"We are a community-based childcare service offering sessional preschool in the mornings and school-aged childcare during the afternoons. We introduced Little Vista into the preschool, just before the first Covid lockdown. Consequently, we didn’t make full use of it at first. However, as lockdown eased and preparations began to reopen, Little Vista proved a useful means of communicating with parents. Since then the Little Vista App has been fully utilised throughout our 4 classrooms, with tablets in each room and 2 PC’s in the office. Staff use the App to note arrival and departure times, send messages to parents, record observations and update learning journals. During covid, the staff made use of the facility to record the child’s temperatures. Staff have really appreciated the facility to share photos and learning journals instantly with parents, and this has maintained and nurtured our good partnership with parents. The Manager and Admin assistant are able to see room attendance at a glance, and send messages to groups; parents within a specific room or all parents, depending on necessity. Attendance records can be printed for official compliance. Little Vista is particularly useful for new registrations and children can be archived if taking a long absence (eg. for health reasons) Parents install the Little Vista App on their mobiles and can send messages to staff as well as receive regular updates. Many parents have expressed their gratitude to us for using the Little Vista App to keep them informed and allay their fears of their child settling in well. Both parents can be registered, provided they have separate mobile numbers and email addresses. There is an extensive help and support feature, offering training videos and clear explanations. The support team is available for an online chat; they are very experienced and also patient if you are struggling with any aspect of the App."
“We have used Little Vista in our services for several years. With 5 locations in North Dublin, it has helped massively reduce paperwork and effectively manage occupancy planning and improve parent communications. The user-friendly system enables us to record all relevant daily information for each child, and the app provides parents with a snapshot of their child’s day. We have found it to be an excellent tool and can’t recommend it enough.“