If you’re here, it’s probably because you have received a message from your child’s school to let you know that they use the Earwig system to track pupil progress and would like to share some of this information with you.
As part of the process of capturing teaching evidence to monitor performance in the school, teachers notes on how your children are progressing and take lots of photos or videos. When these notes and media are organised into a timeline, they form a valuable record of each child's learning journey and help with moderating standards and reassuring Ofsted.
Earwig for parents and carers
Welcome to Earwig.
The school also recognises the importance of engaging you, the parents, carers and guardians in the education of the children under your care. The more integration there is between learning in school and learning at home, the better the children will do, especially children with special needs.
The Earwig system allows your child’s school to share selected images, video and documents created during the school day with you. You will see these encapsulated in an ‘Earwig record’. Each of these records provides context for the image, video or document. It will usually include commentary from the teacher and other information about how that pupil did on that occasion. These records are presented as a timeline so you can see your child’s progress over the school year.
Alternatively, you can view the images, videos and documents in your own ‘Earwig gallery’ where you can download high resolution copies and even order prints of these if you wish.
Your ‘Welcome to Earwig’ email will contain your login details. These will allow you to access your child’s timeline and gallery online, through any browser or through the Earwig parent app. To activate the app on any handheld device, just go to the App Store and search ‘Earwig Parents'.
You can comment on individual records and discuss these with the teacher in a chatbox. You can also use photos and videos of learning and achievement at home to create your own Earwig records to add further to the information and value of your child’s learning journey.
