Before the pandemic just 9 per cent of settings used recorded video messages, rising to 60 per cent during coronavirus, with 30 per cent saying they plan to continue to use them.
The results are based on a survey by Tapestry, an online learning journal used by early years settings and schools, which asked them about their use of different ways of communicating with parents before, during and after the pandemic.
Responses were received from more than 370 early years practitioners and teachers.
The findings also show that:
There has also been a shift from face to face to online parents’ evenings. Face to face parents’ evenings have fallen from 86 per cent to 47 per cent, while online they have risen from 6 per cent pre-pandemic to 30 per cent of settings who now plan to use them.
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