Writing daily diaries
You can use the Daily Diary to record a child’s daily actions – including nappy changes, sleep times, etc – and absences. Parents can also add their own notes to daily diaries.
Creating a daily diary for an individual child on the practitioner app
- Log in as a practitioner to see the list of children you have access to.
- Tap a child’s picture to select them.
- Tap the
Daily Diary icon at the top.
- You will automatically be taken to the current day’s diary. You can change the date by tapping the arrows at the top.
- Fill out the diary.
- Upload media to the diary by tapping Add images in the Media/Observations tab.
- Tap Share with parents if you want the child's parent to be able to see the diary, or tap Save as Draft to share later.
- Tap Publish when the daily diaries are complete for the day.
Creating a daily diary for an individual child on the web version
- Click on
Children in the sidebar.
- Click on a child to bring up their profile.
- Click on Daily Diary.
- You will automatically be taken to the current day’s diary. You can change the date by clicking on the Calendar field, selecting a new day, then clicking View.
- Fill out the diary.
- Upload media to the diary by clicking Upload in the top left.
- Click Share with parents if you want the child’s parent to be able to see the diary, or click Save as Draft to share later.
- Click Publish when the daily diary is complete for the day.
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