Really interesting reading these replies.
As I said, I would let it float past me. But that's partly because I barely care about things like newsletters, have worked in schools, and have friends who work in PR & know there's a world of difference between the communications they produce and what we, non-PR people, come up with.
Reading these replies brings home to me how important newsletters - as a key point of interaction between school and home - are. Especially at a time when school-home relations have been disrupted.
And there must be so much anxiety around. That needs addressing: sensitively and positively.
You know, all parents have done really well. Some parents will have faced incredibly high barriers during this time - but I suspect there are vanishingly small numbers of parents/carers who haven't sought to prioritise their children, whatever the obstacles. And the children deserve enormous amounts of praise.
And, as a teacher, I'm just delighted to have them all back. The one thing I want is to celebrate their achievements and to make them feel confident and secure about their ability to go into the next academic year with everything they need.
Communicating that is important.
But it's hard to do. I'm not surprised that a teacher failed to do it. It's tricky.