Year 1 - Year 6 Parents' Consultations Day - 25 November 2022
http://alder.schoolappointments.com
As you will be aware from our Diary Dates, our Parents’ Consultation Day will take place on Friday 25 November. As the online system proved both more popular and more convenient for so many parents, especially helping with childcare, we will again, on this occasion hold the consultations via teams. At the moment our plan is for for the Spring Term Parents’ Consultations to be held in school giving the best of both worlds!
These will be for all classes from Year 1 – Year 6 with scheduled sessions running during the day, so please select a timeslot which will be convenient for you.
Nursery and Reception children have their Stay and Play sessions, and letters have already gone out with the details for these.
We will be using the online appointments booking system again this year. You will have a window for booking appointments and after that the system will be closed, so appointments have to be made during the specified time when the system is open.
Attached to this letter are step-by-step instructions on how to use the on-line booking system. This will give you complete control of booking your own appointments.
Please also double check your personal information is correct, email address, phone number etc. via Profile - view account profile - edit profile.
Each appointment is for the duration of 10 minutes per child. Please only book one 10 minute appointment per child.
If you have more than one child in the School, you will be able to book separate appointments. If you are making more than one appointment, please allow at least a 10 minute gap between them.
Please ensure that when you are booking that you select your child/children’s teacher and the schedule appointment that you would like to book.
You will have to go into each child separately to book your appointments with the specific teacher. Don’t worry - the system will not allow you to double book appointments that are at the same time.
Where children are taught by a different teacher for a subject, e.g. in Year 6 for Maths, the class teacher will provide all information and feedback, so please only make your appointment with your child’s class teacher.
When you book your appointments, please ensure you provide an email address, which will enable a confirmation email to be sent to you.
If you do not receive the confirmation email by 9.30am on Friday 18 November, please contact Mrs Barwell, by 2pm Monday 21 November, to ensure that your appointment has been booked on the system.
The class teacher will send you an invite to your child’s email address, as these are already set up on teams, would you please accept the invitation as soon as you receive the email. On your scheduled date and time, you will need to open teams and join your meeting. You may be waiting in a ‘lobby’ until the teacher asks you to join the meeting.
Please note, as all the time slots are scheduled through teams it is important that you give yourself plenty of time to join the meeting, as the meeting will start on time and will finish after 10 minutes.
We have previously had occasions where parents have not attended the appointment as they have forgotten or been out shopping! Staff have been prepared and waiting to talk with parents and then the consultation either does not take place or has to be redone. Unless there are exceptional unforeseen circumstances, we will not reschedule appointments if parents do not attend the slot that they themselves have chosen.
If you are unable to hold your meeting via teams then you must still book the appointment slot online by 4pm on Thursday 17 November, but you need to email admin@alder.dudley.sch.uk by this time, to ask Mrs Barwell to arrange for your appointment to be via telephone.
The online booking system will be available for appointments to be booked from Thursday 9am on 3 November until Thursday 17 November at 4pm.
After this date you will not be able to book an appointment, as the system will be closed.
If you experience any problems trying to arrange an appointment, please contact Mrs Barwell in the office, before the deadline of 4pm 17 November.
School Appointments – Instructions
Friday 25 November 2022
For classes: 1A, 1C, 2A, 2C, 3A, 3C, 4A, 4C, 5A, 5C, 6A, 6C
You will then come to the Welcome Screen with four tabs across the right hand side.
LOGIN HELP FORGOT PASSWORD REGISTER
If this is the first time you have used the system you will need to ‘Register a new Account’ by clicking the "REGISTER" menu tab and filling in the on-line form. Choose a user id (usually an email address) and password for yourself and then click the "Register Now" button. (Please do not share your ID or password).
Add your children into the system by clicking the "Add a Student" button. Click "Insert New" button to add more children.
Or: Log in as a previous user
Please input your email address and password.
If you have forgotten your password, please click on the “forgot password” tab and an email will be sent to you with your password details.
As a housekeeping measure, if you have any older children still on the system who no longer attend Alder Coppice, please can we ask that you delete them from the system.
When you arrive at the login page, you are now ready to book your appointments. Please click “Manage Students” and then follow the instructions on how to book your appointment as below:
(Please do not select multiple staff, if you have more than one child in the School, please book each appointment separately, per child, per teacher. Please allow at least 10 minutes between your appointments).
Click on one available time slot to book your appointment, you will then have a green box immediately pop up on your screen which will confirm to you that your appointment has been booked. Click on “Manage Students” this will then take you back to your home page, which will show you your appointments. (Please check this is correct).
There is an option to print your appointment times out.
You will receive an email confirmation after the on-line booking system has closed. (Please ensure you provide a current email address so a confirmation can be sent to you).
If you do not receive an email by 9.30am Friday 18 November, please contact Mrs Barwell by 2pm Monday 21 November to ensure your appointment has been booked on the system.
Quick Reference Summary:
Year 1 – Year 6 Parents’ Consultation
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