Writing daily diaries

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
  1. Log in as a practitioner to see the list of children you have access to.
  2. Tap a child’s picture to select them.
  3. Tap the  Daily Diary icon at the top.
  4. You will automatically be taken to the current day’s diary. You can change the date by tapping the arrows at the top.
  5. Fill out the diary.
  6. Upload media to the diary by tapping Add images in the Media/Observations tab.
  7. 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.
  8. Tap Publish when the daily diaries are complete for the day.
Creating a daily diary for an individual child on the web version
  1. Click on  Children in the sidebar.
  2. Click on a child to bring up their profile.
  3. Click on Daily Diary.
  4. 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.
  5. Fill out the diary.
  6. Upload media to the diary by clicking Upload in the top left.
  7. 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.
  8. Click Publish when the daily diary is complete for the day.


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