Secret Santa - DS drew the teacher!

[HuntedForest]

Argh! I suppose I can't give her Playmobil can I? I need three gifts, totalling absolute max £12.
Do I go for something for her to use personally? Or something like a mini science experiment to do with the class? Or pens etc that she can use in the classroom?

She's a no nonsense type, around 35 with 2 year old twins.

How old is the class?

Well done stickers, interesting poststick notes, fun coloured pens

Stationery for the win here. Then she can use it in class.

I like the shop Typo which has some great pens/notepads etc and would fit with your budget

What about a nice note book? I know a few teachers who have been bought them by pupils and use them to write down to do lists etc in school. If you need 3 gifts for the same person you could get a pen to go with it and perhaps some sweets

Class is 9-10 year olds. Yes, three gifts for the teacher. They give one gift a week until the end of term.

That’s a very elaborate secret Santa!

Agree pens, notepads, post its are good. Paperchase have 3 for 2 on lots of their range and some nice festive things such as penguin and Santa ballpoint pens, I’d probably get 3 things from there.

I know, not only that, but that have to do give the gifts secretly and then in the last week the have to guess who gave them theirs.

That all sounds so awful. Is this private school where pupils are less likely coming from deprived backgrounds?

No, state school.

Boots and Next do gifts starting at about £4

I would get a ponsietta or mini Christmas tree from Lidl or similar, Santa / Christmas pen and chocolates with whatever is left.

Lip gloss
Chocolates
Teachers Stamps (you know like "well Done" "Good Work" with ink)
Nice pen
Joke pen
Personalised mug

I would let your son loose in pound land with the cash. More fun.

I am going to say it is lucky to draw the teacher- she is not going to cry because she doesn’t like it and wants something else no she is going to gush that she loves it even if it is a piece of tat!

I'm a teacher. I'd hate the stickers. Can't you get Christmas edible type treats?

Not the science experiment. That's just giving her a job.

would let your son loose in pound land with the cash. More fun.

Can't take him to the shops at the moment. So I'll have to look when I do the weekly shop or order online.

That is a very good point Lucked!

I think it's a bit mean to get her stationery to use in class!

Perhaps get one stationery item and then for other presents go for chocolates and a plant (I hate poinsettias but I think they're only £3 in Tesco at the moment) or bulbs.

Chocolates
Candle
Mini bottle of Prosecco

I'd avoid buying anything work related, it's a bit thoughtless.

Plant, smellies, chocs, ornament

Hand cream, plant, chocolate. Go for quality not quantity.

Although is is a horrible idea!

I'd be looking for a stationery 3 for 2.

Bloody hell, how self centred of the teacher to include herself in the draw. Don't most teachers get gifts from the kids at Christmas anyway?

@rottiemum88

Bloody hell, how self centred of the teacher to include herself in the draw. Don't most teachers get gifts from the kids at Christmas anyway?

I'm thinking it's a way of avoiding that, she's diverted the teacher gift money, on the whole, to the children. If she wasn't included, parents would buy her gifts

Personalised stationery from studio (online) - cheap and cheerful but very useful

Does ds have any ideas? Does he know her favourite colour/animal/sweet that you could theme a gift around? It might be more meaningful than a totally generic SS gift that way.