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TEC 2 Workshop - The Pursuit of Happiness: Supporting and Sustaining P…
by FSF Olaya
As part of our second Tapestry Education Conference (TEC 2) held in November 2019, we hosted three table-top discussions. We were joined by members of the Tapestry team to record each discussion. Here, Tapestry’s Olaya introduces us to the workshop…
Podcast: Where to start your antiracism work
Jules talks with consultant and author Orlene Badu about racial literacy, what schools and individual educators need to consider, and how to start to make change happen.
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Amplifying Young Voices in UK Children’s Literature by Winsome Duncan,…
Children's author and publishing house CEO, Winsome Duncan discusses how we can ignite children's innate story telling talent and creative expression.
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New Feature: Tapestry Pay
Tapestry Pay is now available for all settings and schools using Tapestry’s Nursery Management System in the UK. Tapestry Pay allows parents and carers to pay invoices directly within Tapestry using: Credit or debit card Google Pay or Apple Pay Bank transfer Tax-Free Childcare Payments made through Tapestry Pay are automatically reconciled on the setting or school’s side, helping to reduce admin time. To learn more about Tapestry Pay and how to set it up, please visit the dedicated support page: Tapestry Pay Tapestry Pay (and the full Nursery Management System) is included as part of your subscription. However, please note that transaction fees apply to payments made using this feature, full details can be found here. -
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Tapestry App Update – Version 1.0.4
A new update to the Tapestry Education Platform app (v1.0.4) is now live across all operating systems. The latest Tapestry app update includes: Faster media upload speeds The underlying code infrastructure for the upcoming Tapestry Pay feature This update also includes a number of bug fixes and general improvements. If your app is not set to update automatically, please download the latest version from your device’s app store. Please note: On Amazon devices, the update may take up to 24 hours to appear. -
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Safer Sleep Cot Question
With the new Safer Sleep guidance, it provides a list of British Safety Standard codes so we can check that our beds and matresses meet these. We recently purchased sleep pods for the baby room which were very expensive but their BS code does not match any of those on the list. Does anyone know if the sleep pods can be used for babies both under and over twelve months old? -
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Medicine, incident and bumps and bruises from home forms
Are these forms that can be added or the option for us to add the forms we use in the settings for staff to complete online and parents to be able to sign? -
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Staff Schedules
It would be really helpful to be able to add staff rotas and allocate staff to each room.
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