Teacher presents. End of term.

[rackhampearl]

Aibu to ask you teachers what your best and worst present experiences have been from --parents students. Also has anyone got any ideas? I'm thinking of miniature bottles of Hendricks gin and a small can of fever tree in a gift bag for the teachers heavily involved in my DDs school life and some loaf cakes for the staff room. Is that abit naff?

That's twice on this thread teachers have been called martyrs. Note, we aren't the ones moaning here. Nearly all teachers have said that they don't expect a gift, so if you don't want to give one, don't. But don't feel the need to justify this position by criticising teachers' pay, holidays or hours. It really isn't fair. The vast majority of us are doing our absolute best for the children in our care. Incidentally, asking parents for money for resources is often out of the question, for many different reasons, and in the current financial climate, saying that purchasing their own is a choice which teachers make is being rather disingenuous.

Blueberries yes they should buy you presents so they can practice giving them 😂 to you of course!

No. As I've said, and many others have, presents are not expected. It's lovely to get them, and lovely to get cards, but not expected. But if you are giving them, it's a useful social exchange for the children to learn how to give - and in some cases, receive (at Christmas and Easter at least I also give them a little something). Many of them don't know how to say thank you, or have a good holiday, or any of those greetings either. So even for someone who does choose to give a present, but resents every second of it and begrudges that they feel they have to even though the teachers are just doing their job, at least they can know that it's good for social skills!

My daughter’s class has 2 teachers and 4 TA’s, so present buying could get v expensive.
I was shocked at Christmas when I saw a parent giving a present only to the teachers, the TA’s have been so valuable to my daughter’s learning.

At Christmas we made rocky road for each of them, with a tag on saying ‘handmade by DD’ as I thought it might mean a bit more to the staff. After reading this, they may have binned the lot!

Most teachers would be grateful for a card, but nothing at all would be completely fine also.
I feel bad, but I always bin any homemade food. I know people who have gotten ill from it in the past and it’s just not worth the risk. I very much appreciate the thought though. A card is always gratefully received!

In class reception we bought piles of personalised useless tat.

Now its vouchers all the way from the whole class,

I am a teacher and a mum.

I love anything the family has been thoughtful enough to buy. I even love the little trinkets if ‘best Teacher ever’ - still don’t have enough of those after 10years + teaching!

I also appreciate wine (any kind), chocolates, flowers, smelly gift sets, candles etc.

In the last few years the trend has definitely been coffee shop gift cards and this is my best present ever! Who doesn’t appreciate £5/10/15 whosever much to spend in Costa or Starbucks!!

I’ve even had cinema vouchers recently which is also really lovely.

For my kids teachers this year, I’m doing a bunch of flowers and a bottle of Peach Bellini and a thank you card. I know she will appreciate this. I did a Starbucks gift card and chocolates at Xmas.