cm club: quick pole re; online packages.....

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Picking up on what I read on another thread I was wondering if those of you could please let me know which package you use, the cost and the benefits of the package you use. Also, if you changed packages for any reason. To make it easy for me to read could you format it like this,

Name of package

Cost of package

Benefits

Many Thanks

Am watching this with interest. Fancy trying babydays I think.

Have been wondering if these online packages are as good as their advertising, so I'm watching too. I'm currently using excel.

Love love love babydays
Babydays has changed my life

I have a log in and am able to make log ins for each parent so they can see only their childs progress and photos (also extended family ie grandparents etc can have a log in)
It cost £10 per month or £100 for a year
I has helped cut down on paperwork and made it feel more manable

You can add as many photos as you want per day

You can use their attendence reg

Use their planning

Use their IEP's

Use their book keeping

The best thing to do is to sign up to their free trail

It will prob take a bit to get used to it (like online supermarket shopping) but id say a few weeks in you will whizz by

Name of package - Noble Minder

Cost of package - £9.95 a month but

Pay for 6 months membership and receive a 15% reduction, normally £59.70 you will pay £50.74

Pay for 12 months membership and receive 20% reduction, normally £119.40 you will pay £95.52

Benefits - Good for planning hours/hours worked.

Easy to keep track of income and expenses and working out year end figures for hmrc

Diarys are linked to observations so no need to type out twice. With photos. These can be emailed to parents as they have chosen to do it this way so that you are not reliant upon on parents who don?t regularly sign in to check their child?s diaries.

Confidential using an icon for the child.

Policy writer. Permissions and Can print them by using one button.

you can use your Noble Minder account on ipad, iphone, smartphone or android phone and upload photos from them.

Thats for starters. Just look at the package online before commiting to any of them. See what suits you and do the free trial.

Any of them have their good and not so good points. Anything that makes our job easier/more fun, Is worth getting.