On Tuesday 1st December we will be holding Year 10 parents evening. Due to current Covid-linked restrictions, this will be a virtual event with all appointments taking place via video call. We will be using a new electronic system called ‘SchoolCloud’. You may recall that we piloted a different electronic booking system two years ago which did not meet our requirements. However, based on parental feedback at the time, we are hoping that this system will be appropriate. The system has the following features:
- Simple log in using parental and student details.
- Teacher view only includes teachers of your child.
- Ability to schedule all required appointments automatically within a set time.
- Simple confirmation, viewing and printing of appointments.
Parents also commented that it was tricky to keep to time whilst having to move around the school, this issue will be removed as you will meet with each teacher via a video call. You will also avoid the hassle of parking at school on a very busy evening.
Appointments will be set at 5 minutes and will finish when this time has elapsed. This will sit in a time slot of 6 minutes which is designed to allow teachers to quickly prepare for their next appointment. If you feel that you need a longer discussion with either the Head of Year or a subject teacher, this should be arranged by contacting school directly. The 5-minute slot will give enough time for a brief discussion around progress for all subjects. Video calls will automatically end at 6 minutes, this is part of the system and please do not think that the teacher has ended it abruptly if this happens, they have no control over this. Due to the number of appointments that will be required, we can only offer one appointment per subject per student.
Instructions on how to use the system are included on the following links and can also be found in our ‘Schoolzine’ news feed article: ‘Year 10 Parents Evening’.
The system will open for parental bookings on Monday 23rd November at 6pm. It will close on Monday 30th November at 6pm.
PLEASE NOTE – For Science groups 10e/Sc1, 10e/Sc2 and 10f/Sc1 the subject will appear as ‘Biology’ rather than ‘Science’ – this is something we can’t change in the system at the moment. Please book ‘Biology’ if you wish to speak to your child’s teacher regarding any of their Science classes.
Whilst we do not envisage you having any problems making appointments, if you do experience difficulties please contact Mrs Kirkpatrick on the following email. If after reading the guide to video calls you believe this may be problematic, you may also use this email: [email protected]