As parents, the first day of handing over your child to the care of another can be an emotional time. As your child adjusts to experiences without you at Nursery, most parents continue to want to share in these times. Tapestry facilitates this, by enabling a personal journal, or diary, to build over time. Photographs, videos and notes of special moments are recorded and made available to you.  

Use iOS or Android apps to receive new entries in your child’s journal, celebrating their achievements and exciting activities, individually or with their new friends and the staff at school. You can also contribute to this growing journal by commenting on the journal entries, or adding your own. Let your child’s teachers know what your child loves doing at home by sending photos and videos back, helping them understand their development at home.  

Also share these special moments with your child at any time by logging into their Learning Journal, using your own password. In addition to the simple pleasure of seeing your child’s enthusiasm in describing their day, talking together about the pictures and video clips in their journal helps to develop your child’s language skills and build their self-esteem.  

When it is time for your child to leave Nursery, you will be provided with a link to download a copy of their Tapestry learning journal to keep and treasure, as an electronic file or paper copy, as well as enabling you to download and keep the videos that have given you an insight into their first independent experiences. Your child’s Tapestry journal can also be passed onto their primary school for their new teachers to add to, building a wonderful record of their development until the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).  

If you have any questions regarding Tapestry, please don’t hesitate to contact Laura Bratton at l.bratton@robinhood.nottingham.sch.uk.  

Kind Regards,  

The Nursery Team.