To email the teacher

Yes do it - I’m not a teacher but work in education and this term has been tough. I have an email folder called “Nice things” which is little bits of feedback or compliments.

I was in charge of cover for eons and also did exam invigilation. The parents of the last student i supervised one on one, sent me a lovely email after the exams. (They ccd head in but she never mentioned it.) I was really touched by it.

I've been considering sending such a message to my son's teacher but haven't done it. You've inspired me to do the same :). Let's hope for many teachers getting similar thank you/positive emails in their inbox over Christmas!

Some Scottish schools don't break up till tomorrow!

As a former teacher, I'd have been delighted to receive an email expressing appreciation.

Do it, I did once as I felt that we are all inclined to contact with complaints or when dissatisfied and not enough to say thank you. Good, dedicated, go beyond teachers are far more common than poor disinterested ones and can inspire pupils in a way that might define their life choices.

Well, it was a nice thing to do and I hope you have a lovely Christmas! 😊

To be fair, your email didn’t say that you’d sent it last week. Scottish schools have stopped and I assumed yours had too. Sorry!

A positive email isn't intrusive.

I personally would have got a card and small gift. An email is a bit intrusive (assuming she’s on holiday) and impersonal. However it’s better than no acknowledgment at all, so go for it!

I did this. My daughter's just started GCSEs, Y10. I actually emailed the Head to thank several of her teachers as the school ethos seems to be to make the GCSE years as stress-free as possible. Teachers are putting themselves out and taking time to ensure that every child is made to feel good about their progress and the GCSE process. Can't praise the school highly enough, so an email is the least I could do.

I work in a school (pupil facing but not a teacher). Our headteacher/SLT have not said a single nice thing to me in two and a half years. If I didn't get the occasional lovely email from parents or card from pupils it would be much harder to think that I was doing a good job. Thank you for being one of the good ones.

I would LOVE my inbox to be full of lovely messages. I would reply to every single one.

lol

I MUST stop replying to posts before reading the full thread!!

I'm glad you emailed the teacher! I'm sure it's been nice to get at the end of a long term!!

My son hand wrote Christmas cards for all his teachers.

we emailing the teachers that had made the biggest impact on him and copied in the head of department but went into detail about the impact they had on our son and why and the progress made and thanked them for going above and beyond. We did this last week and dropped gifts in eg wine on Friday afternoon.

one of the teachers his French teacher emailed us to thank us and said it had been a very hard week last week and to get our email just before logging off had made him ‘quite emotional’. My son really didn’t like French at the start of the year and he now treats Duolingo as a reward 🤷‍♀️🤣for tidying his room and can’t wait to do French homework. He had a nice bottle of champagne and said he was having it this evening with his family. Teaching is a pretty thankless task so if one email or bottle of wine can show someone how appreciated they are it’s not a big ask. So yes email.

@Princesspollyyy

listen to the teachers who ar ex saying it would be lovely, not the randoms being weird.

As a teacher I would not see it like this at all. I have no control over their final grade so it couldnt be sucking up. I would not mind loads of emails thanking me. Would make a change to all the emails reminding me of what I haven't done and why have a done certain things!

Exactly. I started teaching (secondary) in 1981 and whilst parental complaints were not nearly so prevalent then (no email, so writing took much more effort), praise or thanks were very rare indeed.

In 1987, a young man whom I'd taught to A level turned up at my door, a week after they got their results, with a beautiful crystal vase - a thank you gift from his parents. I still have it.

As a teacher I would not see it like this at all. I have no control over their final grade so it couldnt be sucking up. I would not mind loads of emails thanking me. Would make a change to all the emails remo ding me of what I haven't done and why have a done certain things

What a weird (and wrong) way of looking at it. Yes they have a lot to do so knowing they are doing a good job would be VERY appreciated. And seeing as teachers have 0 impact on the outcome of GCSE (in the sense of not grading them etc) not sure sucking up happens much

Yes you should , its such a hard job with terrible pay and very little thanks.
Copy the head teacher in on the email too.
A lovely thing to do.

You're so right, the email is the one that is exceptional. All teachers get cards from most of the kids.

Don't second guess acts of kindness! They are few and far between. Let your daughter know too, teach our kids that being kind and showing gratitude is the norm! Too many people share that they have complaints with anyone that will listen.

Christmas...whether you are religious or not...is about giving!