Teacher Gifts for Christmas?
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Are you buying your child's teachers a present at Christmas? If so, what is it and what is the budget?
Inspiration needed for anything that isn't homemade.
Thank you.
A gift voucher for Marks and Spencer, then she can either treat herself or buy from the supermarket.
No we're not buying our kids teachers anything, 4 different teachers, can't buy them all, so not buying any
I have 2 boys in school, my eldest left already but one has 2 teachers. I have a budget of £5 no use spending much as you don't know anything about what they like
I am a retired teacher and when I was working, the teachers never received gifts from the children.The only gifts we received was when we were getting married or had a new baby but these were from our colleagues and not the children.This was at secondary level and not primary so perhaps things are different at this stage.
Please give them a small £ 5.00 voucher. Only if you can afford it. No "World's best teacher " mugs or other such tat
It's a difficult one. Some parents can't afford to buy their children let alone the teacher(s). If they don't then their child may be subject to teasing. I say don't buy gifts for teachers, donate to the school funds if you want to. Afterall, the teachers may go above and beyond, but so do many other professions xx
I don't understand why people buy teachers gifts there just doing there job. You don't buy gifts for everybody else that's doing there job so why teachers? It never happened when I was at school.
Honestly you don't have to buy anything. As someone who works in education I don't expect it. I also don't want people who are struggling to feel they have to spend money they don't have on me. If you can afford it just some small like chocolate 
is lovely
Why/when did this all come about, never happened when my son was at school, I feel it is extra pressure on parents, just my personal opinion though.
I am not sure when this first started but we never had this when my children were at school. It seems it has become a competition and parents believe their child will get better treated if they give the best present.
eyeballkerry yes it can be a competition. Its not the teachers or support staff that want it to be competition or get the expensive gifts. I personally don't want a parent making themselves skint because of me. Gifts are lovely but we don't want anything mad. If its a gift voucher then the it's got to be from the majority of the class chipping in.
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