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Leaving nursery - gifts?

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Bradsmum · 07/08/2006 12:27

My ds has been at a nursery for 2 years and is due to leave on Friday. What is the norm as far as giving gifts to staff, etc, is concerned? Any ideas pls?

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mazzystar · 07/08/2006 12:32

Personally I would only give a gift to someone with whom you/DS has built a special relationship. But I am a bit of a misery like that. Maybe a homemade card from DS to say thankyou and byebye.

hulababy · 07/08/2006 12:40

When DD left her last nursery, after 2 years (she started at 20 weeks or so), I bought the nursery a selection of outdoor toys from ELC. They had their 3 for 2 offer on, so I got lots of balls, skipping ropes, etc

DD is leaving her second nursery - again after 2 years - in a couple of weeks. I will be buying a present for the nursery again. Not decided what yet!

Neither of DD's nurseries had a big key worker type system and all the women their help in the car eof DD, so to me a present for nursery was more relevant than one for the staff.

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Bradsmum · 07/08/2006 13:21

Thanks for the ideas - much appreciated - I like the idea of buying a present for the nursery but with the rate we've been paying don't want to feel like I'm letting the owner off the hook when it comes to supplying new stuff!!

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hulababy · 07/08/2006 13:22

What about one of those read aloud books - the over sized ones?

pesme · 07/08/2006 13:24

hi, i was going to post about this. i am going to buy a big box of posh biscuits or somethign for the staffa nd bake some buns for the kids. is that abit mean?

hulababy · 07/08/2006 13:27

Not mean; sound slovely.

Just check about the allergy issues with the nursery - for the children's buns.

pesme · 07/08/2006 13:29

i initially read that as slovenly!! and was outraged!

thanks for hte vote of confidence i find these things really hard. am dreading saying goodbye to them all.

hulababy · 07/08/2006 13:30

LOL; sorry for typo!

hulababy · 07/08/2006 13:31

Know how you feel. DD has really loved this nursery and it'll be a sad day when she leaves for th final time. DD know she is leaving but I don't think she fully appreciates that this means no more seeing her friends, etc. She starts school instead come September.

daysoftheweek · 07/08/2006 20:50

I'm a bit sad about all my sons little friends leaving to go to school too, have started preparing him. Some are a year older some going part-time to nurseries attached to a school (not an option for us because of work) when he left last time I gave big box of yummy biscuits for the staff and a cheque to the nursery to spend as they wished (it is a very trustworthy charity so knew it would be well used and they get things cheaply via nursery only catalogues etc)

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