Celebrating Birthdays & Other Special Occasions

Children at Hillcross have the opportunity to celebrate their birthday and other important events in their lives with their friends at school in a variety of ways, but we do not give out food items or gifts to the children on behalf of families, as we do not have time to manage the sharing of food (e.g. checking  ingredients to accommodate allergies or cutting and wrapping cakes).   This is also an important aspect of upholding our healthy school status.  We therefore ask that parents and carers do not to send in birthday cakes or other foods to be handed out by school staff.

We also strongly discourage families from giving out treats of any kind in the playground.  We have many children with special dietary requirements, including a range of severe allergies, and these children can feel excluded if their needs are not catered for.  Furthermore, in support of all families, this helps to avoid unnecessary competition between parents or children.

There are other ways in which parents can enable their child to celebrate with their friends, e.g. donate a new reading book to go in the class library, a new game for the wet play box or purchase something from the Amazon Wishlist.

Thank you in advance for your support.