1st day at school. Do parents bring any treats?

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Hi all, my DS is starting his reception year next week and I wonder whether other parents bring any treats for the other pupils and the teacher (s)? When DS had a last day at his nursery many parents brought presents to teachers. I bought nice chocolates for the kids (there were enough for the teachers as well). So, what about the 1st day at school? Are there any traditions?

None when DS started school and I'm not expectubg any for DD in a couple of weeks time. Might get something for her for after her big day though :)

No

I'd say no. V bad idea!!

Enough to be getting on with for the poor teacher without dealing with sharing round sweeties to the over-excited hyper emotional types (i.e. teachers!).

You dont want the littlies to be thinking this is what happens in school every day either.

Keep it all as calm and low key as possible.

Good. Probably that was a nursery thing.

No, no treats, at least not at our school.

They have a healthy eating policy, no sweets of any kind allowed.

No! Not at all!

Best thing is to be friendly but not OTT and hand your child over with confidence and walk away

no def not.
treats are for end of term, not the beginning.
agree keep it as relaxed/low key/little fuss as poss.
DD2 is starting the week after, only half days til Christmas. me and dh will bring her and pick her up, and take her out for lunch to hear all about her first day. the morning though we will keep as calm as poss, dd is prone to hysterics.

Good then. Thanks everyone. No I will have to start ironing on the name labels :)

I have always wanted to live in Germany and have a Schultüte. In fact, I am considering moving to Germany just so DD can have one. :)

The tradition is: take a photo of your LO in their uniform, try not to cry. Walk them to school, get them in and leave without crying. Then hopefully go for coffee with some other Mums (may even be an organised coffee morning) where several Mums will cry. (Pack tissues in your bag now.)

Some schools do not allow sweets for Birthdays etc. Kids might get them at the end of term, but varies from school to school. Teacher's usually get a present at Christmas and the end of the summer term; but its best if someone organises a whole class gift, or kids give something they made (there is a limit to how much chocolate and candles anyone needs).

Oh, I hope he does not cry!

Schultüte is cool. I have read about it on MN and then checked the pictures on the Internet. Makes your 1st day so special.
I would have to pack a toy bus or other toy vehicles in addition to pens, pencils etc:) But this year I have had enough of spendings; still need to buy a few things. In England the reception year children are not required to buy pens, pensils, rulers etc. I think it comes in year 3.

No 'official' teacher/child type stuff required, or indeed helpful (although you might want to make sure you have a nice snack + drink available, as they tend to have used up a lot of energy.

Me & ds went for a special lunch after his first 'day' (ie morning) of school - to celebrate him becoming a big boy/give me a chance to grill him (obviously, as a 5 yo boy, the latter bit didn't work).

I'll do the same with dd this year & suspect she'll have more to say

Schultüten ARE cool, it really gives the kids something to look forward to. However, they're rather different from what the OP is talking about - which is taking sweets into school on the first day. Firstly, the Schultüte is not consumed in school at all - the kids take the closed Tüte to school for the special ceremony, but are only allowed to open them afterwards. Secondly, this ceremony takes place on the Saturday before the first full week - the kids just have one rather symbolic lesson and then all go home to polish off the sweeties and get generally spoiled by the family. When they go to school on the first Monday morning it's very much a normal day.

Like Zapostrophe, my kids' Schultüten was largely filled with non-consumable stationery and toys in an attempt to keep the toothrot stuff to a minimum. It was similar to a Christmas stocking.

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My DD started in a swiss german school on Monday and the teacher presented each child with a Schultüte filled with sweets, pencils and a letter from an older child welcoming her to the school.

The whole school start was the opposite of calm and low key - it was a party atmosphere! Mums, dads and grandparents were welcome to stay in the classroom for the first school lesson and there were no tears from anyone when it was time to go.

Having experienced being a sniffling reception mother in the uk I thought it far superior!

How nice "beresh"! It is almost like getting a treasure box from the Bookstart. We had one in the nursery and my DS was so happy to find inside a few books, pencils, a drawing pad and a few other things. He is still using the box.

I agree with everyone that it would be a bad idea to take anything on the first day. A treat for your child after school is nice, like going for an ice cream or something but no treats for the class.

You could check and see if birthday cakes are allowed as this is always nice. My DD loves it when it's someone's birthday!

At ds's first day at his Swiss school the other week all the new children were presented with a sunflower.

After school we all went out for lunch and the town was full of small children with bags twice the size of them, carrying sunflowers. Very much a fun party atmosphere as beresh said.