Good gift idea for teacher????

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Thought about giving a gift to the teachers at school of an oxfam donation. Wondered if i donated to the school gifts for example school dinners for 100 pupils etc if the teachers would feel i was weird!!!

Bottle of wine - I think they deserve a drink after having our children for that long, 5 times a week!!

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Re male teacher pressie apart from wine look in woolies. They have some really nice reasonably priced gifts for men- torches, car sets. Last year we got dd2s teacher this great little tool kit ting like a swiss army knife- only about £3.50 and I'm sure they have them this year.

DH can second vouchers. He's had a few £5 book tokens and loved them.

I'm a secondary teacher so don't get many pressies but what I have liked most of all are cards (particularly home made) with a genuine thank you in.

I've bought Oxfam School dinners/text book vouchers the last 2 years. First time, teacher (female) was absolutely delighted and came out of school to tell us what a lovely idea it was. Second time was for a grumpy ald get, but had absolutely no desire to buy anything for him. No idea if he liked it or not. This year, have got DD's teacher an Oxfam "build a little bit of a classroom", and I feel this teacher will appreciate it too. If at the end of the day, they don't welcome something which helps school children in countries less fortunate than their own, then that's their problem. They'll get enough biscuits/chocs/wine/toiletries to last them til the end of year presents anyway.

Am planning to make fudge or similar and bag it up in Lakeland bags for the many many teachers we have (3 kids and DD has a job share and all 3 have a TA, plus the head whom I know well).

Then I was going to by a day of a teacher's time in Africa through Oxfam for all of them IYSWIM.

Last year DS1 chose his (lovely) teacher a necklace from Asda (very cheap) - he said she opened it, thanked him, put it on and wore it all day. Bless her what a lovely thing to do, even if she never wore it again!

LOVE that idea Clary, will dig out fudge recipe tomorrow. One year, when we only had one DC at school, DS and I made a gingerbread house for home and a small one for his teacher. Not quite sure how I ever found the time. Promised myself would do the same each year but that was about 7 years ago and never got round to it since.

I usually do the charity gift thing. Teachers is probably the only "person" I would lthink about getting them for. I always think that wine and chocs is overdone. Usually I get something approriate to the school such as pencils but they did a big thing about 12p and food at harvest festivals so I will do something food related this year, possibly school dinners.

I think its a good way of saying you care without buying C**p and someone else benefits at the same time. Also good if you are buying for a group of them. There are other charities such as barnardos that are UK based if you feel strongly about that.

I would get my kids to write in the card to make it personal. If I am feeling "flush with time" we might make some truffles as well.

I send an Ofam Unwrapped card to DD's teacher and her class - got school books this year. I always go for something school related.

I will also send the teacher a present as well though.