Present for teachers after a brilliant school trip abroad? Any teachers care to share their thoughts?

[Notsure94]

What would be a good present for five teachers after a long residential trip abroad with a load of secondary aged children? They went far and above the call of duty to make sure the children were looked after and as my son is super anxious in general, horribly travel sick etc, he benefitted tremendously, and has come home a different child, confident and happy!

Booze might not be appropriate for all, chocs seems a bit lazy... A voucher? I want to give them all a big hug for taking such good care of my child!

Cards saying thank you are a given but what else perhaps?

Selection of nice biscuits, cake, tea and coffee in a basket? Easy to share amongst them.

Booze or chocs would be very appreciated. Starbucks/ Costa gift vouchers also a good gift.

Also please let senior staff know- nice email worth a lot.

Lovely to read this thread.

An email, copied to the head saying exactly what you've said here. It will make them cry

Ooo I can easily email the headteacher too, that's a lovely idea.

If it was a bottle of something what do you think? I don't drink much wine so not sure what. Maybe a bottle of Cava?

When DD went on a trip last year and got altitude sickness she was looked after above and beyond by one of the teachers.

I met the coach with flowers, chocolates and a bottle of wine.
It was gratefully received!

As a teacher who has led those trips many times, an email to the head (copying the staff involved in) is invaluable and much appreciated. Schools rarely seem to recognise the amount of work we put into the trips. The snacks idea is a good one, in my department they would be very welcome. We also once had an amazing gift of glass water bottles with each teacher’s name on them. We all loved them and I still use mine several years later.

I get stressed out dealing with my own kids on a flight with transfers etc... The fact they did it for dozens of children, all with different needs... just amazing.

Firstly, I'm not a teacher so I make get this all wrong. But unles you are going to everybody a bottle of Cava I wouldn't do that., I agree an email to the headteacher. Copying all those involved is a great idea. Even to somebody at the schools Ombudsman or whoever you would normally complain to. If something has gone wrong at school copy them in to too as they probably rarely get praise.
As an actual gift. I agree getting some nice tea coffee biscuits. Etc and put it all in one hamper for all the staff to share. Or do individual ones for each member of staff so the only the one that you went on the trip get the goodies rather than everybody in the school treating it as a free for all.

Definitely a card saying exactly this and an email to the head. And get your child to say thank you too.

Remember you paid for them to go. My DC has just come back from a school trip and I emailed the school to say thank you.

That is sufficient.

@hannabarbera Yes you did, the teachers saw none of that money, they gave up their family time to look after someone else’s children and were paid nothing beyond their usual salary. I love taking school trips but it always ends up costing me a fortune in extra childcare for my dc and is extremely draining. There is always something that needs doing and we are lucky to get a decent night’s sleep throughout the time we’re away. Of course no one has to give us a gift (and we would be embarrassed by something extravagant), the parents who take the time to write a nice card (or similar) or who give us a token gift when we get back make us feel appreciated and actually that it’s worth the effort to keep running them.

I always collect the kids from abroad or other residentials with a bottle of wine and a card for each of the members of staff.
Lazy or not, I know I would appreciate the gesture.
I go on residentials and usually get a mouthful of grief from parents upon arrival home, along with messages the following week along the lines of “where is my son’s hat?” And “my daughter says they didn’t get a chance to visit the shop in x town, she is very disappointed.”
That, along with the parents who don’t turn up to collect their kids on time aswell as parents or children who don’t say thank you make me never want to go on bloody residentials ever again until the next time!

Why not grab a cardboard box from the supermarket and fill it with a few things they can use in the breaks? Some biscuits, a couple of bottles of squash, some hot chocolate sachets, some fresh fruit.

Wrap the box in foil/wrapping paper to make it look a little special, obvs.