Should I be annoyed about this letter from DDs teacher?

[MrsWinnibago]

DD is in year 2...she's been having extra help for reading since year 1. we discovered she needed glasses at the start of year one and so had lost most of reception due to not seeing well at all.

So the extra help has been great and she's making progress.

I got a letter tonight, typed something like this

"Dear parent, SmallWinni is going to be having some extra reading practice with a volunteer named Tanya. She will cover x and y and z and the books will be different to the ones she fetches home. We hope that Elizabeth enjoys her extra reading time."

"Elizabeth" is actually a friend of my DDs so I assume she is also benefiting from the kind volunteer's time. But....isn't it a bit crap to make mistakes like this? For all the teacher knows, I don't want other parents knowing my DD has/needs extra help...and Elizabeth's mum might feel that way too.

As it happens I'm not ashamed of DD needing extra help so if the other child's letter includes my DDs name I don't mind but the letter COULD have had very personal info in it!

Shall I say something and what?

I don't think it's minor - in 15 years of working in a professional industry in many companies working with people at different levels i don't think i've ever witnessed an email where peoples names were mixed up. If the teacher can't even write a letter with the correct pupils names then what else is she failing on?

Ps - aimed at the teacher who wrote the wrong child's name on a report if you can't remember that you need to talk to Dennis the handyman, write it on a post-it note and stick it on your desk/monitor so that you don't forget.

Of course teachers are 'allowed' to make mistakes but on MN, people try to excuse it with a million reasons. It's better to just accept it and apologise.

It needs to be brought to her attention. So that she is aware that whomever is writing the letters (her/secretary/TA) needs to just double check the names before printing.

Yes this was just about reading. But next time it could be about something more sensitive.

If the teacher is not told, fed back to, she will not improve.

Mrs I would say something. Gently, calmly, in passing.

Ahh, whoops. Yes, the teacher has made a mistake. Mostly likely a good number of children are being supported by this volunteer.

As to what 'Fred talk' is, it means sound out using phonics. It is the phrase used by schools using the Read Write Inc resources (which are really great when used well btw). More info here www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/

Speak to your child's teacher to clarify, most likely they will be apologetic (and privately mortified). Be kind, it might have been a very long day!