A guide for parents and children…

Seesaw is the main communication app that we use at Benarty Primary School and Nursery.
Your child’s teacher can send you photographs, videos, notes and links to websites, and can upload documents. This can be to show you the work your child has done or to set work and share important information.

There are two different ways to access Seesaw both as a parent and as a child, either using a laptop/ desktop computer, or through a phone or tablet by downloading the app.

Your child’s teacher will have set up a class account with your child’s name. You will have received a seesaw invitation which will have had a code or a QR code for you to access. The invitation will have directed you to access Seesaw through laptop/ desktop, or by downloading the Seesaw family app.

Laptop/ desktop access – You will go on to the Seesaw website and there will be three choices. You are directed to click on the third choice which is family member. Here your computer will ask to access the camera so that you can scan the QR code. After that, your child’s class teacher will approve your access and you will be able to view your child’s journal and the messages sent to your inbox
by the class teacher.

Phone/ tablet – Parents will need to download the seesaw app ‘Seesaw family’, you will be asked to scan the QR code and enter an email address and password

Parents can access the inbox. This is where your child’s teacher can send messages that can only be viewed by parents, and not the children. If you reply to the inbox message, only the parent and the teacher will see that message. This is the best way for parents to communicate with the teacher, rather than
adding comments to the journal to communicate. Parents can upload photos and videos to the inbox, but teachers cannot then add these to the pupil journal.