Gifts for Teachers

iwanttosave_2

I am ordering 2 fruit trees to be donated to africa via the sally army. £1.50 each and someone else benifits from it.

Rikki

I never give presents to the teachers at the end of term/year. I don't agree with it.

The_Bargain_Hunters

iwanttosave wrote:

I am ordering 2 fruit trees to be donated to africa via the sally army. £1.50 each and someone else benifits from it.

:T


Good idea if a few got together you could buy a sheep or goat etc prices start @£5 from https://www.greatgifts.org/GiftSelection
You can also print your own pictures message etc on a card and it comes within a couple of days! (My daughter clubbed together with a couple of friends and bought a goat for a family in Africa recently, for a friends birthday, and put a picture of the three of them on the card with a personal message inside at no extra cost!):T

DSmiffy

Blimey, don't shoot the messenger!!
Some people, such as myself, still like to acknowledge the hard work put in by the school teachers who help their children throughout the year. I agree that sometimes teachers are just doing their job and getting paid for it, but I also think that if you consider that your child has received exceptional teaching especially in the face of all of the red tape and farce the education system has to put up with these days, then it should be acknowledged. It is not the highest paying profession in the world, and it is a hard job, and after all, you'd tip a waiter for good service in a restaurant wouldn't you ? (Or maybe some of you wouldn't!)

kroome

Thankyou very much. All the people I know who say "teachers get all that holiday" "not a real job" etc would not for one minute be willing to do our job in the current climate. Yes some teachers just do their job but some teachers work expeptionaly hard giving extra time and effort to make a real difference to YOUR children for no extra reward. A little kindness goes a long way but surely it works both ways.

ant31

As a teacher myself, gotta point out that the better the pressie, the better the end of term report in my opinion

plumpmouse

The_Bargain_Hunters wrote:

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:

My hubby is a teacher and as grateful as he is for all his presents, the nicest one he has ever go was a handmade gift. Cost isn't an issue for him and he wouldn't think anything less if a child didn't buy a gift.

FloFlo

kroome wrote:

Thankyou very much. All the people I know who say "teachers get all that holiday" "not a real job" etc would not for one minute be willing to do our job in the current climate. Yes some teachers just do their job but some teachers work expeptionaly hard giving extra time and effort to make a real difference to YOUR children for no extra reward. A little kindness goes a long way but surely it works both ways.

Totally agree with the above, I am a student teacher and I think that most teachers only want the support of the parents not presents. I think it is the children who get the most pleasure from presenting the teacher with a gift, not the teacher who is probably fed up with receiving useless presents.

Willxx

My missus is a teacher and yes lots of choccies do go down well (especially with me:rotfl: ) but she never expects or complains about getting anything or nothing, but for gods sake no-one forces any kids to buy their teacher a present, its a polite thank you, but as common courtesy and politeness are becoming scarcer then I shouldn't be surprised that the begrudgers say they don't get presents for doing their jobs! But do they impart the wisdom of the ages (as decreed by our beloved govt) to our future?


As far as people moaning about teachers being well paid, for gods sake thats why its a job cos you get paid, if you do it for free its a hobby! Yeah its not bad money (plenty better paid jobs though!) and the holidays are damned good but how many people could put up with 30 kids all day, too many parents think of teachers as glorified childminders paid by the state! Many of the parents my missus deals with seem to spend an inordinate amount of time telling their sprogs what the teachers can and can't do, but not what their little darlings should and shouldn't do, They have the time to indoctrinate their kids into saying "my mum says i don't have to " but never the time to spend on preparing their kids by reading to them or playing with them!

As Kroome says not many people seem willing to do the job even though the holidays etc aren't exactly a secret are they? Anyone who has been to school can work it out hopefully!

If anyone is so envious of teachers its not exactly a closed shop all they have to do is go to University for 4 years or do a PGCE course then take relatively poor wages for several years, learn and impart the national curriculum to unwilling or uninterested "clients", be prodded poked and interrogated by OFSTED occasionally, perhaps run some after hours clubs, sports teams, drama clubs, societies etc and oh yes I forgot a small matter of working most weekends, evenings and even in all those long long holidays!

Oh yes and btw if you have them, the swines still expect you to look after your own kids as well!

Poppy9

When my DD was in Infants I used to buy for the teacher and LAs. I would even include the special needs assistant for one child as she helped all the children, especially at play times. Christmas they would all have the same, usually a 3 for 2 offer from Boots of Aromatherapy lotion. I remember that the LAs personally thanked me for the presents but the teachers didn't.

In Juniors I really feel the gift is more from the child, not the parent. The relationship changes between child and teacher in junior school. In the infants they are more needy and parents need reassurance that their baby is being taken care of. In juniors they have more of a two way relationship with the teacher. We have often had two teachers as the class is large so they either get a bottle of wine each or large box of chocs addressed to the teacher and team. Only in year 5 was my DD mean about the presents. She didn't like the teacher so gave him a xmas charity badge which cost £2. End of year was a 99p mug from M&S with a few choccies in and wrapped in cellophane!! I think this was our meanest.

I also buy for the bus escort lady, usally chocs or wine. Don't bother with driver as different one often daily.

This thread has reminded me to send something for the dinnerladies and lunchtime supervisors though as DD leaving school this year and has had school meals for years. Also need to remember school secretary who has been a saint and has become a good friend. I do think that school secretaries are the most underpaid, over worked staff in the school.