Please can I have ideas on what to get my DD's wonderful SN's teacher

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This woman rocks. She's Charlottes special needs teacher.
She has really made a difference and goes out of her way to do things like

• decorate Lotties therapoy room in Charlie & Lola
• bought things she though Lottie would like / respond to when she was out in Asda on her weekend
• taken pics of Lottie starting to walk and sent them home for me to see so I don't miss out
• Made Lottie loads of different book, My school, my family etc and made extra copies for me to keep in school
• writes me a report on what Lottie did etc every single day
• pouts up with getting her hair pulled when Lottie gets frustrated

She's just great. I dodn't know what to get her for Christmas.
Want it to be something lovley, a bit special but don't have a lot of money.

Any ideas?

TC x

Difficult - depends on exactly what your budget is. I don't think it matters as long as it shows that you have really thought about her as a person and not just gone out and plumped for the nearest box of chocolates/bath stuff you could find. For instance, I was touched when an ex boss of mine got me a biography of Audrey Hepburn for Christmas as he knew I really liked her. I am easily pleased by anything girly/anything Clarins etc but this was nice because he had obviously listened to what I talked about on a day to day basis.

Hi,

Not to be really pushy or anything, but I've just set up an internet company (not sure how with two under fours running round!) I sell jewellery, costume jewellery and handbags. take a look at www.funkijunkjewellery.co.uk if you are interested. Everything is reasonably priced.

Anyway - she sounds lovely and I'm sure whatever you buy her she will be really grateful.

Victoria
x

I don't know enough about her though to get something I know she'll love though

Thanks for the jewellry tip I'll look it up.

I got dd1's sn teacher a book token last year, an orchid the year before. I also like to buy an Oxfam unwrapped donation in their name - a school desk, a teacher's kit, 100 school meals - depending on your budget. Really glad you have this - we have found great support for dd1 makes a HUGE difference. I generally write them an oversentimental card that makes me cry as well!

Wine or a voucher and a card/drawing/photo of Lottie.

tc - for dd1's sn aide at mainstream kindy I found some beautiful little pottery dishes and I am making her some lime macadamia fudge......

for her sn teachers at sn kindy - teacher - beautiful beade candle holder with candle, aides - one lovely beaded earings, cactus in a beautiful pot.

swimming teacher - some gorgeous body serum and handmade soaps - in a noodle box that dd1 has decorated.

then for the aides at mainstream kindy as well - will not be with dd1 - a lovely card telling them how fabulous dh and I think they are and how important their contribution has been and just letting them know they are appreciated - as a teacher that is what I valued the most if parents took the time to sit down and let me know how much they appreciated what I did. iyswim

hope that helps.

Perhaps something which you & your daughter could make together? Some biscuits cut with Christmas cutters, which Lottie cuts and ices - in a tin or box which she decorates? I bet she'd love a home-made card with a photo of Lottie in it. She sounds fantastic.

Easy. Something your dd has made/helped to make. A little picture/print/pressed flower/tape/cd? Depending what your dd's capable of. The less she's capable of the more anything at all would mean.

Thanks for ideas everyone Oxfam idea is nice to do as well, might do that for all the teachers and then buy / make soemnthing special for her 1-2-1 teacher.

The sentimental card is a given, she's had 2 off me already!

That's very true about the less capable she is the more it'll mean, what a nice way to think, thanks.

Oh God help me though, she has the attention span of a knat and doesn't do anything she's told, this should be fun, not!

i agree that something Lottie could help create. the more home made it looks the better.

maybe you could take a picture of her walking and decorate a frame? or decorate a mug/plate etc.

We found a fab picture frame last year whihc you could record a message onto. We took a picture of DS playting with his 1:1 and persuaded him to sing the song they had been learning (with a LOT of help form his TA) inot the frame. when she presses the button she hears DS singing the snowman song (not the on from the film) and saying happy christmas mrs x)

its incredibly cheesy but she loved it. and DS loved the fact that he could hear himself.
it was about £10 from a card shop...possibly clinton's