Apparently I am a dinosaur!

Yes, apparently that is so. Parents/guardians can also see an online record of percentage attendances……..are parents saw none of that until the year-end report sent home in a sealed envelope shortly before school broke up in July.

DD says she is inundated by emails from her boys' school. So much information sent or searchable. The school has a whole IT dept running it all.

Yes its amazing, I now order my grandsons school dinners online choosing a week before from the menu

I’ve found that you get overloaded with emails when they’re in primary. Very little communication from school when they’re in secondary! In secondary it’s all about using the apps though. I need to remember to top up dinner money - that’s the thing I forget. Then there’s another app with timetable/house points/ attendance/ reports on. That one annoys me as there’s a big attendance percentage always on display - which is of more importance to school than to parents!

I'm told even emails are old hat these days. There's no hope .

Schools get blamed for poor attendance, which is actually the responsibility of parents.