are you giving anything to staff at nursery for xmas?

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just a little poll really to see what people are doing

i bought a little something (soap £5) for each DCs key workers. and last year i gave them £20 each but i think it is unfair towards the other staff who do also care about the DCs...

not sure what to do this year... they already have far too much chocolate boxes so dont want to offer a big box for all to share.. any other ideas?

We give them a Christmas card each with an individual message of thanks, we then buy something for the Nursery for everyone to use. Last year was sets of new sandpit toys and this year is a garden voucher so that they can buy some plants/ seeds for planting in Spring.

My MIL has a nursery and she and the other staff get overwhelmed with chocolates every Xmas - she ends up giving quite a lot away. If you want to give something edible, something like a jar of home-made chutney, or a bit of yummy deli savoury stuff might be a nice alternative!

A present for the nursery itself is a lovely idea too - although that benefits the nursery owner most. My MIL always proudly points out the lovely things that parents of her charges have made or bought for the nursery. They certainly live longer in her memory than the boxes of chocolates!

Good ideas! I never thought of offering anything to the nursery. Ill keep that in mind for next year :-)

I bought a small box of high quality chocolates. Enough for a couple each of the chocolates you never usually buy yourself.

they got a nice handwritten card as well.

I work in a nusrery and we never waste any chocolates. This week has been fantastic I am pregnant and we have been stuffing our faces with roses and quality street all week and there is more for when we go back in new year yay!

Youngest is at nursery - he 'made' some biscuits and chocolates, and took those in.

Eldest is at school, so teacher and TA got some chocs, a miniature of Baileys and a decoration he had made.

no, and my dc's nursery has a 'no individual presents' policy.

I sometimes give them german chocolates on other occasions, though.

damn, that present for the nursery is a good idea. we run mad in the pound shop on the 3 for selection packs and then give them out to whoever is in at the time.

We bought them a big box of fruit pastilles/tootifrutti/fruit gums and a big box of jelly babies. For when they cannot face anymore chocolate biscuits....

Did do indvidual cards to his key workers.

Feels tight but money is tight.

i've sent in the regulation box of chocs (nice ones, mind) and a card
in previous years i've sent half a case of wine, but times are hard this year.

we gave DD's key worker, room supervisor and the nursary manager invidivual little gifts (lush bath bombs in pretty wrap) with a card to say how much we appreciated their care for dd and support for me.

and also a big tray of nice chocs for the rest of the staff to share.

wish i could have bought more as they have been so brilliant but time are tough and they really did seem to be surprised and appreciative of the gifts.

i just really wanted to thank them for all they have done.

This is school, but used to do roughly same for nursery.... £5 bath products for four individual teachers plus home made biscuits 'made by' toddler in pretty bag.
A teacher told me it doesn't matter what the actual present is, she really loves the message that goes with it if it seems personal enough, eg "thank you Mrs X for being so kind to me this term, especially when I lost my Teddy"