As per the email I sent last week, we will be holding P1-7 Parent/Teaching meetings by video call in November. The text of the email is available here: November Parent-Teacher Meetings (P1-7) | Wormit Primary School (glowscotland.org.uk). Please read this email and the information below in full so that you know what to expect.
Please make your appointment by the end of the day on Wednesday 3rd November – this will give the teachers time to prepare for the interviews. We can’t guarantee you will get an appointment if you don’t book before then but we do want to support every family to be able to speak to their child’s teacher so please do contact me at lucy.jess@fife.gov.uk if you need help or an alternative arrangement.
Parents Evening Booking System (PEBS) is now ready for you to sign up for your child’s appointment. To make your appointments please login at: https://parents-booking.co.uk/wormit
To login you will need to enter:
- Your first name and surname
- Your child’s first name, surname and date of birth
The login details you enter must match those we have on record for you.
After you have made your appointments you can choose to print or e-mail a confirmation but you don’t receive an email with a link for the meeting as you would for Teams or Zoom. On the day of your appointments, you need to re-login at the website address above. We recommend you do this 15 before your first appointment. 10 minutes before your first meeting you will be able to join the video meeting room, where you can wait for your appointment(s). Please note that the meeting will start and finish automatically as scheduled – the teacher has no control over this. You will only get your full 10 minutes if you join the meeting room before the start time. If you join the meeting late, it will still end as scheduled. We will reschedule a meeting if it is cut short due to delays at our end or if the parent has called us in advance to say they are experiencing difficulties. We won’t reschedule a meeting if it is cut short due to the parent joining it late (this is to protect teacher workload) so please get set up in good time for the meeting.
A more detailed guide is available here: Parents-Evening-Booking-System-Guidance
Internet Browser Compatibility:
You must use one of the below devices and internet browser combinations for the video meeting technology to work:
- Apple iPhone/iPad (iOS 11+): Safari
- Android phone/tablet: Chrome or Firefox
- Linux computer: Chrome or Firefox
- Microsoft Surface: Chrome or Firefox
- Mac computer: Safari, Chrome or Firefox
- Windows computer: Chrome, Firefox or Edge (Chromium)
Troubleshooting Tips
- Please log into the system 15 mins before your first appointment. If, at 10 minutes before, you are experiencing difficulties – either you can’t get logged in or the join button has not appeared, please contact the school office BY PHONE on 01334 659445. Please don’t delay calling us if you need help – this will help us get the meeting running on time or let us know we need to help by rescheduling it.
- If you have more than one child in the school please ensure you enter the log-in details for the correct child at the time of their appointment.
- In rare instances school computers may lose connection and affect your meeting time – if this happens we will contact you to let you know and arrange an alternative appointment.
- When logging on please avoid Apple products if possible as, in our experience, it appears there may be a compatibility issue even though it is listed as a compatible device.
- You can only log in from one device and so parents have to be together to both be on the call. We ask that wherever possible, parents either take the call together or one feedback to the other.
- Please contact lucy.jess@fife.gov.uk by the end of the day on 3rd November if you don’t think your device will work to support a PEBS video call – we can set up a meeting by telephone instead if this is the case.
