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“On my way to nursery…my teacher walked with me!”
by Sarah Holmes
Early years educator Sarah Holmes reflects on how we can use 'third spaces' to rethink home visits.
Podcast: The joy and challenges of becoming a parent
Jamel Carly Campbell chats with Ben about becoming a parent, and all that a child brings to the family.
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Exporting Relative Details
In this tutorial we’re going to look at how to export your relative’s details from Tapestry. Doing this will provide you with either a PDF or CSV file showing all your relative’s details which include: names, emails, phone numbers, collection passwords and linked children. First, click your name in the top right and then select Control Panel. Within Control Panel, select Manage Relatives from the menu on the left and then scroll to the bottom of this page. At the bottom you will see two options for exporting your relative’s details: export as a PDF and export as a CSV. Clicking either of these will automatically start downloading in your preferred format. The CSV format will look something like this: And the PDF will look something like this: Back to Main Tutorials Page -
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2024 - 13/15 May or 28 June & 1 July Designated Safeguarding Lead for Education Settings (Level 3)
Designated Safeguarding Lead for Education Settings (Level 3) This course will offer delegates the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding to perform this role. Southampton City Council training includes bespoke local safeguarding updates from professional experts in their subject areas to respond to safeguarding issues within the local context. Please click HERE for further course information. Session dates 13 May and 15 May 2024 - 9am-4.15pm - Virtual 28 June and 1 July 2024 - 9am-4.15pm - Civic Centre Fee for training Southampton City Council Maintained Schools: £180 Subsidised price for Southampton PVI Early Years & Childcare providers and voluntary organisations: £115 Academies, free schools and other organisations: £215 -
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Oral Health in Early Years free training
Hello, we wanted to let you all know that we are running training sessions throughout the year which can help you to 'promote the good oral health of children attending your setting' (EYFS). These free online training sessions (including some evening sessions) are for anyone working in early years. We cover topics like tooth-friendly snacks and drinks, toothbrushing tips, bottle and dummy use, as well as activity ideas. After attending the training we email you lots of resources to use in your setting. Please see our flyer for session dates and booking information. Who are we? We are your local Oral Health Improvement Team. We are employed by the NHS but our service is commissioned by Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Councils. We look forward to hearing from you! early years oral health training flyer apr-dec 24.pdf -
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Collection password on registers
Hi there. I'm just getting in touch to let you know you can now add a "collection password" to a relative's account! You'll see the box when adding any new relative, but you can also add one for existing relatives by clicking "edit" next to their name on the Manage Relatives screen. The collection passwords for all relatives can be viewed by exporting your relative's details. Just scroll down to the bottom of Manage Relatives and you'll see two options for exporting the list. We are also making some changes to how you navigate Tapestry soon, and the collection password will be made more visible after we do so. Would you like me to contact you again when those navigation changes occur? I look forward to hearing from you soon :)- 1
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Professionally printed copies of the journals
We have teamed up with a publisher, Group Hugs, to offer professionally printed copies of children’s journals. Prices start at £14.95 + postage and can be purchased by the schools and settings or by parents and carers directly. When managers on a Tapestry account export PDF copies of the journals for parents and carers, the relatives will see an option to purchase a printed copy of the journal, alongside the existing option to download the PDF copy for free. Relatives, schools, and settings can also order printed journals by uploading PDF copies to Group Hugs. This is particularly useful when it comes to ordering backdated copies. In a few weeks you will also be able to purchase multiple copies at once. You can see more information and the full price list on our tapestry.info website. -
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Bespoke Frameworks Summative Assessment Screen
Today we have released a Summative Assessment screen for Bespoke Frameworks. That joins the Thoroughness screens in the Tracking menu. Those of you who have added one or more Bespoke Frameworks can use this screen to: View and monitor attainment for each child in each period. You’ll be able to see the assessments that have already been made. This is shown via a tick next to the parts of your framework that have been selected, and a drop down displaying the most recently chosen scale. You’ll also be able to tap on ‘Show Details’ to see a list of the corresponding observations and any overrides that have been made in this period. Override any assessments you think need updating, and add quick new assessments. You can use the tick boxes and scale drop downs to make assessments – these can be overrides of existing ones or filling in gaps. You can add as many assessments as you like in one go, but they will have to be per child. Once you have saved your assessments, a new ‘staff only’ observation will be created to act as a record – that way you will be able to easily see who added the assessments and when. You can edit those observations to add any notes or evidence if you’d like. Lock each period for each child. If a period is not quite over yet, but you don’t want any further observations made during it to impact what is recorded in the summative assessment screen, you can ‘Lock’ it. Export data to CSV or PDF. This is our latest monitoring screen for bespoke frameworks, but it won’t be last! The next one is most likely to focus on progress. If you have requests for what you’d like to see in that, please get in touch – customer.service@eyfs.info. The Bespoke Frameworks feature is available to all Tapestry users as part of your subscription. To see more about it please take a look at our Bespoke Framework feature page.- 1
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How to purchase a printed book of your child's journal
We at Tapestry are working with a publisher, Group Hugs, to offer parents and carers the ability to purchase printed copies of their child/ren's learning journals. This tutorial will talk you through how to purchase them. Take a look at our video below to see how they will look! To buy a printed version of your child's journal, it will have needed to be exported by your child's setting first. If the setting need any support with doing this, please ask them to contact us at customer.service@eyfs.info. If you are speaking to your child's school/nursery about this, they will note to following things: The journal needs to be exported by a manager from the Control Panel, unfortunately the publishers (Group Hugs) can't accept the journal in another format e.g. bulk downloading individual observations from the Observations page. They will need to include a cover page in the export (this option is included by default). Start by logging into Tapestry using the web browser version through our login page, https://tapestryjournal.com/. If you have any difficulties logging in, please contact your child's setting and they will be able to help you. Once you are logged in, click on your name in the top right of the screen (1) and select 'Your Downloads’ from the drop-down list (2). On the Downloads page you should see all downloads you have available. Click the ‘Download’ (1) button to download your PDF copy of the journal or ZIP file of the media. A reminder that you will have 90 days from when the journal or ZIP file was exported to download it, so do make sure to do this in time. To order a printed copy of the journal, click 'Order a printed book' (2). Please note, it is only possible to purchase printed copies of journals when they are between 46 and 1596 pages long. If this is not the case for your child's journal, please contact the setting. Next, you will be taken to the page where you will be able to order the book. We recommend you read the information on this page before proceeding. You must first select both tick boxes (1) before you are able to click on 'Order Printed Book' (2). Once you have selected this, you will get taken to the Group Hugs website where you are able to purchase the book. We have more good news! If your child/ren have already left their setting and you have a copy of the PDF saved, then you will be able to upload this on the Group Hugs website and order it as a printed book. If you need any support with your order, please get in touch with settings@grouphugs.co.uk. Back to the main tutorial page
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