PURPLE POST May 2021
A warm welcome to the May edition of Purple Post
We hope you have all had a wonderful, warm bank holiday weekend; and enjoyed being allowed to sit in restaurants again!
In this month's Purple Post.... the Software Development team give us an update on what they've been working on, the People Team have some feedback from the recent mental health webinar, and the recent Ofsted webinar that we held is really insightful - do watch it when you get a moment!
An update from the Software Development team:
Here is a short summary of the projects that we have been working on over the past couple of months:
- Engagement and consultation with Footsteps customers about the impact of EYFS changes on our system.
- We ran a Q&A session with customers last week with some very positive feedback and findings
- We have been working on Project Titan, initiated by Allan, running studies around software development, delivery and commercialization - we have focused on existing customers in our first study.
- We worked on small enhancements in Dayshare and maintainance fixes on Footsteps, Abacus , Parent Portal, Dayshare and Back Office
- We have welcomed back Paul Morris-Hill this week
Message from the People Team
Hello all,
Thank you to all who were able to attend the webinar with Aviva and the Mental Health Team, we hope that you found it informative and helpful!
We will send out the link to the webinar and resources from the presentation shortly.
The session prompted some great questions and so we prepared FAQ’s which you will find listed below:
Ask Ofsted webinar
We hosted a Q&A Session with Ofsted on the 14th May. We invited early years professionals to send in their burning questions and they did - we had over 500 sign ups - our best yet!
Special guests Wendy Ratcliff HMI and Phil Minns HMI answered the hot topic questions we had been receiving from the industry throughout the month. You can watch it here...
Please don’t forget to use the staff intranet – it’s packed with resources to help us, our learners and our settings
A reminder that all Parenta resources to help ourselves, our learners and settings can be found here on our intranet, all in one handy place.
We publish additional industry expert advice, news articles and crafts in our free magazine and on our blog.
We publish additional industry expert advice, news articles and crafts in our free magazine and on our blog.
Here are this month’s How to Guides and new additions to the staff intranet:
Functional Skills Exams passed and exams still to be taken - Email templates - next steps for learners
- FUNCTIONAL SKILLS EXAMS - Comms to learners doing LEVEL ONE FS EXAMS
- FUNCTIONAL SKILLS EXAMS - Comms to learners doing LEVEL TWO FS EXAMS
- FUNCTIONAL SKILLS EXAMS - Comms to learners doing LEVEL ONE FS EXAMS – exam failed
- FUNCTIONAL SKILLS EXAMS - Comms to learners doing LEVEL TWO FS EXAMS – exam failed
Spotlight on… Emily Bridger
This month, we caught up with Emily who was the Kudos winner for April!
Congratulations to Rosie Presland on her recent promotion to Customer Experience Team Leader!
Entice new customers with the power of testimonials!
We have received some amazing testimonials. The positive endorsements that we receive from our existing customers are not only a great way for giving praise to the individuals or teams concerned, but are used as a valuable marketing tool to attract new customers!
Please ensure that after every positive interaction you have with a customer you ask them if they would be willing to send in a short testimonial and then follow up with the usual link https://www.parenta.com/testimonial/
Keep those high fives coming!
Thanks to all those who have been giving kudos throughout the month – please keep it going, it’s important now more than ever to give each other a deserved ‘pat on the back’. We have a winner for May – Functional Skills Tutor Susan Russell – congratulations!
Don't forget you can start voting for our June employee of the month already. Keep that Kudos coming and please give recognition for all the hard work our colleagues are doing.
Welcome to:
- Katrina Smith
- Pauline Williams
Goodbye to:
- Jeanette Arnold
Did you know?
The Big Lunch is on the 5th - 6th June!
The event is run by the Eden Project and is the biggest annual event focused on bringing the local community together and socialising with neighbours.
This year it will be a bit different for obvious reasons, but there are plenty of ways in which you can get involved and reconnect with your neighbours. Even if it is just a few neighbours sat in their front gardens together or having a big street party, the warm weather predicted will give you even more opportunities to socialise outside.
To get involved see the information pack here.
Parenta Magazine
Our free monthly magazine is packed with news articles and advice pieces - all of which are written to help nursery managers with the efficient running of their settings and to promote the health, happiness and well-being of the children in their care. Please do read it and send the magazine link
to your contacts.
Welcome to the May issue of Purple Post!
Welcome to the April issue of Purple Post!
Welcome to the March issue of Purple Post!