I am UK based (but not from here originally) and my DS is in reception at a state school. It’s a lovely school but of course as with all state schools- they are strapped by the budget. We have been asked to send in a glue stick to help. Just last week I had our parent/teacher meeting and when I said my son uses tripod pencil grips at home she said, “thats wonderful, I wish I had those in my classroom.”. I mentioned to DH we should ask the teacher to set up an Amazon wish list for the classroom so the parents can purchase what she needs for the classroom. My DH gets it but his first response was- what about the taxes we pay? It’s valid- we pay heapppps of taxes- but I think it’s stubborn and the money for schools isn’t going to change while our kids are there.
Do any schools in the UK use Amazon wish lists to help classrooms? Our school does collect craft donations but I would a) love it if there was a specific list of needs b) love it if the items went directly to our own kid’s classrooms so I know it’s benefitting their direct educational setting. I’m happy to spend £10-£20 on supplies each term. I want to suggest it in our school parent chat but worried I might get the same reaction like my husband about taxes.
I ask because I’m from another country originally and have primary school teacher friends there- schools are suffering there too but Amazon wish lists seem way more common. I have even donated to friend’s classrooms, I think it’s great. Doesn’t seem to be a thing at my kid’s school and I’m wondering if the school is nervous to cause an uproar with parents over tax use.