Important SERIOUS World Book Day costume question.

[RatOnnaStick]

School theme is Disney. Does this mean everyone will be dressed in random superhero costumes (Disney or not)?

I'd be happy sending him as Woody or Hook or Prince Random from Any Fairytale but if everyone else is going to be in Batman/Hulk/Captain America/Spiderman costumes he will sulk, because if I make him dress up (which he hates) and its the wrong costume and all his little playmates are wearing whatever they already own I will be in trouble.

Disney versions of fairy tales bear very little resemblance to the original versions that have been around for centuries yet these are the only ones children remember ... It's sad!

I agree. Which is why I'd rather DS went as a character which is traceable back to a book - I'd be happy with Peter Pan or Prince Charming ore even the Chimney Sweep from Mary Poppins which are all valid but I suspect I may be overruled by bloody Batman.

I am going with the line that anything getting children talking about, making up, writing, acting stories is good.

missed your second post. I fear these are the times we live in. However, I don't think disney-fying WBD is going to turn my son into an illiterate chimpanzee unable to create Shakespeare except by chance...

Sadly dumbing down stories does no one a favour

'twas ever thus.

I shall, nevertheless, be happily sending him into school dressed in something linked to Disney and hopefully an older story and I suspect he will survive, and quite probably stay literate.

Disney is a really shit WBD theme. I wouldn't be impressed and would have been very vocal in the staff meeting about it!

And where are the frothy complain-to-the-school mums when you need them hey.

Actually Rat it's a relatively new phenomenon related to commercialisation

Is it? I remember stuff like this in the early eighties when I was at school. Anyway I'm sure my son and his class will have a great time learning about different ways of telling stories. Costume or not.

I would be so forked off if my school did this. It makes me weep. But if I had to make the best of it I would pick up on the Goethe reference in Fantasia just to be pissy

My DD went as Elsa last year. She has a frozen chapter book. As a parent I would have preferred her to go as a character from something which was originally a book! But from her point of view, it was a book character and she had read the book. She is an avid reader and will be an actual book character this year. My son has super hero books, and so he did super heroes for two years. He has been asking about world book day since November because this year he wants to be Harry Potter. Ultimately, although I would be very disgruntled if my school imposed a Disney theme (as would my children be), because it means you can only choose something that has been made into a film or cartoon. But, I think it is important that children get excited about choosing their character, what ever the book, and irrespective of it is a film too.

Sorry - I should have re-read before posting! I have a floating 'although' in there

I'm thinking of brown leggings & jumper with a hat; tusks & claws made of white felt OR gruffalo dressing gown over the top.
Sadly DD's grown out of her tiger onesie otherwise I'd have sent her in that, with a teapot.

And did the letter from school really say "mediums"???

My ds would want to go as a storm trooper or Luke Skywalker on the basis that Star Wars is now Disney.

Whatever you do, don't send him in one of those nylon superhero onesies. They are both thin AND sweaty, so the kid either freezes or overheats, and because they are a onesie which does up at the back, too many of the boys end up either weeing themselves, or dragging the sleeves in the pee on the school toilet floor if they do manage to undo it.

(They are fine at home, usually because the loo isn't a nightmare, and because there's usually someone willing to undo them in a hurry.)

I think you are over thinking it - it's a focus on World book day - the teachers don't care if they turn up in pjs - it's not a big deal

I'm very jealous of people with kids at schools that give them this much notice of dress up days. I asked our school if they are dressing up this year for WBD (they haven't always) and was told they haven't decided yet.

The teachers probably aren't bothered. Playmates can be cutting though. I want to get it right for him because its the first time he's been reasonably ok with dressing up.

Ralph yes that is a direct copy and paste from the letter. I've just run it through Grammarly and that doesn't have an issue with it, neither does MS Office.

'We will be studying Disney stories in class and exploring the Disney magic through a variety of mediums such as drama, art, performing, poetry and story writing. We are also lucky enough to have secured XXX company to come and perform Peter Pan on XXXday.'

gosh the school seems to be very ignorant doesn't it? I'd be having a chat with the head.

At least you can choose from Disney characters, OP.

My younger two go to a school that has cleverly gone for 'Where's Wally' day.

Fucking great. Now 400+ children are all going to be scouting the town (a small town) for red and white stripey jumpers, bobble hats and round glasses. Or we need to order online. For something my boys will wear precisely once, neither of them being fans of either Where's Wally or dressing up, and which I can't afford for a one-off.

Well thought out, Headteacher of a school in a deprived area.

Media is the plural of medium, not mediums. Unless you were talking about a psychic-type medium, in which case I would imagine mediums would be the accepted plural.

Sorry, 'missing the point of the post face'.

WBD is not my favourite day at school, I'm rather running out of impetus as I have three DCs at primary school.

If it's Disney rather than books , what about the old man from Up? Easily done with brown/grey trousers, jacket, bow tie, glasses (cheap wayfarer style sunglasses with lenses popped out), bunch of balloons. It'd be comfortable and original (though not a book!).

Disney as a theme for books shows a total lack of imagination in the part of the school. Dumbing down to the max. I would be really disappointed if our school did this.
Our school did do 'traditional tales' as the theme one year that would have been a better theme. Disney is not a book it is a film production company with associated parks and merchandise.
And I say that as a massive Disney fan who is going to Disney world this year.