Wine or pens\glue sticks?

[MissMarpletheMurderer]

Just reading another thread. I will spend £5 per teacher that has had an impact on my child. Would you prefer a bottle of wine or a box of pens and some glue sticks? Of PE teacher wine or???

All secondary teachers (as primary school do the class collection)

Thanks

Err wine... glue sticks are not a present. It's disgusting that schools don't get enough funding but until we stop spending our own money then not much will change.

Speaking of "different" gifts..

A colleague of mine once got a charitable donation to the donkeys in her name

Thanks that is what I thought but loads of teachers on the other thread said they would prefer pens etc.

A donkey

I’d prefer glue sticks to a £5 bottle of wine... will save me the £5 I’d spend on glue so I can spend it on a nice coffee and cake 😁

I’m secondary and can count on one hand the times I’ve received a gift though, and most of those have been gifts that a class has chipped in for.

Gifts really aren’t that common at secondary. A few boxes of celebrations/biscuits for the staff room is what most parents send in (if anything). Send a card to accompany which mentions particular teachers by name if you want to single them out for particular gratitude.

Secondary teachers don’t tend to get gifts, I’d prefer a card from the kid with a nice message.

Is your DC in Y7? If there is a teacher that has really gone out of their way then something like a box of nice biscuits is good (can be shared with colleagues!) but an email /card with specific thanks goes a long, long way.

If you’re spending £5, don’t buy wine. It’s not likely to be very nice wine at that price point.

I'd assumed this would be a teacher deciding what to spend the last of their pay cheque on.

In that scenario I think I'd go wine as I could probably steal a pen out of a neighbour's classroom.. It's not September anymore so no bugger has glue.

I don't drink wine but I always appreciated it as I always had a bottle on hand for tombolas or gifts.

Chocolates I'm fussy with but can share with friends or family.

I do like pretty stationary though. Glue sticks my schools do buy.

Neither.

I find the idea of 'children ' giving teachers wine very, very odd. But I wouldn't want gluesticks either.

A tiny box of nice chocolates or flowers or a plant would be very much appreciated.

A nice card to the teacher, an email to the head thanking those teachers who have supported your child and a box of biscuits to the staffroom...?

I wouldn't want glue sticks. I think secondary and primary have different requirements for their classes and secondary probably need a lot less glue sticks.

Wine. Every time.

What MrsJaneAustin said.

If a teacher has taught my youngest for a term? They need wine.
So wine.

Don’t get anything if you don’t want to. If you do, a book voucher (£5) or chocolates is better than wine as not everyone drinks. Glue sticks aren’t for the teacher.

I agree with @mrsjaneaustin I teach secondary

Agree. Gluesticks are not a present for the teacher. If you want to donate some gluesticks to the class then great. But don't dress it up as a 'present' for the teacher.

I'm a teacher and I don't expect presents at all, I like personally written cards and will always appreciate something which has been purchased for me to use personally but I'm not going to be that exited about being given stationery for the children to use as a 'present' to me. It basically normalises the expectation that the teacher should supply things like this out of their own money and that you're doing them a favour. It's not a gift to thank them personally in my opinion.

Can’t believe I am the first to ask. . . Are you on glue?

likeafishneedsabike honestly a thread on aibu had lots of teachers saying they would prefer glue to wine (although I hadn't considered that it might be to sniff)

I like to give a gift to the teachers that make a difference to my children.

Teachers at DD’s school prefer that we put our £5ers together and buy something for the class. They don’t want wine, chocolates or candles.

Over the years have bought a massive box of brio for the nursery class, Lego for reception and year 1, beanbags and books for year 2, art materials for year 3.

The summer collection goes on gifts for the teacher. It’s a good balance.

I think there is a real primary/secondary split on presents. Primary seem to get so many that teachers prefer stuff for the classroom. In secondary, presents are unusual and most prefer something personal (I have a "happy box" with cards and stuff in). Last summer a parent gave me a small box of fancy chocolates. I don't really eat chocolate, but loved the thought that they'd appreciated me enough to bother making an effort.

I like the book token idea. Then I could choose to spend it either on me, or on a cool book for my class.

Yeah, secondary so don't get many presents, however, wine just gets regifted here. I'm not much of a drinker post-children so really I'd prefer anything to wine.