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The Activities feature on Tapestry can be used so your child's setting (school, nursery, childminder etc.) can share activity ideas with you and turn these into planned activities. If your child's setting has chosen to use this feature, you can find it on the browser version of Tapestry from the options at the top of the page. Please note, this feature is not available on the app, so you will need to be logged in to Tapestry through a browser. However, planned activities will appear on your main feed while using the app. We'll start by looking at planned activities. These are activities the school or setting have set for your child/children to complete. To skip to the section on our activities collection (activities which have been added but not necessarily been set as planned activities), click here. Planned Activities When you click on the 'Activities' option, you will be taken to the Planned Activities section (1). Here you will see all planned activities that have been shared with relatives and linked to your child/children (2) for you to do with them. If you're looking for a specific type of activity you can use the page filters to narrow down the activities you see (3). Clicking on the cog button at the end of a row of an activity (4) will give you the option to reply straight away to an activity with an observation (5). Also, if you have been given permission, you will see an option to download media within the activity (6). If you want to see more about an activity, you just need to click on the name of it (7). When you click into a planned activity at the top you will be able to see some information about it such as who created it and when. You will also be able to see the names of your child/children that have been included. If other children have also been included you will see how many but you will not be able to see their names (1). At the top you will also see the option to export the activity as a PDF (2). If the activity includes any media, photos and videos, these will be shown below the title (3). If the option for you to download media has been permitted, underneath the media you will see the option to download (4). In the yellow notes section you will see information about the activity itself, explaining what you need to do (5). If you see a section called 'Links to and from this Planned Activity' it means the activity is linked to activities in your setting's own collection or other observations (1). You can click on the 'Show full list' button to see what it is linked to (2). Once you click on this button you will see everything this activity has been linked to. In this case it is linked to an activity in the setting's own collection (1). This will be shown in chronological order with the green line indicating when this activity was added. If you don't want to see this section anymore, you can just click on the 'Hide full list' button (2). Finally, at the bottom you will see a section where you can add any questions or points of discussion you have. You can write these in the notes box (1) and then you just need to click on the 'Add Reply' button (2). Alternatively, if you are ready to do this activity with your child/children, you can click on the 'Reply with an Observation' option (3). This will allow to add an observation where you can show your child doing the activity and it will automatically link the observation to this planned activity. Our Activities Collection The other section within Activities that you can access is called 'Our Activities Collection'. This section is for activities that your child's setting have added but haven't yet been turned into planned activities. You can get to this by clicking on the tab at the top of the page (1). If you're looking for a particular activity you can use the search bar (2) or the page filters at the top of the page (3). Just like the Planned Activities section, for each activity you will see it's title, a profile image and some text from the notes. To see an activity fully, just click on it's title (4). Once you have clicked into an activity you will see any media that has been included (1). At the top you will also see a button the export the activity as a PDF (2). Underneath the media, you may see the option to download any attached photos and videos (3). Whether you see this or not will depend on your child's setting's user permissions. In the yellow box you will see any accompanying notes for the activity (4) and below that, you may see a section for you to ask any questions you have about the activity (5). Again whether you see this will depend on the setting's user permissions. If are you are allowed to comment, you just need to put your text in the notes box (5) and then select 'Add Reply' (6). So, that's the Activities feature on Tapestry. We hope you enjoy using it. Back to contents page

We have now released an update to the iOS version of the app (4.1.9), for iPhones and iPads, which includes the ability to schedule observations on the app. You can see how to do this in this tutorial on how to add observations on the iOS app.

To make it less confusing for relatives when they are setting up or resetting their password, we have changed the 'strong' password policy option for them. Now the two requirements are: The password must be at least 20 characters Must not be a common password, or an obvious variant of the school's name or person's name This change will not effect any existing passwords or password policies.

