{"id":565448,"date":"2026-08-11T06:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565448\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:56:15","slug":"schools-ban-woolworths-disney-ooshies-collectables-after-toys-cause-conflict-among-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565448\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools ban Woolworths\u2019 Disney Ooshies collectables after toys cause conflict among students"},"content":{"rendered":"

A school Facebook post said Ooshies \u201chave become a significant distraction during class time and break times\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause these items are in high demand, we have also had unfortunate situations where they have gone missing or been misplaced, which leads to upset students and lost learning time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colwill School in Massey has also banned Ooshies and the popular squishies. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo help us keep our classrooms focused, calm and safe, we ask that squishies, Ooshies and similar toys remain at home,\u201d the school posted on social media.<\/p>\n

Snells Beach School has also asked that Ooshies, and Pokemon cards and other toys, stay at home. <\/p>\n

Cambridge East School said in its newsletter that \u201cthis is beginning to cause issues between students\u201d and asked that Ooshies be kept \u201dsafely at home\u201d.<\/p>\n

Also in Cambridge, St Peter\u2019s Catholic School banned Ooshies at school but said there would be a specific trading event, at a designated time and date, for people to swap the collectibles.<\/p>\n

Takapau School in Hawke\u2019s Bay andWaihopai School in Invercargill have also banned the toys.<\/p>\n

Schools in Australia have also had to issue Ooshie notices. <\/p>\n

At least two Queensland schools, Somerset College and Bellevue Park State School, have banned the collectible items for the same reasons as New Zealand schools.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time New Zealand schools have banned items.<\/p>\n

In 2023, multiple schools banned Crocs, Jibbitz and Yu-Gi-Oh cards for similar reasons to Ooshies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Woolworths\u2019 Ooshies promotion runs until August 23. Shoppers get a collectable toy from a set of 40 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters for every $30 spent.<\/p>\n

Woolworths to hold another swap day due to overwhelming demand<\/p>\n

A Woolworths Ooshies swap day took place last week, in addition to numerous organised swaps that different communities are hosting across the country. <\/p>\n

Woolworths general manager brand and marketing Abbe Hale told the Herald the event was so popular they have scheduled another one before the promotion ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing a tremendous turnout at our first Swap Day last week, we are holding another nationwide Swap Day from 10am to 12pm on Saturday 22 August. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis gives collectors a dedicated community space to trade and complete their sets in a way that fits into busy lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A school Facebook post said Ooshies \u201chave become a significant distraction during class time and break times\u201d. \u201cBecause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74,3471,1060,26977,1558,138,25346,11519,138207,6150,278315,2398,186227,51249,305,111,139,73136,69,254614,36176,4062,6649,13109,1516,3767,11395,3608,92,80],"class_list":["post-565448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-after","tag-among","tag-ban","tag-banned","tag-been","tag-business","tag-cause","tag-causing","tag-collectables","tag-conflict","tag-disagreements","tag-disney","tag-distracting","tag-grounds","tag-have","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-noticed","tag-nz","tag-ooshies","tag-promotional","tag-school","tag-schools","tag-several","tag-staff","tag-students","tag-toys","tag-were","tag-woolworths","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}