The Albion Primary School annual hat parade will take place on Thursday 28th March.

We hope that all students will make a hat at home and participate in the parade. The use of recycled materials is encouraged and any acceptable theme is welcomed. 

Over the last couple of years, we had some wonderful hats made from all sorts of things:

• an old bike helmet
• carboard tubes
• egg cartons
• Kinder Surprise shells
• old toys
• plastic bottles
• old baskets
• cardboard boxes
• buttons
• old soft toys
• old pieces of a pinata
• Lego
• bottle corks
• Play Doh containers
• drink bottle lids and tin tabs
• old plastic toys
• scraps of paper
• sponges
• pegs
• bread tags
• old hats

It is amazing what can be created from things you find around the house!

A wonderful persuasive letter was written to Mrs Williamson by a couple of students after the 2022 hat parade. While they love the hat parade and think that it is important to have as a school community event, they felt that it was very unfair when students had hats that were made by parents. They argued that kids need to be creative and do the work to make the hats, not the parents. They stated that sometimes, the parents even pick the theme or topic of the hat, do all the making and the child does not even get to help! They felt very disadvantaged in their own designs and creations when having to compete against hats themed, designed and made by adults.

While of course, parents are able to help their child, please make sure that the child does the majority of the work in choosing the theme, creating the design and making of the hats.

We will be parading under the COLA at around 9:10am. Parents are welcome to attend and we would love you to join in too - perhaps you can make your own hats!