This will be outing if any parents from my child's school are on here...
Both children came home from school and nursery today with a tube of smarties each as a gift from the PTA with instructions to eat them and fill the tube with £1 coins or 20p, letter specifically states not coppers or 5/10ps. Apparently the tube will hold £12 of 20pences.
There will be a prize for the class who brings back the most money.
Now I have a few issues with this:
- my friends child has a diary allergy was really upset he can't eat his treat (she didn't know this was happening so couldn't provide an alternative)
- we still have lots of Easter chocolate and don't need more
- dp and I both work but childcare and other costs are crippling us at the moment and we're skint, an extra £24 is really beyond us just now
- we've just paid £46 snack money to nursery and £12 for a school trip for one and £8 for a trip for another (amongst lots of other recent school costs)
- does anyone even has coins lying around the house anymore? I use contactless payment for almost everything and don't draw out cash.
The children have been hyped up about it and both have said they need to raise money for the school. I guess I'm feeling guilty that we're not in a position to participate/it's a pain in the arse idea.