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thread about a thread so shoot me- what exactly do you buy teachers at end of year?

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knittedbreast · 24/06/2011 13:03

OK so my ds is in reception and i (cringe) didnt know you were supposed to buy teachers end of year gifts.

I feel quite bad now as his nursery (part of the school) had the most amazing teachers and i didnt get them anything :( i just didnt think.

So some questions:

what do you buy the teacher?

If you are considering wine how do you know if its appropriate -what if it turns out they dont drink? how can you be sure?

lastly, how and when do you give them the present? do you send your child in with it? seems a bit inapropriate to send a 5 year in with a bottle of wine you know

Thanky wanky

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musicposy · 26/06/2011 14:48

I think class collection for the teacher, though well meaning, is much less meaningful, tbh, and if this was done I'd hope it was a very small token amount of money. I had this once when I moved from a very rough school to a very nice middle class school in a different town. The parents clubbed together and bought me a desk lamp, which I think was the equivalent of about £50 at the time. It was a lovely thought, but a huge bronze thing that was not really my taste and I was embarrassed at the money spent and the thought that some poor parents had probably been press ganged into parting with cash for it. But what can you do? It wold have seemed very rude and ungrateful to refuse. People say no teacher worth their salt would accept an expensive gift, but you would cause a terrible furore if you insisted they take it back.

They were very pushy alpha type parents. I actually really missed the rough school where the children brought stuff in saying "this is my favourite marble and I wanted you to have it." Now that does bring tears to your eyes.

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