Any ideas for a teacher hamper

Benmollymoo

Last year a large number of us clubbed together and bought M&S vouchers - the thought being that even if they never bought clothes there they could always buy food! This year though as I am expecting baby no 3 at the beginning of December I think it could be a bottle of wine each!

FZwanab

We gave our son's teacher bath foam, a candle with best teacher on it, a small bottle of wine and a magazine with free book attached. She could have a relaxing soak with the above when her holidays arrived. She was thrilled with it.

nais

im a teacher and wine def gets my vote. one very thoughtful mum gave it me a week early last year saying she thought i would appreciate it more before the end of term! i most certainly did and will do the same for my daughters teacher this year! failing that nice bubble baths are always good to get.

cannyscot_2

We made a hamper of sorts last year-the children decorated a box and we put in destress bubble bath,small bottles of wine,candles,facepacks,glossy mag and 2 small boxes of chocs and hand and fopt cream.

The two nice teachers thought it was great -the snotty one just looked snotty!

morganb

I'm a teacher ... and am always touched by whatever children give me, but reiterate that things they have made themselves are always special. Failing that, what about some nice stationery i.e. notebooks, pencils, etc., ... and don't forget about the teaching assistants, they are invaluable!!

emg

teachers also love those pens that have four colours in them, handy for marking the register.

petite_anglaise_2

I'm a secondary teacher and we never get Christmas presents from our tutor group! (obviously not doingthe job to get presents, but god it would be nice to be appreciated once in a while!!)

Please don't call teachers ungrateful but......

My mum and dad are both Primary teachers and though they're always extremely grateful and thankful for any presents they receive, an awful lot of it goes straight to the charity shop.

Anything with 'Teacher' on it, ie mugs, little bears holding signs, candles 'for my teacher', just goes to the local charity shop. You really don't want reminding of anything to do with school by the time it gets to Christmas.

My mum always feels terribly guilty about the amount of money parents have spent on gifts she won't use. She prefers a nice thankyou, a quick thankyou note, a bottle of wine, bunch of flowers or just a homemade picture from one of the kids.

LizEstelle

A 'teacher hamper'..?

I think having to deal with children and parents is quite enough to hamper the average teacher...

musostudent

Pens!! I end up losing loads of them due to lending them to my kids and not getting them back (they've already returned them honestly! Or they've lent them to someone else...) Wine is always good too. The teachers who teach your lot are all very lucky, you've all thought of really lovely gifts! I'm sure they were all much appreciated!

super41

Just a question. Is it 'the done thing' to get the class teacher and assistants presents at Christmas? My DD has just started school and I'm not sure what people do. Would it be sufficient to send in a joint gift - e.g. some nice biscuits for the staffroom?