Teachers of MN should I send this email to the headteacher (Good and not teacher bashing?)

[DoItForYear2]

DD is 7 just finishing year 2.

She has grown in confidence so much this year, has a fantastic relationship with her teacher and both of us will be sad when she has to leave the class at the end of this week to see her new teacher for Year 3 (they have 1 week next week in their new year group, Year 6 are going off to their new schools for the week, all co-ordinated in the local area so all schools in the area are doing the same).

I’m tempted to send an email to the headteacher basically praising the teacher and thanking her for the confidence boost and helping DD to finally love school and want to go every single day – before this year I used to have to bribe her to walk to school in the morning, now she’s out the door before I’m ready.

Progress wise she’s still behind but she’s grown in confidence, has made a lot of new friends and comes out smiling and very chatty every single day (although she still doesn’t tell me what they’re actually doing and just tells me about her friends)

WIBU to do email the HT? I don’t want the headteacher (whose generally lovely and very good) to roll her eyes and delete it.

Also happy to hear suggestions if I should send it to someone else in school rather than the HT.

Vote:
YABU - Don't send it
YANBU - Send it

YABU because this is so strange. Why wouldn't you send it.

This thread has inspired me to do the same, we've had a very special teacher this year and I've been racking my brains thinking how to thank her.

Op please do send it. I'm a teacher and I have had a message like this last week, I can't begin to explain how much it made me smile and lifted me. This year has been so hard for everyone whatever job they do and I think anything positive would help to see something wonderful has come from it all.

@WorraLiberty

WIBU to do email the HT? I don’t want the headteacher (whose generally lovely and very good) to roll her eyes and delete it.

Why would she do that?

Ok, HTs tend to get snowed under with thank-you emails but the 3 I've worked with always forwarded them to the teachers in question.

No need to be snide - "it'll get lost in the huge number of similar emails".

OP - it really will make the teacher's day, and the head's too. You'd be surprised how few parents compliment the teacher to the head.

Absolutely. I’m a secondary school teacher and it makes my day when I get a positive email. If it goes to the Head that’s also a boost because people are much more likely to complain. I really can’t see what the hesitation is. Alternatively just write a card.

This is what I do each year instead of teacher gifts. Letter to the headteacher and chair of governors plus copy in the LA. I list how my child has grown, what they enjoyed and just thank them profusely. My DD's teacher got covid this year in the fall from a student which made her so poorly she needed to have a pacemaker fitted. She deserves more than a box of Celebrations. I usually give a book token as well for the class stash.

I did just to thank the nursery I have had a child in their for the last four years and they are worth their weight in gold especially this last year or so and that's what I said
The head emailed me back thanking me for positive feedback
Teachers need that they get bashed so much their confidence must take a hit at times and going straight to their boss is the best way to give them praise yadnbu x