End of year teachers gifts

[Woolfatthedoor]

My partner is a Year 6 teacher.
For the last two years I have witnessed the thoughtlessness of gifts given after parents have made a collective gift.
Two years ago it was a book of shopping vouchers that had to be spent in store. My guess is that it was re-gifted. None of the stores had anything nice to purchase.
Last year is was for a beauty spa ( not local ) and for not enough value to buy a decent treatment.
PARENTS
Its really lovely that you wish to acknowledge in some way the contributions to your child’s education.
This year maybe a simple Amazon voucher so your kids teacher can actually buy something that they want.

I just think it's lovely they bothered at all.

He didnt get any multi level marketing shit? Hmm. The three primary school parent groups i have been in over the years have always had a parent in there offering to include (for full price, obvs) whatever the current trend is.

These threads are so embarrassing and ungrateful.

I’m not sure if you are aware but gifts should be under a certain value (quite small, let’s say £15) and therefore collective gifts for vouchers etc aren’t actually allowed and have to be declared on the gift and hospitality register as can be deemed to be breaking the bribery policy…I know, I know it sounds crazy but that’s the way it is.
I think teachers should just be grateful for whatever small gift they’re given.

Oh dear. I hope your partner is more gracious about the gifts than you.

I smell BS

Blimey! You're giving teachers a really bad name here. I genuinely love anything that I am given, I cover PPA so don't get gifts because people 'feel obliged', it's because the child wants to .. which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

I’m a primary school teacher.
You don’t need to get me anything.
I love my job, I am paid well for it (despite what the unions want you to believe) I love the children I teach it is an absolute pleasure to see them grow every day.
I don’t need a gift, I am just doing my job and I am lucky enough to consider my job the best in the world.
So, if you wouldn’t buy your doctor a present, or the check out person in Tesco, or the bin men or whoever a present for doing their job don’t feel obliged to get one for me.
You trust me to take care of the most precious thing in your life - that is more than enough thanks.

Good effort to try and get the anti-teachers' brigade frothing.

Wow you actually have to go to a shop to spend the vouchers? Madness. And you had to top up the spa vouchers to get a treatment you want. How annoying! Then give the vouchers back to the parents - I’m sure some of them will find a way to spend them. How utterly ungrateful.

Why should anyone expect to get gifts for doing their job well? It’s not like teachers aren’t well paid…

Is this the case in Scotland? I'd hate to think I've given dc's teacher extra work, when it was supposed to be a nice treat.

The school I was a Governor at had a no presents rule. Homemade cards were made and very popular with the teachers and other staff.

Was talking to a teacher friend about this recently- she said she gets about 50 boxes of chocolate every year and is literally giving them away to anyone she can think of, including the postman 😂

I think a thoughtful card is best plus a practical voucher if you want to give a gift eg John Lewis or Amazon.

My God I hope you are a troll. Parents are giving their hard earned money and sometimes money they can ill afford. I hope your partner is more gracious than you appear to be.

Nice try at gathering ammo to bash teachers with. All I'd like is a handwritten card from the parents saying how I helped their child and a small picture drawn by child or something more simple. One year a child asked me to adopt her and brought me in her Mother's full jewellery box as a gift. That sticks in my mind as very sad. I was delighted to receive the uneaten sandwich crust from a 6 year old SEN child who had seen others giving over gift bags. That was probably my favourite gift ever.

Which makes me wonder if OP is genuine 🙄

we don't want gifts! I love a nice card or email, though, thank you x

Best present last year was a massive box of boxes of tissues! I sent many positive thoughts towards that boy and his mum every time I got a new box out! Massive catering pack of Pritt sticks was also very gratefully received!

I'm a primary teacher. I sincerely hope your partner is professional and far more gracious in his attitude .Teachers don't expect gifts. We certainly don't court them -and we definitely don't demand what you think we should.