to give teachers a 'snack pack' for trips?

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so - my son is due to go on a school residential for 3 nights.
Do you think it would be weird to send him with a box/bag of treats for the teachers - to help them "get through" the ordeal long days? I'm just thinking some biscuits, hot chocolate sachets, box of celebrations - that kind of thing.

I think it might be better than a thank you of the same thing after the event? I will ask DS to write a thank you card too - as teachers are giving up time and i gather it's actually really hard work taking kids away on these things?

do you think the admin staff should get a few treats too for their office? As they presumably did lots of prep work too??

How 0ld is your son? Most kids over the age of 5 would be mortified as it would make them look like suck ups , and other kids would take the mick.

Yeh do it, when I was a teacher we all wanted a box of celebrations to get through the ordeal of looking after your horrible precious little babies.

Wow! @Seedsout you sound nice! Wouldn’t like to be in staff room with you.

I think it is a nice idea if you give in advance of the trip not in the day they set off. Doesn’t have to be a big performance when you hand it over.

I gave each cub leader a bottle of wine after DS’s first cub camp as a thank you.

@Frasers that attitude would be coming from parents. Surely we should be bringing up our children to see that it is a nice thing to give gifts

Apple blossom poisoning...

In my experience the teachers are well able to take care of themselves (memories of one teacher drinking at the back of the bus with a few older students).

Shitting hell!!! That would go on a work's email?!!! While a vile bunch you must be!

I think it's a lovely idea OP but I would send it in the day before and not on the day when it's manic. It's not like you're going to be broadcasting it and making other parents feel inadequate!

At my school, we'd have loved it. I honestly can't believe some teaching staff are dissing it.

You are lovely!

To be honest calling it a snack pack and listing contents did seem like you wanted to give all of it, and then when you saw the reaction climbed down and pretended you hadn’t meant that at all 😂

While it’s a lovely thought, it’s a bit weird. Your child will probably get the mick taken out of them and you’ll be the talk of the school ground 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just send DS some treats to share. The staff might not appreciate it if they are trying to lose weight for example.

As a teacher, I think this is a great idea. Providing the residential is not abroad, this would be very well received

For those posters saying the teachers will be inundated with boxes of goodies- err no. We very rarely get a thank you after a residential so can’t imagine everyone suddenly wanting to gift presents beforehand.

I'd be uncomfortable about it. Firstly, unhealthy food and snacks are are not a reward - good health is the ultimate reward (yes I know that isn't a popular idea on mumsnet but it's a hill I'm prepared to die on). Secondly it looks like you are trying to single yourself out over the other teachers so that your child will be noticed or treated favourably. A thank you note after is nicer - more thoughtful and lowkey.

I think a box of celebrations to take or similar would be a lovely idea!

I think that's a nice gesture.

Not unrelated...... I used to go away on school residential trips. We'd get back early evening after a few days away. Our last job was to get bags out of the coach's boot and wait with pupils until they'd all been picked up.

We were out on the car park, parents were out on the car park.

Very very few parents actually said thank you.

My dad sent me to a residential with a suitcase full of sweets. For myself. Lol. I did share them with my mates but not the teachers!
Definitely give them some chocolates etc. but if they go via your son they might not reach their intended audience!

Fortnum & Mason do a rather nice small hamper (with a demi-bouteille of Champagne).

That's what I would like if I were a teacher.

It would never have dawned on me to do this, very ott. It’s part of their job. End of term, fine.

I took a mini bottle of prosecco to hand over to the teacher when I collected my DS after his residential

As a teacher, it’s a really sweet thing to do. Not expected, but definitely really nice and definitely not weird!

No need to give snacks as the teachers will have their own favourites. They could have dietary requirements and they have their bags already packed. The kids wouldn't like to see them with lollies either, as they could want them and would not be allowed them.
If you are attending as a camp helper then to take something to share is generous. If you must I would bring something home made or fruit.
A home made slice or cake or ..packet of Drinking Chocolate.

Yeah me too. I always give to the teachers but not the admin staff anymore because they’re all new now and they really aren’t pleasant individuals. It’s a shame because our old ones were worth their weight in gold.

It's a nice idea, but it might be a bit like that moment when the Obamas were handing over to the Trumps and Melania unexpectedly gave Michelle a huge wrapped gift. You could see Michelle thinking "wtf I am supposed to do with this?" as she frantically cast around for somewhere to put it.

I think it's a lovely idea, but can see that handing a tub of celebrations over at drop off (and all the chaos that involves) could be problematic. But there's nothing wrong with dropping a box into the school reception the day before so that the teachers can pack it in with their things.

Alternatively, it could be packed in with the child's things, to be handed over on arrival at the destination (but that depends on how likely the child is to hand it over!)

A thank you card, from the group, would be more meaningful and appreciated than an obviously parent driven suck up like this.