Gifts for Teachers

iwanttosave_2

divadee wrote:

that is absolutely dreadful!!!!!! I wouldnt do that out of principal.

This year I have decided to give the headmaster (he is retiring dont usually buy for him!!) some fruit trees for africa, and for her teacher some hospital toys for a hospital in africa) They get a card saying what there gift is and who will be receiving it.

I told one parent that i was doing that, and she couldnt believe i was!! She said oh dont you think they will want a gift :eek: When they have 35 kids in the glass even if 15 give pressies that a hell of a lot of choccies!!!!

Do you lot think what i have done is ok? esp any teachers

I think they are fantastic presents, a teacher or a person for that matter who doesnt like that gift is IMO very selfish.

Well dont on such a brilliant idea, I may have to look into that myself :T

Rachie_B

OMG i too am totally shocked and appalled by this !!!

im going to send off for the salvation army catalogue,lovely idea

jellyhead

ruthyjo wrote:

The support assistant was astounded and said no one had ever given her something before. The teacher meanwhile was loaded with goodies - how unfair is that?

when i volunteered as a classroom helper the teacher used to give me choccies too

i suppose an organised doling out of donations would ensure that the office staff, lolly ladies etc. aren't forgotten, and for some parents who always give to the lolly lady etc. maybe it makes matters easier. but it's very cheeky to ask for a tenner!

elmer

My son grows sunflowers for his teachers every year, but this year he has two teachers one of whom he dislikes very much, so I have an extra sunflower in my garden as he refuses to give it to her His perogative of course, and he always gets a thanjk you letter during the holidays from the teacher he gave the present to.

However if he didnt do this I would not be spending more than a token amount for any teacher

Elmer

filigree_2

bootman wrote:

My neighbours are both private school teachers. They too expect presents from the pupils. They even have the cheek to mock some of them for not being as good as they expected!!

One of the mums on the PTA worked as a classroom assistant in a very posh school, and she got loads of presents at Xmas. She wasn't ungrateful, but she didn't need 20 bottles of bubblebath! She used to donate them to our PTA raffle - bit like Robin Hood

balijay

£10 pounds??!! At little over the top I think. When my son (6) moved classes last term us mums got the kids to draw a little self portrait and then used all the pictures to make one big card which was signed by all the parents and kids to say thank you. The teacher really appreciated this.

Minxz

I think £10 per child is disgusting!!

It's up to the parents who and if they buy for, and shouldn't be expected.

i used to work in a junior school, and the teaching assistants don't often get gifts, and the teachers used to sit and unwrap all their pressies in front of them.. quite rude when you consider how much 1 to 1 contact the Ta actually has with those children!
Whenever I was given anything, i always wrote a thank you card to the child & parents, it's a matter of courtesy.

One other point, where I worked we all gave gifts to the kids at the end of each term, especially christmas. the teachers were given £20 per class, and often added to that so they could buy something decent per child. the TAs were never gicven anything like this, and yet we always bought sweets, pens, rubbers etc for the kids, and when you work with more than one clas, this really adds up!

I think something homemade- a flower, a cake, some sweets or a card is much nicer than vouchers

DSmiffy

Just ordered some presents for my sons' teachers for the end of term. I thought these were quite good and a bit different from the usual box of chocs or flowers. I bought some mobile phone charms (handbags and shoe charms for lady teachers mostly) from https://www.jjjewellery.com , lots of different ones (also had some music notes and dice charms) and only about £3 quid each. Delivery charge is not bad if you are ordering a few. Also there's an offer on till the end of the month where you can quote the code JUNE and get 10% off your order. (Code printed on a leaflet handed out to shoppers in Stockport last week)
Hope this is the right place to post this, if not can someone please move it? Thanks
Hope that helps

The_Bargain_Hunters

Grrrrrrrrr! This makes me realy angry!

Teachers be they good or bad actually GET PAID TO DO THEIR JOB! Just like everyone else! They also get about 13 weeks holiday and then have the cheek to moan, (I do have several friends who are teachers) that they have to pay more for their holidays as the price goes up during school holiday time!- As do mere working parents who have to use their very limited 5 week allowance, also in peak holiday times, as schools don't like you to take your child out of school!

Why should we be made to feel like cheap skates if we (and in my case begrudgingly) buy them something for a pound or less (MY LIMIT!). When my daughter went to school she did a painting or made a dough dolly of her teacher and I am sure it meant more than "another box of choc's I'll never be slim - or - another plant to kill at home!"

It must be the only job where you get presents twice a year from about 30 people who don't really know you!

:mad: Sorry if this is a bit of a rant but it really P's me off!:mad:

Poppycat

I agree with the 2nd poster, it gets right up my nose this too.