Yet another teacher's present thread (though a bit 'unusual')

[dayshiftdoris]

I am struggling with son's present for his teacher - personally I think she has been amazing (she has) and so have other staff and would like to get her and his TA something.

I prefer (and reading the previous threads so do teachers) something personal (homemade card / wordle / etc) but my son is a) on the autistic spectrum and b) really struggling with end of term. I am not sure I will even be able to get him to write his name in a card .

I have written to the Governors to Thank her and all the other staff for their support & hard work but I did want to engage my son into something... Any ideas? Teachers view would be fab too

Thanks

TBPH, I think you've done enough. She does sound fab and she will understand that your DS doesn't want to or can't write his name.
My DH is a teacher, it's been a long while since he got a present (secondary kids), but his preference would be alcohol or an iTunes voucher.
My DD has been gaily distributing plants all week. some she's potted herself, some that are our 'house' ones that I want rid of.

A plate of homemade goodies always gets a great reception in the staff room. Every year seems to bring another plate of cupcakes which the child has decorated, and the parent apologising for them being messy because the child did it themselves. We LOVE it!

But really, don't worry about it. A handwritten note from the parent telling me how their child has had a wonderful year and thanking me is worth far more than any present every will. (It also has the added bonus of being something I can use in my professional portfolio.)

Homemade goodies do not get a good reception from most teachers i know because we do not know what has gone in them! If they are obviously made by the parent and a parent we trust in the cooking department then that goes down far better! But something shop bought when it comes to food is always a better idea IMHO.

Really? I prefer the homemade/note option. A verbal 'thanks Miss' is rather brilliant actually.

I'm a secondary teacher & I rarely get a "thanks, have a nice holiday Miss" before they tear through the door! In the 8 years I have been a my school I have had a few handmade cards & I treasure each one. The thank you note will mean the world. I have even kept an e-mail sent to my head of year praising me for the work I did with one of my tutees :)

Huge tin of biscuits for the staff room then

After the hellish days they've had with my son the last few days I feel I should pay for either therapy or for them all to get drunk never mind biscuits

A letter to the head teacher praising her and her TA will be much appreciated

I used to be the TA for an autistic child in a school attached nursery.

When the child moved up to reception his parents wrote the most fantastic letter of thanks praising the teacher, nursery nurse and myself all by name. The head teacher copied the letter for each of us and it is now in my cv with letters of reference.

Since then every job I have ever had has commented on how fab the letter is.

It is something I am really proud of. One of my best achievements getting this severely autistic child through mainstream nursery ready to start reception.

So a letter if thanks really really is appreciated. BTW. This was 10 yrs ago so shows how much it was appreciated.

Thanks Maddy & Jam

I wrote the letter of thanks last week - addressed to the head & governors... Included a number of support staff too by name - I hope the head has shared it! I made his teacher read it first as I wanted to make sure she'd seen it

It's the least I can do under the circumstances

One of the best gifts we ever got at our school was a giant box of Jelly Babies (there was about two kilos in it!!). Kept us going for the last couple of weeks of school!