this has been done before BUt what is etiquette for nursery teachers' gifts?

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Ds has a team leader - very nice, he seems to really love her - and several younger women who seem to be interchangable (never seem to be the same 3 each time I go). He has a key worker, but I've only seen her in his room once so I think she must be off sick a lot. He only goes for 2 mornings a week. I am thinking big tin of chocs for the team to share and bottle of wine for team leader???

It must be a generic token type gift of small monetary value only or they are not allowed to take it!

Tin of bisuits for their teabreaks is nice, butter shortbread or something equally luxurious.

biscuits v.good idea. Maybe I could bake some? (am good at baking so would be a nice gift, honest) do you think a separate gift for team leader OTT then?

Last time I bought 3 or 4 boxes of really nice little cakes from M&S. I thought they might enjoy them on their breaks, sharing them in the staff room. I put them in a nice gift bag and dd made a card so it didn't seem too lazy/impersonal.
My sil is a primary teacher and gets around 30 presents, most of them of the cheap candle/bubble bath variety so I wanted to give something that would be appreciated and not taken straight off to the charity shop!
Chocs seem to be a popular choice though as well.

Not necessarily OTT to give her a separate gift.Alternatively you could consider giving her a separate card rather than a separate gift. Let your ds make it or "write"/draw in it.

we have already made his Christmas cards (what a mess of glue and glitter!) so will definitely do personal card. Nice gift bag or box seems like a good idea. Might make a basket of muffins in an American styley

I work in a nursery and I always love something that the children have made themselves i have a scrapbook of the cards and pictures from children over the years it is lovely to look back on and wonder what they are doing now.

For the staff at DS's nursery last year I put a selection of goodies in a gift bag so they could each take something or share it in the staff room ( small boxes of chocolates, luxury biscuits, shortbread etc).

BettySpaghetti that's such a lovely idea. Someone else on here recently had a similar idea, but they bought little treats from Lush and all the staff were able to choose one or two little goodies.

As Chair, I have to buy presents for 8 staff on behalf of Committee, as well from my own DCs.

At least one of them is always on a diet so they get prissy about biscuits & chocolates. But oddly NEVER complain about the calories in a bottle of wine.

This year Committee/parents are giving them stockings from John Lewis, with small box of chocolates, a box of charades & indoor sparklers from The White Company, jewellery from a local lady that they all adore. And wine at end-of-term dinner. I've no idea what DD2 is getting them yet...!