What's the going rate?

Thx Bluebelle. I agree with your sentiment about teacher gifts. Just last week I showed my grandchildren a gift given to me by a child about 8 or 9 years ago It was a pre-used glass jar (cleaned out) that the child decorated and filled with sweets. The sweets are long gone, but I treasure the jar because of the time and creativity the child spent. The child was a self elected mute who took nearly the whole year before they spoke to me.

What a sensible post Pearl I think it’s far more important to give than the amount given and I m disappointment with the seeming competition amongst parents about giving for a teachers present I think that is pretty crass I m sure most teachers would appreciate something the child made more than an expensive present well I like to think that anyway

I’m a teacher too and I never give it a thought about how much the child’s family sponsored them for. It is always nice though for the child to have a few names on the sponsorship sheet. It doesn’t matter if the donation is just 50p. Across our (small) school these small amounts add up. On Children in Need days children brought in a few coppers, some £1, unless there was a cake stall 😂.
The most important aspect of these events in school is to instil in children a consideration of the needs of others, and to have a sense of local and global responsibility and their role in that. So the amount of money is not the most important aspect.
There should be no sense of pressure about giving more just because others do. The school will have a number of these events and so your donations will mount up over time.
An extra thought - giving your child £1 to donate rather than say £20 has greater impact on teaching him/her the value of money too, especially at the younger age.

I’m a nursery teacher. £5 is enough x

Nothing. You’re paying for the nursery place. My money goes to the Sally Army for their charitable work.

I have never understood sponsoring…. I don’t do it, but am always happy to donate to charities directly.

I'd go with £5.00 for this type of thing. You will have lots of fundraising requests from grandchildren to look forward to over the next 20 years or so so be mindful of the future trend you set and what you can afford .

How much I donated would depend on what the cash was to be used for.

Thanks, I thought around £5 but didn't want to look tight 🤣

I love the idea of an "elf run"!
My two year old grandson did a sponsored Pudsey puddle splash at nursery for Children in Need.
We sent him £5 each, though I think he'd have happily jumped in puddles all day long regardless! 💦

£5 from me too.
As Georgesgran says, it all adds up very quickly by the time you factor in school fundraisers as well.

£5 is enough.

I think DDs do £5 - both school and nursery seem to have all sorts of fundraising/charity days - it all adds up.

My GC are long past that age. I thought about £5?

It’s nursery age, by the time they are teenagers doing sponsored swims etc., it would be more. .

Also depends on how many GC there are, can get quite expensive.

But perhaps I come across as mean?