Eastfield Primary Website
Questionnaire Feedback (Dec ‘12 – Mar ‘13)
Pg.1 – Collated results
Pgs. 2, 3, 4 – Next Steps / Improvements
Collate Results
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-Uploading Newsletters IIIIIII
-Links to educational websites IIIIII
-School information and contacts IIII
-School Policy Information I
-Viewing pupil work IIII
-Bright and Colourful IIIII
-Easy to Navigate IIIIII
-Photos and Videos II
- Nursery page well-layed out II
- Good class information / topics etc IIIIII
- Information on holidays and events II
-Up-to-date information II
-Curriculum links II
-Lots of content II
-Links to Glow
-Class photos online now
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-Noting Key Dates (Dates for Diary)
-Regular School Blog
-News / Headlines link on Home Page
- Cycling Proficiency Page
- Emails made to school not answered
-Making a slideshow for photos to be viewed together
-Used during bad weather for pupil work
-Facility for answering parental questions / queries
-Facility to order uniform online
-Facebook page II
-Parents’ Page
-Lunch Menu
-Transport Guide
-Upcoming Events II
-Achievements Page for School / Pupils
-School Calendar page
-Staff pic page to familiarise with staff
-GIF files
- Parent Council minutes
- Updating Class changes (Gym days)
- Different format instead of Quicktime
- Art section empty
-More pupil work added II
-Reminders of upcoming events online
- More use of the Blogs
-Make parents more aware of Website
Next Steps / Improvements pg 1
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Noting Key Dates (Dates for Diary)
Y
A new page called Dates for
Diary has already been added
to website in the News and
Information section and will be
updated accordingly.
Regular School Blog
Y
School ‘Glow’ Blog has been
deleted and replaced with a
more accessible ‘Weekly Blog’,
located in the News and
Information section. This will
be updated on the Friday of
each week.
News / Headlines link on Home Page
Y
We try to use the headline
rolling message on the Home
Page to pass on upcoming
events etc. This will continue
to be monitored and the
headline changed accordingly.
Important links will also be
added to the Home Page.
Info on Cycling Proficiency Page
?
It is unsure whether the
Cycling proficiency club will
continue due to changes in the
running of the club. The page
has been deleted from the
website at the moment but will
return, with further
information, if the club goes
ahead.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 2
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Emails made to school not answered
Y
Emails were not being
answered as the wrong email
address was on the website.
Our apologies for this error.
The correct address has
been added now and is
located at the bottom of
every page.
enquiries@eastfield.nlanark.sch.uk
This account will be only be
checked on a Friday for
enquiries, therefore please
be patient when waiting for
a reply. Urgent requests
are best made by telephone.
Making a slideshow for photos to be viewed
together
Y
This idea had not occurred
before. It will be too time
consuming to amend the
pages already on the website
but pages with numerous
pictures will be added as a
slideshow in future.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 3
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Used during bad weather for pupil work
Y
Once again a sensible idea.
Teachers will provide
suitable activities and these
will be added to the Pupil
Zone page, during Term 3
2013, to be accessed when
the school is closed.
Facility for answering parental questions / queries
Y
As stated before, the
correct email address is now
on the website and questions
/ enquiries can be made
through this forum.
Facility to order uniform online
N
As far as we are led to
believe, uniform cannot be
ordered directly from the
supplier we use. However,
uniform forms can be
downloaded from the
website (see School
Information section) and
handed into the office. The
school do not make ANY
profit from orders.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 4
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Facebook page II
N
The school do not wish to use a
public social media forum as it
cannot be monitored as
rigorously as the current
website.
Parents’ Page
?
The Parent Council are
currently discussing the
possibilities of creating a
Parent Blog. However,
administration, security and
accessibility issues need to be
addressed first. Further
details will be given once a
decision has been made before
June 2013.
Lunch Menu
Y
Details and menus are already
on the school website in the
School Information section.
This page will continue to be
updated accordingly.
Transport Guide
Y
Information will be searched
via the NLC website and this
will be relayed on a new School
Transport page which will be
added to the School
Information page before June
2013.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 5
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Upcoming Events II
Y
A new page has recently been
added to the website (Dates for
Diary) which is accessible through
the News and Information
section.
Achievements Page for School / Pupils
Y
The website already has an
Achievement Page, celebrating
successes. This can be accessed
through the School Gallery link.
Pictures and details are added to
this, however efforts will be
made to keep this up to date.
School Calendar page
?
We are unsure if it is possible to
add such a feature to the
website. We will ask the NLC
Computer Centre for their advice
in Term 3 2013.
Staff picture page to familiarise with staff
Y
The Nursery staff have already
added their photos to their part
of the website. However, some
school staff were apprehensive of
adding their picture to the
website. A possible compromise
may be to add a Staff Notice
board to the school corridor.
This will be discussed with staff
in Term 3 2013 with a view to
implementing the notice board in
the 2013/14 session.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 6
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
GIF files
N
We are not planning to add
any more GIF (moving files)
to the website. However,
we do not want to spend
time on making this change
when we could dedicate the
change to more profitable
changes.
Parent Council minutes
Y
We are currently trying to
upload the minutes of every
Parent Council meeting. We
will endeavour to keep on
top of this.
Updating Class changes (Gym days)
?
Unfortunately it is up to
the individual class teacher
to either update the class
page themselves or to
notify the teacher
responsible for the website
to make the changes. Once
again, we will try to keep on
top of this.
Different format instead of Quicktime
N
We have chosen to use
Quicktime as the format of
our videos as it is the most
common type used by both
PCs and Apple computers.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 7
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
Art section empty
N
This gallery section was
deleted as it was a lot of
work to continually update.
Instead individual and class
artwork can be uploaded by
the class teacher.
More pupil work added II
?
We try our best to add
pupil work onto the website.
As only 50 mins is
dedicated to the
maintenance of the website
every week, only small
changes can be made. We
will try our very best to
continue to add more pupil
work though.
Reminders of upcoming events online
Y
As stated before, the new
Dates for Diary page will
inform everyone of events
coming up. Closer to each
event we try announce it on
the scroll bar on the Home
Page.
Next Steps / Improvements pg 8
Suggested
Improvements
Can / Will it be
taken forward?
(Y/N)
Next Steps
/ Reasons
More use of the Blogs
?
The use of Blogs as an
interactive tool requires
the user to have a working
Glow account. Each class
has a Blog which the class
teacher can add to if they
wish though and every pupil
should know their Glow login
details.
Make parents more aware of Website
Y
Steps have been taken to
try to direct the school
community to regularly
checking the website.
Presentations have been
made at workshops and the
website address has been
given out on various
newsletters. We hope, in
time, more and more
parent/guardians/pupils will
use the website as their
primary source of
information.