{"id":5751,"date":"2026-10-30T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:31:31","slug":"halloween-sweets-choking-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2026\/10\/30\/halloween-sweets-choking-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Sweets &#8211; Choking Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img 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=\"76\" height=\"76\" 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=\"(max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\" \/> <img 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=\"199\" height=\"81\" 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=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/> <img 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=\"89\" height=\"89\" 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=\"(max-width: 89px) 100vw, 89px\" \/><\/h1>\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 into school 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 <\/i><strong><i>avoid <\/i><\/strong><i>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<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2026\/08\/28\/nut-free-school-2\/nut-free-school-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster.png\" data-orig-size=\"1008,1260\" 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=\"Nut-Free-School-Poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-240x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-819x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5559\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2026\/08\/28104325\/Nut-Free-School-Poster.png 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 into school chocolate or jelly eyeballs, lollies or any other small round confectionaries for snack. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2026\/10\/30\/halloween-sweets-choking-hazard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Halloween Sweets &#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-5751","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\/5751","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=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}