What kind of things do you post on the nursery's app?

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My 12 month old DD recently started at nursery and I feel like I should be sharing some photos of what we get up to when she's not there, but not sure what. I just wondered what and how much everyone else shares.

Maybe one picture a week of something interesting she’s done, so they can talk to her about it. But tbh I doubt many nurseries have time to check in on this so I wouldn’t put too much effort in, particularly at that age. Preschool age maybe a bit more, I know my DD’s (school) preschool teachers did check in on tapestry and talk to her about things.

Never posted anything. Isn’t it more for them to reassure you how she’s doing?

Literally never except when they asked us to – pictures for the family wall/culture wall/we’re doing sustainability this week please send a picture of you all walking somewhere, that kind of thing

As an EYFS teacher I love seeing what children have been getting up to from their parent's submissions to their learning journals. Some children are chatterboxes but others just won't tell you about their experiences at home and sharing the photos can be a lovely way to encourage conversation, value their experiences and share their interests.

With my own DD her key person said that she was really quiet during her first few months at nursery so I used to upload some videos of her speaking so they could see what she was like in a more familiar environment. I hope this didn't come across too wanky, I just know how hard it can be completing assessments on very quiet and shy children

I shared one pic - I think it was DS playing with his Christmas present from his key worker. Otherwise I don't bother at all.

Reminds me of the time I went in to talk about DD’s learning journey with nursery. I was talking to her about colours and number and she was answering questions and so on, the key worker couldn’t scribble it down fast enough on her record. I was a bit as it seemed such a tick box exercise. But I guess if that’s your thing (I was just after somewhere safe for her 2 days a week
for before the preschool) then sending evidence of your child meeting milestones might help.

I’ve done a few - DS at our nearby beach, at Parkrun (I take him in the running buggy), his birthday, and a trip to see my parents in France including some very cute pictures of him on the plane. I guess it’s when we do something a little bit ‘different’ as an experience.

I'm a nursery nurse, it's lovely to see what the children are getting up to outside of nursery. We link parent observations to the EYFS, so it's helpful to 'tick off' things that perhaps we wouldn't see/ cover at nursery.
Honestly though, only a small handful of parents do it- and we would never think badly of those who don't! It's certainly not compulsory.

Every nursery will be different though so just ask what they expect- it could be that they encourage parents to send things regularly, maybe just special occasions or days out, or they might want you to see if you can capture something in particular.

As a parent I put stuff that they won’t see him doing, like some climbing stuff / using a spoon (doesn’t eat spoon food at nursery), or using new words. Only post occasionally. If its tapestry when they leave you can download it all so that’s also a reason to put some nice pics in, free album.
As a nursery nurse we always go through the pics with the children, it can really spark conversation. One child of mine would barely speak at nursery, and I asked her dad to pls upload a video of her at home, and she was so loud and confident. We then watched it together, and she started speaking up more at nursery, magic.

I’m a baby room leader and I love seeing what the children do at home!
Here are a few examples I’ve seen recently

• walks with family
• helping in the garden
• achievements at home - learning to walk, feeding self etc

You can post Anything really!xx

Thanks for all the replies, all really helpful. It's good to know what use nursery staff get from it too. I've got some ideas of what might be useful to post now.
It felt a bit like posting on social media before