Teacher Gifts ???

DundeeDoll

Good point jetplane. When i finished my teacher training i suggested we all put in £x and we bought our tutor a balloon flight. She was absolutely thrilled and (omg) 22 years later her face still lights up whenshe recalls it.

PinkLipgloss

When I was teaching in Japan (I'm now teaching in Madrid) the parents got together at the end of each year and organised a photo album.

Each child in the class was allocated a double page which contained photos of them (sometimes including me!) as well as drawings of me and thank you notes saying what they enjoyed in my class etc.

I cherish them and love looking through them from time to time and showing them to my friends/family.

Olga_de_Polga

Everyone putting together is great idea as long as you have a good organiser who doesn't mind pestering people for money, because there is always someone who you can't get money out of!

hilstep2000

I'm an ex-teacher, I always loved a bottle of wine!

PinkLipgloss

hilstep2000 wrote: »

I'm an ex-teacher, I always loved a bottle of wine!

I'm the opposite - I HATE all kinds of wine as does OH (who is allergic to alcohol anyways!) so all my wine went to family members/friends.

VfM4meplse

Just to say that teachers have no expectations of gifts!

I agree with the consumable principle, quickest and easiest is to make a small (eg 5") cake per teacher, and encourage your children to decorate it with their teacher in mind - wobbly icing with "Miss Smith" shows effort. Also there may still be some reduced price icing pens left over from Her Madge's celebrations last month.

whitesatin

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Just to say that teachers have no expectations of gifts!

I agree with the consumable principle, quickest and easiest is to make a small (eg 5") cake per teacher, and encourage your children to decorate it with their teacher in mind - wobbly icing with "Miss Smith" shows effort. Also there may still be some reduced price icing pens left over from Her Madge's celebrations last month.

I was always grateful but certainly never expected gifts. In some schools it was all quite competitive and that is not in the spirit of things at all.

I am now retired but still have a few of the gifts, a lovely bottle opener, a huge wineglass, a posy vase, a sweets dish. I tended to share out the chocolates etc. with my own children when I got home - they loved that and looked forward to the end of term goodies - their reward for putting up with having a busy teacher as a mum.:rotfl:

A nice, home made, thank-you card is quite enough though, times are tight these days.

Possession

Just to say in our school the Head has banned collections for teachers as he feels some parents may feel pressured to contribute and all the teachers understand the financial pressures many are under, and do no expect a present. So if you are thinking of starting a collection for a teacher, do check that it's OK.

dingdongavoncalling

As a teacher I am, of course, very greatful for any gifts but people do spend far too much sometimes. The things I treasure far more than gifts are cards I have been given with little notes inside saying what the children have enjoyed, just an idea

Valli

Last year we got (the whole staff) a huge (catering size) bag of tea bags and a massive tin of coffee...
that's the sort of thing we really appreciate...
add in coffee mate; sugar and biccies and we're suited.

I do appreciate every gift I am given; sadly I don't have room to keep them all. I record what I'm given, and by whom and write a notecard (or similar) to each child to say thank you.