End of year teacher gift ideas

If you are anything like me you are wondering how the last few weeks of term have crept up so quickly!  Children and teachers across the country rejoice, whilst, lets face it – us parents are slightly terrified about the thought of keeping these little ones entertained for the next six to eight weeks!

So, let’s hear it for those teachers and teaching assistants that have done such a good job over the last year – these guys manage to look after 30-plus children and make it look easy!

Giving gifts to teachers & support staff is a contentious issue and a former teacher told me the ‘gifts’ she liked most were the cards the children made from a scrap of paper or even just when parents would come and say ‘Thanks for everything, have a great holiday’ at the end of term.

But, if you do want to go down the gift route, here’s a few ideas, most are from local companies and there are a few Mumbler exclusive discounts as well!

Bloom Bakers are a small batch home bakery based in North Leeds, specialising in (bespoke) biscuits, fruit pies & cakes from the continent.  Their ‘thank you’ biscuits are the ideal gift for a teacher to enjoy with a well earned cuppa over the holidays!

They are offering Mumblers 10% discount on all Thank You Teachers biscuits ordered.  Enter TEACHLEEDS at checkout.

For more details on the Teacher Thank You boxes visit the Bloom Bakers website here.

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Email: us@bloombakers.co.uk
Phone: 07510 921787

Thank You Pottery at Jackrabbits Pottery

Pop along to Jackrabbits pottery and let the kids create their own thank you masterpiece!

Jackrabbits are offering Mumblers 15% discount on all Thank You Teacher pottery (1 item per child specifically for paint your own teacher thank you gifts up to 20th July).

Quote NORTH LEEDS MUMBLER when you arrive.

Jackrabbits Pottery, 633A Roundhay Road, LS8 4BA
Phone: 0113 318 9315
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With Love Card & Gift Shop, Oakwood

With Love Card and Gift Shop in Oakwood have a lovely selection of bespoke gifts available for teachers including candles, stationery, keepsake tins and they have a great selection of handmade chocolates in boxes/bags of varying size.  Teacher tags can be added to a range of gifts and chocolates and they also have lots of teacher thank you cards.

633b Roundhay Road Oakwood, LS8 4BA

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Thank You Gift Bag

As we are drawing to the end of the school year. Don’t forget your little something to say thank you to those who have been there for your children. These ‘Thank you bags” contain a gift bag, thank you wish bracelet and love you lots jelly tots, all for only £4.99.

Place orders by Sunday 15th July and orders will be ready by the end of term.

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Other gift ideas could include:

• Flowers or a plant (we are spoilt for choice of local florists in North Leeds), but you might want to check if the teacher is jetting off as soon as the school bell rings, otherwise they’ll be away and won’t get to enjoy them.

• Prepare a teacher “Summer Survival Thank You Bucket.”  Children can have fun decorating the bucket and then fill with little treats for the teacher over the summer such as a magazine, sweets, homemade gifts etc.

• All the teachers I know love homemade gifts.  From a framed picture covered in dried pasta to baking and homemade thank you cards– you can’t go wrong with homemade.

• Others gifts to get a mention are something practical like cotton/canvas tote bags – to carry all that marking home, a book by their favourite author or a reusable coffee mug.

• If time is not on your side, why not club together with other parents in the class and put a couple of pounds in and use the money to buy a voucher from a local shop- maybe somewhere that does a nice afternoon tea.

Whatever you decide, I know all teachers will be grateful for whatever turns up on their desks, however large or small, bought or homemade. The most important thing is that we say THANK YOU.