PLEASE don't give her stationery! Or a diary/organiser. I'm a teacher in the same age bracket...we get diaries given to us by school every year (which for the most part go unused!) Stationery (lovely as it is) is either left unused or regifted (schools are full of paper, we don't need anymore 🤷♀️). I've lost count of the number of lovely notebooks and pens I've been given, which then get chucked in a drawer and forgotten about. I'm in no way unappreciative at all...my little ones love to give presents and the pride in their face when I open them is actually the best present of all to me. I just hate for money to be wasted unnecessarily.
My favourite presents in the last few years: a White Stuff floaty scarf (worn it so many times it's almost part of me 😊), an Odeon gift card, Waterstones gift vouchers, a beautiful rose tree in a pot that had my name which sits proudly on my patio, and a stone bird bath, also sitting on my patio. I've also received Pandora charms as I wear my bracelet everyday. The girls in my class love to look at all the charms and hear the different stories about each one.
Your children will know quite a lot about their teacher...if you ask the right questions you'll learn what she likes (or dislikes!). Mine know, for example, that I am allergic to chocolate 🤷♀️ I do still get the odd box, which I leave in the staff room.
Personally I don't expect (or want) anything off the children, but IF it's given, I feel bad if I then know I'll never use it. I love my little lovelies...they are 'my present' every September (and I get to enjoy them for a whole school year 🥰🥰)