It’s good to see so many parents registered for SIMS Parent, we’ve had some great feedback. This service provides information through either a webpage or on a phone via an app. Students are also being signed up and we’re beginning to use the homework function across most year groups. When teachers set homework, the app will display content and due date in both the student and parent versions. At the moment, if resources such as worksheets are necessary to complete the work, these are accessed by the student through ‘Ruler’ which is a part of our School Intranet system. In response to requests, we’ll soon be adding functionality to enable attachments to be embedded straight into the homework so that parents can see them too.
What can our Parent app do?
- Two-way communication – we can communicate with parents and students through the app via text and email.
- Encourage student learning – we can share achievements, behaviour reports, attendance and reports.
- Keep on top of homework –set homework, and soon be able to attach supporting documents and collect submissions from students in the app.
- School diary – make sure students are on time to lessons and extra-curricular activities with their school diary available at their fingertips.
- Accurate data collection – comply with GDPR requirements and encourage parents to keep the information about their children up to date.
During the year we’ll also be adding extracurricular activities like after school clubs and fixtures and for our Year 8 students, the opportunity to manage their options choices online. As we look to move to systems that improve communication with you, there are inevitably some things we need to address but we’re excited about the opportunities going forward.
