A teacher's letter home has gone viral for all the right reasons.
Many parents will know the pressure of finding the perfect Christmas gift for deserving teachers, but one woman has turned the tradition on its head.
Last week, mum Steff Ravenhall was amazed when her seven-year-old daughter, Harriet Warring, came home with a "heartwarming" letter from her teacher Mrs Gardner.
In it the teacher addressed parents and carers and told them she wanted to "reduce stress" surrounding buying her a Christmas gift this year.
But the teacher didn't ban presents, instead the deputy head and year two teacher urged parents to send an anonymous donation of no more than £2 to those in need.
She wrote: "At this time of year there can be pressure from children to buy their teacher a gift.
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"I would like to take the opportunity to say while I am always really grateful by parents' kind generosity I would like to reduce your stress a little and ask that you don't buy me a gift.
"I thoroughly enjoy teaching you children and my job is a pleasure to do."
The teacher then revealed her request had an educational side too.
She said: This half term we will be focusing on money in maths and the real meaning of Christmas in our RE lessons.
"With this in mind I would like the children to be involved in the social responsibility of giving and and kindness and plan to support a local family."
Once the envelopes had been received, the children would count up the cash inside and use it to buy an item from a local shop.
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Upon receiving the letter, Steff posted it on Facebook and encouraged others to share it in the hope of other school's following suit.
It has since received over 6,000 shares.
According to Chronicle Live, Steff said: "I just thought it was really heart-warming, and it obviously takes the pressure off, because you do worry about getting the teachers presents at this time of year.
"My daughter has been to a few different schools and it's always a topic of conversation for the parents, who is getting something, who is not going to bother, how much they're spending. Everyone just wants to get it right.
"The bit that got me the most was the fact that it was going to a local family.
"It's an important age, in year two, to be learning about the value of money, which is a really important lesson as well. And it teaches them that it's not just about receiving, it's about giving back.
"I've never seen another school do anything like this, lots of teachers will say to you 'oh, don't bother', but actually getting a letter saying 'here's what you can do instead' and there's a lesson kids are learning at the same time, that's what's really good about it."
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