Parkgate House is an independent prep school with 140 pupils in London. One of the key features of School Life, as far as headteacher Trudie Masterson, is concerned, is the ability to generate ‘digital portfolios’ enabling pupils to demonstrate the wide range of activities and events they are involved with at Parkgate House when they go for interviews for secondary school. Written to a CD and displayed on a laptop, the portfolios will allow children to show a rich display of their own personal experiences and achievements.

There will be the added benefit that portfolios offer each child (and their parents) a personal record of their school days to keep and treasure.

Parkgate House has found the School Life diary very useful. Class teachers and administrators can update and view diaries for each teacher, class and the whole school so everyone knows what is going on and can easily access pictures of events which are linked to the associated diary entry.

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