Parents' Website Guide

Welcome to Grewelthorpe CE Primary School website
 
Here is a guide for parents to get the most out of our school website.
 

Stay Informed

Visit the school website’s home page and scroll down below the main slide show to view the school diary, calendar and links to latest news, events and articles.
 

Follow what your child is doing
Each class has a mini-website to showcase class work, display homework, outline key areas of the curriculum specific to the year group, list class awards and update class diary items. 
To follow your child’s activities, click on the main menu tab, ‘Classes’, and choose your child’s class.
 

Stay in contact
School may send you emails, SMS text messages and notifications using this web app. 
To make sure you always receive these email messages you can do the following:
Add the email address grewelthorpe.primary.school@schooltray.co.uk to your email as a contact
Check your spam/junk folder.  If you notice an e-mail from school there, mark it as NOT spam/junk. You have to do this just once.
Use the Contact Us link to let us know if you do not receive emails from scho
 
To make sure you can be contacted via SMS text messages, give school your up-to-date phone number.
 


 
Login to the website to do more
Your login details will be emailed to you when you register online or when the school registers you. 
Look out for this email.
 
To login click on the Login link at the top-right corner of the website. This will take you to the login page. Fill in your email, password and click on the Login button.
If you lose your password, please refer to Forgotten Password section just below the Login button. Please use this facility to recover lost passwords rather than contacting school.
 
Upon successful login you will be transferred to your main account page where you will see a note of any outstanding tasks assigned to you, such as school trip approvals, parents’ consultation evening slots booking, form filling, etc. 
 
To change your password, click on the Parents Details link
To report absence, click on the Absence Reporting and Requesting link
To see your children’s details, click on the Students Details link 

 
Access to secure pages and comment on permitted articles
If a page or article is created as “secure”, you need to log in to view it.
Some articles may invite comments from users who have logged in.  If so, this will be found at the bottom of the article. If you make a comment, your name will be displayed automatically under your comment. You can edit or delete the comment anytime.
 
   

 
Report absence or lateness online
Click on the Report Absence or Lateness icon on the home page or from the Quick Links drop down menu. 
If you are logged in, you will be directed to the Report Absence page.  If you are not logged in, you will be directed initially to the log in page.
On the Report Absence page choose the absence type and the student from the list and fill the form and submit. 
You and any other parent who is related to the absent student will receive an email to confirm that an absence has been reported. 
 
Approve & give instructions or decline school trips and other school activities
When school organises a school trip or any other activity that requires parental approval, you will be notified by an email message. 
This email message will have a link at the bottom. When you click on the link you will be transferred to a page on which you can choose to ‘approve’ or ‘decline’ permission.
There is also the option to add special instructions about your child and there may be other information or notifications from the organiser.
Please note that even if you miss or accidentally delete the email, you can still find the approval request and associated information by logging into the website. You will see the tasks assigned to you on your account page.

 
Fill forms online
You may be invited to fill forms online by email. 
Just click the button at the bottom of the email, login if required and fill the form and click the Submit button.

 
Book parents’ consultation evening time slots online
When school organises a parents’ consultation evening you will be notified by email. 
Click on the link, login and select the time slot you prefer for your child/children. You can change your time slot as long as there are slots available.
If you lose or accidentally delete the email you can still book your time slot by logging into the website and clicking on the parents ‘consultation evening task link. 

 


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Grewelthorpe
Ripon, North Yorkshire
HG4 3BH
Great Britain
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