Tapestry Newsletter June 2022

by Jack on June 30

New Feature – Booking

We have another exciting announcement this month; The first release of our Management System has gone live!

Release 1, available to you all right now, focuses on booking and printable registers. Future releases will include further occupancy planning, billing and invoicing, and digital registers.

Read more about our Booking feature and if you want to get started right away, head over to our Booking tutorials.

Bespoke Frameworks

Just in case you missed our announcement last month, Bespoke Frameworks went live on Tapestry!

Bespoke Frameworks allows you to add your own frameworks to Tapestry and use them within Observations. The Feature page will tell you more about it, and if you want to get started using Bespoke Frameworks, our tutorials will help you with that. This video also gives you a quick introduction to what this feature looks like and how it works.

A Beginner’s Guide to Anti-Racism

If you are looking for support to start necessary conversations at your setting about Anti-racist practice, A Beginner’s Guide to Anti-racism written by Early Years anti-racist trainer and consultant Liz Pemberton, is a free resource to help you. You can read more about Liz, and download a free copy of the Beginner’s Guide to Anti-Racism on our website.

Tapestry CPD

We have another CPD course available.

Module 2 of ‘The First Year’, written in collaboration with Siren Films and Leyton Sixth Form College, is available now. You can learn how babies develop key physical skills, such as reflex walking movements and rolling over. Start this, and Module 1 – Communication and Connection today.

Becoming an Ocean Superhero!

Tapestry HQ hosted some special guests last month. Representatives from the Marine Conservation Society and the Life Recreation ReMEDIES project put on an event exemplifying, among other things, the importance of sea grass. This quote from their website may be of interest to some of you:

“As partners in the ReMEDIES project, The Ocean Conservation Trust and Marine Conservation Society are working with schools to show children the wonders of the underwater world. Through an outreach programme as well as downloadable lesson plans and virtual content, we aim to bring the amazing seabed habitats into your classroom.”

New Articles

We have a new article on the Tapestry site this month.

Author, Autism & ADHD Specialist, Adaptive Cognitive Behaviour Therapist & Speaker, Suzy Rowland, has written a piece exploring the importance of emotional support and trauma informed approaches and how this impacts children’s behaviour – Little People, BIG Emotions.

EYE Guide to…

In association with Early Years Educator (EYE), Tapestry has created a resource titled Communication and Connection: creating and maintaining effective relationships in the EYFS.

Written by the education team here at Tapestry, the guide is designed to be both reassuring, and a celebration of Early Years settings and educators. Key content includes:

working in partnership with families.
Monitoring children’s learning and development.
Building your curriculum and adapting your provision.
Supporting your team and their professional learning.

The hardcopy guide will be going out in EYE’s July edition, but you can also download the full guide.

In addition, Tapestry Education Team member and content editor, Jules, has written an accompanying blog post, explaining in more detail some of our thinking behind what is written in the guide.

Are Your Details Correct?

This time of year is an excellent time to make sure your invoicing details are up to date. A lot of accounts come up for renewal around September so it’s important to check your invoice is going to be sent to the right person and it includes the right details before it’s generated.

If you are a manager on Tapestry, you can see detailed information about your account by going to Control Panel:

As you can see, this overview page shows your subscription size, expiry date and invoicing address. If any of these things need updating please contact us on customer.service@eyfs.info. Quoting your most recent invoice number in your email will ensure your query can be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Tapestry Survey

Thank you to everyone who completed the Tapestry 2022 survey. The findings are now available on our website. The main messages are:

the value of CPD needs closer attention to ensure educators receive relevant training and that they have the opportunity to follow through within their setting or school.
the majority of respondents feel more confident using technology now than before the pandemic, but understanding the impact of it’s use on teaching and learning is more challenging.
Encouraging children to think and talk about their learning happens in a variety of ways within settings and schools, with two fifths using video to prompt discussions with children.

And congratulations to Tricia Hawkes, who is the winner of the prize draw from the Tapestry survey – and a £50 M&S voucher!

Jack

Product Support Specialist and Education Advisor

Jack started his career in education as a volunteer in a Brighton-based Charity for children with motor disorders. After which he was hired as an assistant conductor. During his time there, he studied at the University of Brighton to qualify as a primary school teacher. After a short stint as a supply teacher, Jack got his first job teaching Year 6. He remained in that role for a few years before moving to Year 4.
Jack joined Tapestry in August 2019 after many hints from his former housemate and now manager, Emily. In his Product Support role, Jack can be found answering customer emails and offering Tapestry advice on the phone. As part of the Education Team, you'll find him writing articles, recording podcasts and offering words of educational wisdom while drinking mugs of coffee.