gift for teachers

[Narmeen20]

Hi Everyone,
I hope that you're all keeping safe. I'd like to hear about mums' ideas here (and I know that there're teachers and TAs here as well and I'd love to know about their opinions too) about sending gifts as away to say Thank You. I'm thinking of light up wine bottles with a personalised Thank you message from my children to their teachers, TA and managing staff as my children leave their schools at the end of this term. I was also thinking of a box of chocolate. Which one seems better to you? Thank you so much in advance for your opinion or any other ideas

if you wanted to do the wine bottle, you might be better ordering a personalised wine label like this and sticking it on a bottle of wine. That way it isn't clutter (as they can drink the wine), but is personal.

Chocolate - a nice box of biscuits or chocolates that can be eaten at break times.

I mean this kindly - go for something that can be enjoyed then the container recycled, like wine, chocolates, cake etc.
Teachers get a lot of ‘stuff’ every year and only have so much room for it/energy to dust it.

I adore a posh soap - TKMaxx have lovely, big Italian ones for £5 or so.

I would definitely go with consumables rather than ‘stuff’. Depending on the teacher, I’d suggest a bottle of something to drink, a nice box of chocs or biscuits for the staff room, or maybe even some nice hand cream. Vouchers for a cafe or coffee shop can be a good idea too.

Personally I’d avoid anything homemade as I know from friends who are teachers that they won’t usually eat homemade biscuits etc.

From the threads I’ve seen on MN in the past, most teachers really do appreciate a simple, handwritten card with a nice message.

Wine is perfect!

I always get an nice Christmas decoration for their tree. Something that doesn’t take up too much room.

I agree that wine, chocs or smellies are better than any form of decoration.

My last message didn't come.out right - I mean that a light up wine bottle with a message on is probably going to be too large to fit in with their house. A tree dec is nice. I don't think anyone other than parents and grandparents really wants things homemade by a child.

Well I love anything from Body Shop, some lovely cakes or biscuits, hand cream or vouchers are always lovely. A lovely plant is nice, but I also love anything home made from the child or a card that shows they have put a lot of thought into it.

I imagine a light up bottle will be going to the charity shop. I taught secondary so gifts are rarer. I sent my daughter’s teacher and TAs a heartfelt message with examples of why my daughter and myself appreciated her and with a comical story my daughter shared she had tears in her eyes. Genuine appreciation goes far.

Our class also do a class collections of up for £5 which is shared to buy vouchers between teacher and TA.

My son is a Primary school teacher and enjoys chocolates, wine and toiletries. His pupils know he is a keen cyclist and musician so a few of his gifts are related to those activities. My parents used to give my teachers books of poetry. The best present I received from a group of students was a small carriage clock which still sits in our bedroom 35 years later. I was given a Blue and white pottery model of Cinderella’s coach pulled by horses with gold chains and I passed it onto my grandmother who loved it and was the envy of all her friends.
What my son appreciates most is letters of thank you from parents and pupils and something made by the pupils themselves. Personally if I was still teaching I’d be very happy with an Amazon voucher or a plant.

I don’t do this every year , only when the teacher / TA goes above and beyond what is expected (in my opinion) . I have done a small hamper box type thing before. It contained a really nice pen set , a small bottle of wine and small chocs .

Last year we went for pretty personalised notebooks (as I thought useful)

Year before teacher was exceptionally good and I knew she drank gin so that was gratefully recieved

Ohhhh but Next currently have candles which are in lively boxes saying 'Thanks a Million' smell lovely and are only £6...

Teacher here, love a tree decoration, I keep them all and every year when I hang them on the tree it's lovely to remember the child that gave it to me.
I would avoid alcohol unless you know they drink it for certain (I don't drink so its a waste of money) and food you need to check for allergies or buy to avoid the main culprits (can't have gluten here so a lot of the yummy looking chocolates and treats can't be eaten).
A nice card from the child is always lovely and appreciated.

In the current situation some posh soap and hand cream.
Or Christmas decoration
Shopping bags are good (but the Teacher will probably not want her/his name on display as they walk around Tesco’s - maybe Just “Mrs W”)
Personalised pencil case
Plants or around Christmas you Can usually buy those lovely amaryllis bulbs

But Nothing beats a child made card with handwritten message

My BIL is a teacher and loves a homemade card with personal thank you message. Also, as a coffee drinker he really appreciates a lovely fancy/posh tin of ground coffee. Chocolates also enjoyed a lot. However, it will depend on the teacher as some don't drink coffee, they might prefer tea or wine and not all can eat chocolate if they have an allergy.

As a teacher, a card with a personal message from the child is perfect. If you want to get a present I would say stationery is always useful or something to eat/drink. One of the most memorable presents I had was a homemade cake by the mum who ran her own cafe. She was an amazing baker and the cake she made was divine.

A version of this went down very well last July as a pressie from the mums on Facebook who were impressed with how the home learning had been managed,

www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/I-Will-Teach-you-in-a-room-I-will-teach-you-now-on-zoom-by-sathya640/54789344.IJ6L0?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=GB&gclid=CjwKCAjwkN6EBhBNEiwADVfya1ml3gzsn4pWmeaKC4vWM2ljLYD8oD929oCY1mjDxfDgf3Np0E6moBoCGfcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Gifts I’ve liked:
Costa voucher
Paperchase notebook with to do list / sticky tabs
Home made cards with personal messages from child and parent
Decorated wooden drawers from Ikea with teaching quotes / pictures ( arty parent)
Nice smellies
I got a load of Harry Potter stuff once from s boy - mum apologised but he was right I did like it!
Child made paper weight / snow globe ( printed pictures) of things I liked and one from of The Wizard of Oz which was the leavers’ play that year.

Not kept for long or put in staffroom:
More teacher mugs/ key rings / teddies

Would like:
Clip on hand sanitizers or fancier ones
A letter to the Head saying why you enjoyed the year and copied to me.