Getting on top of communicating with schools
Great podcasts for parents and carers
Thu 16 February 2017
11 mins
Starting school means learning how to be on top of all your child’s activities, sports days, library days and other school correspondence. These days, this can happen through the old fashioned note-in-the-bag, or perhaps email, even an app.
Kate Highfield, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at Swinburne University gives us some advice on how to manage all the information coming your way.
She suggests:
Personal apps/ online tools
- My Mob on iTunes and Google Play
- Wunderlist
- Google list
School apps
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