Edulink and Two Merit Awards for Joshua

So Joshua has been back at senior school for a week now and seems to have settled in really, really well. He has made new friends and even has a new girlfriend from different form in Year 7. We haven’t met her yet but apparently he has arranged to go around hers after school this Friday. I have had a little chat with him and told him it is fantastic that he is making new friends and has a girlfriend, but I have also warned him that if there are any signs that his new found love interferes with his school work then we will have problems. So far we have no problems with his school work as he has been awarded to Merit Awards in his first week which is just fantastic.

Joshua decided not to try out for the football team last night which I was a little disappointed with. His confidence in football is just shot and I think he felt he had no chance of making the team and subsequently didn’t bother going. On the flip side though he seems very keen to try out for the school rugby team this Thursday and arguably rugby should be much better suited to him than football.

One thing that has changed a lot with secondary schools is the way you can manage your child’s schooling from a simple App on your phone. The school uses an App called Edulink which shows us everything from his attendance, his timetable, his homework, merit awards, dietary requirements, exams and pretty much anything else school related. It’s a really good App to have everything in one place and to understand his timetable and what homework he has got to get done. My how things have changed since I was at school when we didn’t even have mobile phones – let alone smart phones.

Edulink App seems pretty comprehensive for tracking Joshua's secondary schooling. 

We can see all his homework and whether he has done it or not.

We can check on his attendance records for each subject.

And also see his daily timetable so we know what subjects he has and where he is.