In this tutorial we're going to cover how to add an observation using the Android version of the Tapestry app. To do this using the iOS app see this tutorial. While you can view view Memos and Planned Activities though the latest version of the Android app, it's not currently possible to edit them or create them using the app. You need to sign in via https://tapestryjournal.com/ to do this. Once you’ve logged in via the Tapestry app, you can add an observation by tapping on the ‘+’ button at the top of the screen. I'll now talk you through all the options on the add observation screen: 1) You need to add a title for your observation here 2) Use this section to add your notes 3) In the 'Pictures, Videos and Audio' section you can add media from your device library, or take a photo, video, or audio clip through the app on your device. 4) You can add children by tapping on 'Select children' 5) Assessments can be added by selecting 'Pick assessments from list' 6) You can add flags through 'Pick flags from list' 7) If you have the EYFS 2021 Flag set enabled you'll also see a reference material section you can tap on, with links to relevant information to support your observations. 8) If you have permission, here you can change the status of an observation from not in journal to either in journal or staff view only or scheduled 9) If you want to change the time/date of the observation, you can do that here 10) If you have the additional information field enabled, you will see this at the bottom 11) Tapping on 'cancel' will give you the options of either deleting the whole observation, or saving it as a draft 12) At the top you can see the status of the observation to remind you whether it will be added to a child's journal 13) Once you're done adding your observation, you can click on 'Upload' Selecting Children When you choose the 'Select children' option to add children to your observation you will be presented with a list of every child you can see on your account. At the top you have the option to select all children (1) and you can also search for a specific child using the search bar (2). If you want to select children from a specific group, you can tap where it says 'No filters' which will bring up the group filters you can select children from (3). One helpful new feature you will notice after you have made an observation on the new app is that in the Children section, you have the option to see children that have been included in a recent observation show up as a group and you can then quickly select this group to save you having to select the children individually. To see any groups of children you recently added to observations, tap on the icon of 4 children in the top right-hand corner (4). Now at the top you will see the children that have been recently selected and you can simply tap on this option to include them in your observation (5). To stop seeing previously selected children, tap on the four child icon in the top right-hand corner again. Otherwise to attach children, just tap on their names and you'll be taken back to the observation you're creating (6). Adding Media On the app you can either add media from your device library (1) or you can take a photo or video through the app to upload straight away to the observation (2). Once you have attached media to your observation you will see this appear above the select children option. If you tap on a photo you will get the options to edit the photo (1) or delete it from the observation (2). If you tap on the paintbrush icon you can then make edits to the photo including: Add emoji stickers, change the size or colour of the paintbrush. To draw on the photo you can use your finger. Crop the photo. Rotate the photo. Tapping on this pencil icon allows you to change the paintbrush to clear, which you can use to clear anything you've drawn on the photo. Clear any changes you've made to the photo. Cancel making edits. Save edits made. Adding Assessments Tapping on the 'Pick assessment from list' option will then bring up a page where you see a list of all the assessments you have enabled on your account. To assess with one, you just need to select it. Then go through and select your relevant subject and area. Add any of the relevant statements (1) and then press 'Done' (2) to go back to the Assessments main page. Here you'll be able to see that one statements from the assessment framework has been selected for the observation (3). To return to the observation just click 'Done' (4) once more. A handy feature is the ability to 'favourite' assessment frameworks. To find out how to do this, you can have a look at this tutorial. Adding Flags Selecting 'Pick flags from list' will allow you to see all of the available flags that you have enabled. You can click on any of the relevant flag sets to view and select them for the observation. In this case I'm going to select a flag from the EYFS 2021. Once you select 'Flags', You'll then see all of the available flags that you have enabled. You can click on any of the relevant flag sets to view and select them for the observation. In this case I'm going to select a flag from 'EYFS 2021'. When viewing the specific flag set you'll see another shortcut to the reference material (1), and you can tap on the star icon (2) to favourite this flag set so it will show at the top of the Flags screen for quick selection. Once you've made your selection by ticking the flag set and relevant area/s (3), tap on "Done" (4) at the top of the screen. You'll see an overview of the flag set(s) that you've selected for this observation (1). If you're happy with the selection then just click on "Done" (2) to return to the observation. Once you are finished adding your observation remember to tap on 'Upload' in the top right-hand corner. How quickly your observation uploads will depend on how large the observation is (if it has a lot of videos, especially if they are longer videos, this will make the observation larger) and it will also depend on the strength of your internet connection. If you are trying to upload a large observation or your internet connection is weak, this will become queued in the background. Let's have a look at what happens when an observation becomes queued. Queued uploads You can see if this has happened as at the top of your observation list it will say "[number of observations] upload queued". Tapping on that will show you any uploads that you have queued. As soon as the observation has finished uploading, it will move from this area onto your main observations list. If an observation is taking a long time to upload, we would recommend switching from WiFi to your 4G/5G. We would also suggest trying to upload in different areas in your location, preferably nearer the router. If after trying this, you are still not able to upload an observation, please try running this test here and sending the results to us at customer.service@eyfs.info. So, that's how to add an observation on the Android app. Linked below are tutorials on how to edit, delete and change the status of an observation, as well as how to save draft observations and how to reply to observations with another observation. Editing an observation on the Android app Deleting/changing the status an observation on the Android app Draft observations on the Android app Replying to an observation with an observation on the Android app Back to Main Tutorials Page

The Care Diary function on Tapestry allows settings (schools, nurseries, childminders etc.) to input meal, toileting, nappy changes and sleep entries for a child and if they choose to, they can share these with parents and relatives. In this tutorial we'll look at this from the web version of Tapestry. If you're using one of our apps you can look at the Care Diary tutorial for iOS and Android instead: How to use the Care Diary on the iOS app How to use the Care Diary on the Android app If your child's setting decides to share Care Diary entries with you then you will see an option for 'Care Diary' at the top of the screen when logged in to the browser version of Tapestry (1). Click on this to view entries for your child/children. This is what the page will look like if there are any entries for your child. If you have more than one child in a setting, you'll see their names at the top with a tab for each child (1). Also at the top of the page you will see a box with the current date in it. This means you will only be viewing entries for that date. If you want to see previous entries, you can just click on the calendar button (2). Clicking on this button (1) will bring up a pop-up calendar where you can choose dates in the past to view entries for then (2). Back on the main Care Diary page you will see at the top of an entry it will tell you what kind of entry it is (1). For example in the below screenshot, we can see it is a meal entry. You will then be able to see details of the entry such as when it happened and who made it (2). It may be the case there are several Care Diary entries for you to view, in which case, you will just see them in a list which you can scroll through. Back to contents page

If your child's setting (school, nursery, childminder etc.) permits it, you will be able to view and possibly edit, your child's About Me on Tapestry. This section allows settings to set questions so either they or you, can input specific information about a child. To do this you will need to be logged in to the browser version of Tapestry from tapestryjournal.com. Once logged in, just click on the 'Children' tab at the top of the screen. On this page you will need to select the name of the child you want to view the About Me for (1). Then from the drop-down, select 'About Me' (2). Remember here you will only see the names of children you have been linked to. If it says 'Enrolling' by their profile picture this means they aren't fully active yet and instead have been added as enrolling. It's not possible to use the full functionality of Tapestry with children that are enrolling, you can only view their Overview page and access their About Me. Now you are on your child's About Me page, you can scroll down to see all the different questions (1). At the top you have the option to export this page (2) and you might also have the option to edit it as well (3). If you have the option to edit and you press this button, you will then see a list of all the questions with boxes underneath where you can input your answers. Just like so: Once you're done just remember to press 'Save' at the bottom of the page! Now when you view your child's About me, you will see any answers you have filled in. They will be indicated by a different font to the question. Back to contents page