#8217;s help keep our pupils safe and avoid bringing this type of sweet to school.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Please remember we are also a <strong>NUT FREE<\/strong> school &#8211; this includes chocolate hazelnut spreads and fillings.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>!!! Halloween &#8211; Choking Hazard !!! Dear Parent\/Carers, With Halloween coming up when sweet treats and bags of goodies will be eaten, we would like to highlight the risk of choking, particularly with small, spherical, gummy textured sweets. We would encourage all parents to avoid sending in chocolate or jelly eyeballs, lollies or any other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/10\/30\/halloween-choking-hazard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Halloween &#8211; Choking Hazard<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26346,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4564,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions\/4564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}