what do you think to this?!!

[hauntymandy]

I am thinking of buying text books for DS's teache

not much then!!!

right its a rubbish idea!!
I mean from the oxfam brochure do da!

Whats wrong with a box of chocs?

they get about 14 boxes of chocs
7 tins of biscuits
5 bubble baths
3 bunches of fowers
and a partridge in a pear tree

Yes but my sister is a primary teacher and she oasses the excess on to me.

passes

As a christmas pressi? What sort of text books?

why do you have to buy them anything?
[bah humbug emoticon]

Ahh from Oxfam brochure is a lovely idea; not text books for teacher herself? Tbh I'd hate it if I was given textbooks as a present - would far rather have wine or chocs! Textbooks for African children, or wherever is a fab idea though.

I think it's a great idea and unless it costs a lot I'm going to steel it - if thats ok.

by the way at the end of last term we all clubbed together and gave the teacher a voucher for local dept store - it came to £170 - far more usefull than candles, chocs etc She was cuffed to bits

ok, hauntymandy - have checked and two text books is £5 - perfect. also 100 school dinners for £6

Do you really buy Christmas presents for teachers nowadays??

I wouldn't give the teacher anything.

GlassoSlime first time I have been shocked on mn. The teacher got £170??!! Feck me.

I think if you feel you really must give the teacher a gift, then an Oxfam thing is a great idea.

PFW - I know, its a lot, but then most people gave about £5 each and as its the norm here to buy a present I do think it was much better then 30 x crappy presents. She was getting married so we thought it'd help. apparently there was many green faces in the staff room.

When my dd left pre-school last year we bought a book for the nursey library with and message written inside by dd, we also bought a box of chocolates for the teachers to share, they really seemed to appreciate the book though.

I always buy my 2 dd's teachers a christmas present, but do find it difficult thinking of something original.

WHY do teachers get presents????????????

at christmas?

any other time for that matter too

maybe to say goodbye at end of school year, yes..

i am in shock that im going to have to buy dd's teachers a christmas present

malory i am sure you are absolutely fabbo, but isn't it time to stop the madness?

I buy a nice Christmas decoration - you know a little wooden fairy or something. Costs about £2

It's a sign of today's materialistic society.

No piece of cheap stuff would ever come the least bit close to getting a scrap of paper from a child with a small personal note on it. Nothing, nothing, nothing.

(Although some of these comments have given me the idea that PTAs should start up a Christmas fund, parents who buy tat should be encouraged to donate the few pounds to the fund and parents should be told specifically what has been bought and it should be something totally lovely like books or decorations or a signed poster for the whole school.)

We bought Christmas decorations last year for teachers at primary. I'm a secondary teacher in a "challenging" inner-city school, so rarely get anything but I treasure the Christmas cards they send. I'd be bowled over by an Oxfam "present" and think it is a gorgeous idea.