Recent updates - November 2024
We've been working on our prize draws functionality, with a new draw type and lots of user experience improvements throughout. We've also added several smaller updates including improvements to our graphs and charts.
November 2024
- 4 minute read
Recent updates - September 2024
It's the back-to-school season in the Northern Hemisphere and the team has been working hard on some brand new functionality to help schools boost well-being and build positive relationships with students.
September 2024
- 4 minute read
Recent updates - April 2024
It's been a few months since our last update and we've been working on a number of exciting updates, including improvements to our report an incident or concern feature, as part of this year's student wellbeing focus. Read all about them in the latest updates blog.
April 2024
- 4 minute read
Effective Behaviour Management
What is effective behaviour management and what impact can it have in your school? Join Ben Dunford as he discusses some strategies you can use to improve behaviour in your classroom.
January 2024
- 5 minute read
Recent updates - November 2023
This month we launched our new student details page and completed our AWS migration. Read about these and several other updates in this month's updates blog.
November 2023
- 3 minute read
Recent updates - October 2023
Read about the latest updates to the epraise platform, including big changes to our supporting technologies, our planned migration to AWS and several smaller incremental improvements.
October 2023
- 3 minute read
Firefly Learning joins Veracross
We are delighted to announce that Firefly Learning has joined the Veracross family. As you may know, Veracross is a leading provider of cloud-based School Information Systems (SIS/ MIS) designed to meet the unique needs of independent schools. Veracross is headquartered in Wakefield, Massa...
February 2023
- 7 minute read
The rise of parental engagement
When I first started teaching, parental engagement consisted of yearly reports, yearly parents' evenings and a phone call home to the same few parents every other week. Parents had no access to live student data and had no way to communicate directly with teachers other than picking up the...
April 2022
- 3 minute read
Introducing Firefly on Teams - A new generation of tools for Microsoft schools
With many schools using Microsoft Teams with their students, we are delighted to announce the release of Firefly on Teams, our first joint venture since joining forces with the Firefly Learning team…
May 2021
- 7 minute read
Epraise joins Firefly Learning
We are delighted to announce the exciting news that Firefly and Epraise are now part of the same family. By working together, we believe that our shared desire to improve the education experience for students, teachers and parents can be accelerated…
March 2021
- 7 minute read
Return to school: How epraise can help part 2
Over the last year schools around the world have had to adapt quickly to the ever-changing situation presented by the spread of coronavirus. They have had to rapidly adopt systems to help support their school communities under unprecedented circumstances. With the return to school in the U...
March 2021
- 4 minute read
Return to school: How epraise can help part 1
After many months of working and learning from home, schools in the UK will be returning for all students from the 8th March. There will be all kinds of emotions felt around this time, excitement to catchup with friends again, anxiety about missed learning and some apprehension about retur...
March 2021
- 3 minute read
Remote parents' evenings
Parent's evenings are an important part of the school calendar; one of the few chances a parent and a teacher have to sit down and discuss how things are going. But what do you do during the global COVID-19 pandemic, when parents aren't allowed into a school? We have a few ideas…
November 2020
- 3 minute read
Rewards systems: Running a shop
Students work exceptionally hard, they hand in their homework on time, they’re well-mannered, timely to class, and in turn (in most cases) receive recognition whether that’s through acknowledgement by a statement of praise or through a system of rewarding like points or stars added to a ch...
June 2020
- 4 minute read
Lockdown: Around the world
Coronavirus has had an unprecedented effect on our educational system here in the UK, from people calling out for online resources to systems relying on parents to tutor their children. At epraise we don't just work with schools in the UK, which got us wondering what schools in other parts...
June 2020
- 5 minute read
Lockdown: An edtech perspective
It's now two months since the UK's Covid-19 'lockdown' began and although the end is nowhere in sight and we're not expecting schools to fully open any time soon, we thought it would be interesting to look back at how these circumstances have affected epraise and what actions we've taken t...
May 2020
- 5 minute read
What is the impact of praise and recognition on children?
With the need for more positive reinforcement while children adapt to a new remote learning routine, we explored the key educational studies to understand the impact that recognising achievements has on young learners, including the ‘do’s and dont’s’ of praise for schools to be aware of…
May 2020
- 4 minute read
Coronavirus: Covid-19 and school closures
Coronavirus has had an unprecedented effect on our educational system here in the UK, from people calling out for online resources to systems relying on parents to tutor their children. At epraise we don’t just work with schools in the UK, which got us wondering what schools in other parts...
April 2020
- 3 minute read