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We have released another update for iphone and ipad users. This update includes some changes behind the scenes to improve your experience. It also paves the way for 2 new features - both of which are lined up to be released fairly soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Hi @Willow, This will be the child's postcode. 🙂 It's not a required field, but if you want to add it for reference it'll also be included with their EYFSP submission. I hope this helps! Best wishes, Alexandra

This is a development of Tapestry Invoices, part of our ever-growing management system tools. Invoice Discounts allow you to: - Create custom discounts - Add them to your children's billing profiles - Apply to: Regular schedules Extra bookings Extra charges What's best, once added to a child's billing profile the discount will be automatically applied in all new invoices. If you want to stay up to date with further nursery management tool developments, sign up to our newsletter.

There is a new deletion state available to you called Partial Deletion. Partial Deletion allows you to retain some key information about the child on your account, while deleting the rest and freeing up a space on your account. Partially deleted children will have the following data retained: Their name Their date of birth Their booking, registration, invoice and payment data Their accident forms Any reflections they are attached to All their other data, such as photos and videos, will be deleted after 90 days. It will remain in our backups for a further 90 days and then that data is permanently deleted.

Are you a reception teacher in Greater Manchester? Do you have experience using the Think Equal level 2 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programme? My name is Grace Stevens, and I am a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sussex. I am reaching out to request your valuable contribution to a research project exploring the use and impact of the Think Equal Level 2 SEL programme in schools across Greater Manchester. Your insights will help us understand how a SEL programme has been implemented across different classrooms in Greater Manchester. Your feedback is valued and important, whether you are currently using the programme or not. You will be contributing to a research project that aims to understand the impact of a structured SEL programme on the development of social-emotional skills in early childhood. How to Participate: Questionnaire: Complete an anonymous questionnaire via this link: https://universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5nFGB9VV6mPQNZc or scan the QR code in the attached picture. Interviews: We are also recruiting Reception Teachers in Greater Manchester to participate in a short online interview, to share their experiences delivering the programme, and their perspective on the impact of the programme in their classroom. If you would like to participate in an interview, you can read the participant information, and sign up by following this link: https://universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2ujpQnPDTP23bX8 Questions? Feel free to contact me at gs514@sussex.ac.uk if you have any questions regarding the project, survey or interviews. Thank you!

We've teamed up with a publisher, Group Hugs, to offer parents and carers the ability to purchase printed copies of their child/ren's learning journals. This is only possible once a manager has exported the journal for the relative/s via the Control Panel, so in this tutorial we'll walk through how to do this. Some useful things to note: You can export journals for active, inactive, and awaiting deletion children If you delete / make a child inactive this won't delete the export once it's been generated Relatives will need to remain active to access the export Exports will be available for 90 days once generated Before you proceed with generating the export we would recommend to first add a profile picture for the child/ren. This is because the front cover of the printed journal will use the photo that appears on the cover page. To upload a profile picture for a child, please look at the steps in this tutorial. If there is no cover page (detailed further down this tutorial) or no profile picture, then the child's photo on the front of the printed journal will be replaced with an image of a tree. So that relatives can purchase a physical copy of the journal, you can't just export their observations in bulk through the Observations page. This needs to be done through the Control Panel. So, to start, click your name in the top right (1) and go to the Control Panel (2), and then Manage Children (3). To export the journal for a single child, click the cog next to their name (1) and select ' Export journal to PDF' (2). Alternatively, you can do this in bulk for multiple children by selecting the tick box by their names (1), choose 'Export journals as PDFs' (2) and press 'Go' (3). Whether you do this for an individual child or in bulk, the next steps will be the same. For a more in-depth look at this process please click here. You can make changes to the children selected (1). Most importantly, you'll need to make changes to the recipients section (2). Select 'Relatives' (A) and tick the box to allow them to download the export (B). If you don't select these two options (A + B) the relative/s will not be able to directly purchase a printed journal. You can also select the date range for observations to be included within the export (3). The date range will have an impact on how many pages the PDF file is and, as a result, the price and availability of the printed journal. You can check here for information about the page range and prices of the printed journals. You can then choose which observations to include (4) and whether you want reports to be included or not (5). The final section on this page will allow you to make some more advance adjustments to the content of the export (6). You can go through all of the settings to set them in your preferred way. We do recommend including a cover page (A) with text (B). This will be the first page in the printed journal, and the front cover of the book will contain the photo that appears in the cover page. As mentioned at the start of this tutorial, if there is no cover page or no profile picture, then the child's photo on the front of the book will be replaced with an image of a tree. You may also want to leave these options (C) as the default settings to enhance the look and functionality of the printed journal. Once you're done, click 'Submit' (2). The journal/s will then be generated, which you can see from the Control Panel Downloads. If relatives are permitted to receive notifications, and they haven't disabled the notification type 'File ready to download', then they'll receive a notification once the export is ready for them to access. Once it is available, they'll be able to purchase a printed journal directly from their Tapestry account. To ensure relatives know what to do when the export has been generated, you can send them this tutorial: How to purchase a printed book of your child's journal. If a relative no longer has access to their account or the journal was generated over 90 days ago, they will still be able to purchase a printed book if they have the PDF file (if they downloaded it when they had access or you passed this on to them outside of Tapestry). This is particularly useful when it comes to ordering backdated copies. To do this they can simply upload the PDF journal to the publisher, Group Hugs, here. If you have any questions about this process please get in touch at customer.service@eyfs.info and we'll be happy to help! Back to Main Tutorials Page