Thank staff for a residential trip

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My DS is in year 7 so I am new to secondary schools. He went on an overnight trip this week. During primary I would always send a note of thanks and a small gift to thank the staff for working for 24 hours but I don't know these teachers. I collected DS late at night so it was dark and didn't see any teachers although got my son to go and say thanks. Would it be OK to send an email to thank them or is that not the done thing? I don't want to be seen as an arse licker but there is no way on earth I could deal with 100 overly excited year 7s for 24 hours.

Send the email! The staff will definitely appreciate it.

OK, thanks.

Email the organiser and copy in the Head I reckon.

Having done loads of school residential trips, an email saying thanks would be very much appreciated by staff. A gift is not necessary at all. I've lost count of the number of parents who've picked up their kids without a word of thanks, or the kids who get off the bus and just walk away too!
Lots of lovely parents and kids do thank us though, and that's lovely.

I used to send an email to the head of which ever department organised the trip, asking them to pass on my thanks to all the staff involved, and letting them know what my dc got out of the trip.

I must admit I didn't thank them on the night myself but I did send DS off to do so. It was dark and I couldn't work out who was who as the kids weren't in uniform. They had parents evening until 8 this week so I was a bit at them doing a residential trip as well. They must be cream crackered. It's my idea of hell

Thanks Emma. Good to know I am not the only one. I was afraid of looking like the class creep

Please do send an email. It is incredibly rare for parents to send an email of thanks, but they are really appreciated. And it's not seen as creeping. It's seen as good manners and appreciated.

We send a thankyou gift in, usually something to share in the staff room as appreciate the time they have given up for our children and I would email if I couldn't thank them in person.

An email would be lovely I’ve had parents collect their child AN HOUR LATE AT MIDNIGHT from school after a residential school trip and they didn’t say thank you . When I went into work back from my last residential one I had a bottle of wine on my desk and a thank you card from a parent (senior school). Definitely unnecessary but much appreciated!

I sent one to the head of year (who went on my DD's trip) asking her to pass on thanks to the other teachers but she apparently didn't bother.

Please find out the teachers' names/emails from your DS and send them a thank you email cc'ing the Head.

You're not a creep; you're very, very appreciated.

Definitely cc the head