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World Book Day... Harry Potter

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kymianne · 02/03/2023 22:45

So, as many of you know today was world book day. I work in a C of E primary school, so I've seen many children beautifully dressed up as their favourite book characters.
We had (as we always do) a few Harry Potter's and Hermione Granger's. A colleague said to me that they are surprised that they're allowed as it's encouraging witchcraft! I then spoke to a few others and apparently this is a thing and they won't even have the Harry Potter books in the school! What!!! It was my absolute favourite series whilst growing up and I still love it now!
Is this really a thing?

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musicalfrog · 02/03/2023 22:46

Definitely not frowned upon at our C of E school! All the books are in the library.

Libre2 · 02/03/2023 22:46

I go to a fully evangelical C of E church and we had a whole, amazing, holiday club based on HP - so I would say it is only a “thing” among the bat-shit crazy.

MyBloodyBrother · 02/03/2023 22:47

Eh? Do you live in a particularly religious area? My kids are at a C of E primary. 100 kids in the school, 19 of them in HP related costumes today, including one teacher.

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 02/03/2023 22:48

We are a C of E school and had lots of Harry Potters in today.

My mum is very committed Christian and won’t tolerate HP at all for that reason 🤷🏼‍♀️

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kymianne · 02/03/2023 22:52

MyBloodyBrother · 02/03/2023 22:47

Eh? Do you live in a particularly religious area? My kids are at a C of E primary. 100 kids in the school, 19 of them in HP related costumes today, including one teacher.

No, not at all. In fact, a lot of the children that attend the school are EAL children. I'm quite sure I spied our head of pastoral care dressed as a witch, but wasn't sure 🤣🙈...
I didn't think it was a thing! I'm absolutely flabbergasted

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WhyDoesItAlways · 02/03/2023 22:53

I'm pretty sure I read that the owners of the entertainer toy shops are strict Christians which is why they don't open on Sundays or sell any harry potter merch. So I'm not fully surprised a C of E school would take that approach. Our school doesn't do dress up for world book day so no idea if HP would be an issue there.

HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks · 02/03/2023 22:54

These lunatic fringe "christians" can't tell fantasy from reality and this is somehow surprising?

Kranke · 02/03/2023 22:54

Are any dressed up as dinosaurs? Or any Roald Dahl books? Alice in Wonderland? Children’s books are generally make believe and a lot indicate some form of ‘wizardry/witchcraft/magic’, or beasts that roamed the land before ‘God’ created humans? Seems a bit odd to single out Harry Potter?

Eevvee · 02/03/2023 22:57

I thought you were going to say its frowned upon now because of JKR's personal opinions on trans issues.

Our kids are doing book day tomorrow (We are in Wales and the teachers were on strike today and this week has been a bloody shambles TBH). One is taking Harry Potter, the other is taking his Roald Dahl collection and I'm waiting on someone cancelling me for letting my kids read inappropriate material.

AliceMcK · 02/03/2023 23:21

Yes it is a thing, by hardcore religious nutters and obviously the whole trans issues. It’s not everywhere though, my DDs go to a catholic school and Harry Potter is very welcome they even have a class named after Rowling.

I personally have more of an issue with little girls dressed up as Alice in wonderland given Lewis’ obsession with prepubescent girls and Alice herself.

musicalfrog · 03/03/2023 00:26

I thought you were going to say its frowned upon now because of JKR's personal opinions on trans women's issues.

Corrected you there @Eevvee 😉

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