help with presents for teachers please

Carfal

Many teachers would not eat anything homemade from an unknown household, so this could be a waste of your time and money. If you saw the state of some children's lunch boxes, you wouldn't either.
Also avoid that expensive "Best Teacher" tat. I've got a box of it in the garage. (What else do I do with it?)

Chocolate/ biscuits, wine or a plant (not flowers; if the teacher's going away over the holiday, flowers will be dead by the time they return) are the easiest. The bag of gold sounds lovely. Not extravagant, but some thought and participation from the child. Sweets or biscuits for the staffroom or the class team are good, especially if a lot of staff work with your child or you don't know who everyone is. Attach a card or tag to the box so everyone knows who it's from.

Cards with a personal message or something written or made by the child are most appreciated. Teachers spend a lot of time hearing how useless they are from parents, school leaders and the media, so even just a thank you makes such a difference.

one2escape

We dont anymore since we got all the notes home saying dont do it!

Quackers1

As a teacher, the items that I treasure the most are the cards, notes, emails and letters from my students and their parents!

I teach secondary age (so teenagers!). Over the years I've had a book token, chocolates, wine (even though I'm teetotal), biscuits, nice stationery, toiletries, an owl picture frame with a Maths formula in it! but it's the words that I keep and even stick into a scrapbook to give me a boost after a tough day.

Good luck with whatever you choose.