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Do you give a gift to all of your children's teachers or just the main one?, more fluff

CSF View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 04:01 PM Post #1
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howdo View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:12 PM Post #2
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CSF View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:20 PM Post #3
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I agree. Now to work out what to give...

LucyE View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:29 PM Post #4
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And now I feel bad. It wasn't until I read the report cards that were sent out 2 weeks after school had finished, that I realized DD had other teachers. I know, I know, pretty dumb of me but...no excuses. Just a ditz. I'm sorry

howdo View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:51 PM Post #5
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Oh technically speaking, not all as I don't give them to the specialist teachers. I know they all hate one of them and the gifts are about the children giving them. They've never expressed a desire to give one to the PE or LOTE teacher either. I got about 4 cards this year from kids who obviously think the Art teacher was swell but it't's not usual to give gifts to the specialist teachers in primary schools. I give to their classroom teachers.

~spirited~ View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:55 PM Post #6
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I'm a specialist teacher, and get very few gifts. Even the kids I have for half the day (literacy and numeracy sessions) often give a gift to their classroom teacher and not me. I don't mind, I can do without the chocolates!

Jemstar View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 06:58 PM Post #7
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My children give gifts to the teachers they wish to give them to. So that might be their main class teacher, or not. It might be a specialist teach they have particularly liked or not. Some years they don't give anything to any teacher. I leave it entirely up to them.

Velvetta View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 08:38 PM Post #8
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No gifts at all. But I'll send an email praising their work if I think it's due. As a teacher myself, I prefer words to gifts.

-meh- View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 09:07 PM Post #9
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the main one... i have no idea who the PE, spanish or music teachers are, however i do know how much hard work their main teacher has put in... to be truthful i never thought of buying stuff for the others oh i also brought a container of malteasers for the OSHC ladies to share because my boys are in there every day and most of the school holidays!

No girls here View Member Profile	15/12/2012, 09:20 PM Post #10
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Only for classroom teachers, and if there is more than one I would probably do a token gift at least. This year DS2 had one teacher four days a week and one for only one. They were both wonderful teachers so I still gave the one day a week teacher a present.

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