Did school give your kids a present? What?

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I'm just curious. Ours (primary) always do books, from nursery up to year 6. It's also always books for prizes like Halloween altho Easter Bonnets is an Easter Egg

Not the school, but the pta have sometimes given commemorative items (books, prints, tee-shirts etc.) when the school has had a significant anniversary or a local person/alumni has achieved something notable.

My eldest is in yr 5 and had had something g every year - a book, or bookmark, chocolate, little puzzle. Just realised he didn’t this year though! My youngest is in reception and got a book

The PTA did but we paid for them via ParentPay beforehand. (£1). The teachers also gave presents but no idea who paid for them. I used to be a school governor and the teachers got a budget to chose something for the class.

Yes book and selection box for my p1. Haribo and pencils for my p4.

A chapter book, kids were happy.

Yes, a book.

Not this year, I think they only do it at primary here. One year they gave all the kid’s a whistle! Can you imagine it? 1200 kids walking out of school before the holidays all blowing on whistles 😂

The PTA funded books and collected chocolate figures for free from local shops.

Teachers bought small gifts (sweeties for elder DC, play doh for little ones) themselves.

Yes year 2- a book (wrapped) and puzzle book and festive pencil (unwrapped)

My dc received a lovely personalised, hand made tree ornament from their teacher with 2 small packs of sweets.

The teachers used to do something tiny like a personalised bookmark or a keyring, I assume the PTA paid.

My DC was so happy this year in secondary as got some chocolate from a teacher he has helped a lot. He doesn't ask for much!

My daughter is year R. She got a rubbish book from the PTA. To be honest I would rather they spent that £500 on something decent for the school rather than a 50p book for each child.

She got nicer book from her teacher and TA. Its always books, which is fine. She does like books although they aren't a very exciting present and we have a lot of them - I appreciate some kids don't.

A selection box from Santa when he visited as part of party day.

A book from her class teacher.

Last year she got a Christmas themed rubber duck from the reception team that she loved and made a house for in the holidays.

Book for preschooler, chocolate coins for primary kids. Plus a party in the classroom

My colleagues and I make or buy gifts for our pupils, I've never been given a budget by school or PTA.

My DC’s school have a policy that rather than presents, each child gets a Christmas tree decoration each year to take home that obviously add up to a little collection over the years. This year it was a clear plastic bauble with a ribbon inside cut to the length of the child’s height which I think is such a sweet and easy idea.

I’ve never heard of the PTA paying for gifts from the teachers, is this quite common?
In schools I’ve worked in we’ve always paid for them ourselves.

We get £25 from the PTA but that is to buy class gift not for individual children. So we top up the wet play stock of toys (which usually come out of our own houses!) or extra art materials.
Any gifts for individuals like sweets, books or party snacks come from us personally

A book and a selection box each.

A lot of these presents from teachers will be bought by the teacher. I bought my class a Christmas notepad and pencil each. Will buy them a few chocolates each at Easter and an end of year present. All paid for by me.

Ours used to get something small, a pencil and a lolly, or last year was a pair of Santa socks. This year they got a chocolate Santa.

I usually give a book. They have enough plastic tat.
It’s always paid for by me.

My children got a book bought by the PTA and small handmade decorations, I assume made and financed by the teachers themselves.
In return, my children used their own pocket money to buy their teachers a gift that they chose for them especially. And I bought them wine, because I reckon anyone who deals with 30 kids every day needs wine.

I taught for nearly 30 years and bought small Christmas presents for the pupils out of my own salary, as did all the other teachers. PTA never paid for them and I don't know of any schools in my area where that happened. Teachers spend their own money on stuff for the pupils all the time. When I retired I was tempted to send the local council an itemised bill for the £1000s worth of teaching resources I'd bought over the years.

PTA paid for them. Don't know what the infants got but the juniors got a knock-off Christmas themed Rubik's cube which delighted DD1 who has been watching you tube videos about them for weeks lusting after one.

The books are usually cos they can get the 10 mixed multipacks from Book People and they're easy to get, easy to wrap and not likely to offend anyone (I did my share of years on the PTA).