How much do you give to teacher's xmas gifts?

[Firey40]

Just curious...

We are at a primary school in south east england.

A mum kindly organises Christmas gifts and vouchers for the class teacher, and the two TA's

Parents are asked for a voluntary £ contribution of whatever you want to give.

How much do you give in these circumstances? Just curious. We gave £25.

A fiver to the class collection and a handwritten card is what we've always done. In my DCs school, class presents are always given from all children in the class regardless of whether their parents gave any money.

There is no class collection at our school.
At Christmas I usually buy biscuits or chocolate for the staff room & give it to the teachers a week or two before the end of term.
Then get DC to make/write cards for each teacher & TA.
I'll also do ones for the teachers, TAs, Head & Secretary (I'm the PTA Chair so have a working relationship with them too).

I always do a flat £10

10 euro and the money is collected by PA and distributed evenly (in vouchers)between teachers, SNA's, support teachers, secretary etc.

However dd is autistic and her teacher and SNA have just been unbelievable this year and they are both getting a voucher to get their nails done as well.

A handmade card is very much appreciated.

We have 3 different TA's who all do different days. They all do 1.5 days in our year group and then cover 3.5 days in other year groups.

At primary we did a class collection and each put in £5-£10. This was combined and used to buy presents for the teacher and TAs. The only time it was suggested we contribute £25 was for a gift at the end of Year 6.

Nothing.
Tbh I don't get the fuss.

I actually think a large part of giving presents to teachers isn’t actually that the teacher gets something out of it, it’s that the pupil does- to teach them how to show gratitude and appreciation so that as they grow up they are kind, open and giving in lots of different ways. Young pupils bringing in small token gifts for the teacher often swell with pride as they give them over and love being thanked etc, that feeling of giving then stays with them. It’s not a necessity but just saying that’s another layer to it that isn’t just “why does the teacher deserve something just for doing their job”. Whole class collections take a little of that away because individual pupils aren’t bringing their own small gifts in. However, there are a lot of positives about collections too. Really, a small handmade card/drawing that the child feels proud of if the best way to go- the teacher feels appreciated, the child gets the positive feeling of giving and it’s low cost.

£10 per child but this is shared amongst various people. So there are two class teachers, gym teacher, Gaelic teacher, and a couple of TAs. The TAs work across the school though so the people doing class collections coordinate. It’s maybe more useful for someone to get a larger gift card before Christmas rather than smaller gifts. Honestly I just feel like it’s worth forking out to be free of the mental load.

Usually £5-10 per person, assuming one teacher and one TA. I get something consumable that looks nice enough for them to regift if they want. In terms of paid-for gifts, teachers really don't want anything that isn't consumable or a voucher (but I'd never expect a voucher).

I used to be a teacher and I'd be mortified to receive some of the amounts people are talking about here, even as a group gift.