Five-Day Teacher Appreciation Week Theme Plan
A simple plan PTAs and parents can send home: one small, easy theme for each day of the week.
30 min Cost $ 3 items
10 Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas
Ideas for the whole week, including a ready-made five-day theme plan you can send to families.
10 ideas
Teacher Favourites Survey
Ask teachers for their favourite snack, drink, colour, shop and hobby before the week — then every gift hits the mark.
20 min Cost $ 1 item
Class Flower Bouquet
Every child brings a single flower; together they make one big bouquet for the teacher’s desk.
10 min Cost $ 4 items
Classroom Door Decorating
Parents decorate each classroom door overnight with the teacher’s name and notes from the class.
1 hr Cost $ 4 items
Class Thank-You Book
A book with one page from every child — a drawing and a sentence about their favourite memory.
1 hr Cost $ 4 items
Staff Coffee Cart
Parents wheel a coffee cart round the school one morning, serving drinks to every staff member.
2 hr Cost $$ 5 items
Staff Room Snack Station
A self-serve snack bar in the staff room, restocked by parent volunteers all week.
1 hr Cost $$ 5 items
Catered Staff Lunch
The PTA provides lunch for all staff on one day — potluck or from a local caterer.
3 hr Cost $$$ 4 items
Recess Duty Cover
Approved parent volunteers cover playground duty so teachers get a real break.
30 min Cost $ 3 items
Wish-List Supplies
Ask for the teacher’s classroom wish list and buy something from it — the most practical gift of all.
Cost $$ 2 items