AIBU to be annoyed about this fabrication?

[Shirleycantbe]

I received this email from the Head of Music at my DDs primary school yesterday. So did at least one other mother.

"Hello!

I hope you had a lovely holiday!

'Shirley's DD' mentioned that she really wanted to do both choir and netball club but that the two clubs are on the same day. I just wanted to let you know that any children who want to do both clubs are going to be allowed to join the netball club on Wednesdays so that they are able to do both activities. Just let Miss X know if you would like to do this.

I hope this helps!

Best wishes,"

It's a complete fabrication. Neither child wants to join the choir (in fact they are adamantly against since word of mouth is very negative about it), nor did they have any knowledge of a clash of school clubs since we never even discussed it. I asked my DD whether the teacher had even mentioned choir to her yesterday (first day back) and she said no.

I understand the teacher is trying to recruit - but AIBU to be annoyed that she's making up lies about my child (and others) in order to do so?

Another - no I didn't have an issue with that.

Could it even have been that there's a similar looking child in the school with whom she actually had the conversation? After seven years at my secondary school, one of my teachers gave me someone else's A-Level results slip - we did look a bit alike but she'd taught me for five of those seven years! Easy done if you teach a lot of kids.

Possibly. But it was the fact that another mum forwarded me the literally word for word identical email that she had received about her child that made me a bit rather than simply confused.

Her child also had never expressed an interest nor had any idea what the conversation she'd supposedly had with the teacher was.

As I said though - I can see it's not a big deal!

Maybe it was mentioned in an assembly and there was a general show of hands, and she mistakenly thought your dd had put her hand up.

Its still a lot of hassle to personalise an email to people that haven't shown an interest in the club.