To not give teacher a personal gift?

[Zeefs]

DD has just finished 2 years of Kindergarten. One of the other parents organised a gift and card from all the parents, and I gave money towards that.

Now I am feeling guilty that I didn’t do something more personal. DD had two teachers (job share) who were both fantastic and very supportive. It sounds awful but I did think about it- I wanted to make a card and write a message . But never got around to it. We‘re now in week 3 of summer holidays so it would be weird to send something now.

I'd say there's no reason to feel guilty - as lovely as individual gifts are (and I'd hope the teachers are grateful for all gifts), I bet a larger gift is a real treat for them all rather than lots of little things. (I have friends who are teachers who are always made up when parents club together for vouchers or an expensive gift set, they aren't ungrateful for other gifts but some years they seem to be overrun with chocolate and mugs!)

If you'd like to send a personal message, I'm sure you could take something when term restarts if you'd like to send a personalised card or thank you note? If you need an excuse, perhaps order a personalised card online and you can always say it didn't arrive on time before the end of term?

I always contributed to the class gift and never once did an individual. The class gifts were incredibly generous in size though. A lot of very involved parents.