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    Awards and Activities in the Juniper Education App

    The Awards and Activities module is part of the Juniper Education App, helping schools celebrate achievements, recognise positive behaviour, and share meaningful moments from the classroom, giving families a clearer view of learning as it happens, strengthening engagement and supporting positive pupil outcomes.

     

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    What is the Awards and Activities Module?

    The Awards and Activities module helps schools record and share pupil achievements and participation in a clear, consistent way. It supports positive engagement with families while giving staff simple tools to recognise progress, effort and involvement across school life.

     

    Strengthening parental engagement through recognition and enrichment:

    • Build stronger home–school relationships
      Giving parents visibility of achievements helps build confidence in supporting learning and wellbeing at home.

    • Celebrate achievements as they happen
      Record badges and points to recognise effort, progress and positive behaviour in real time.

    • Share meaningful moments with families
      Keep parents informed and involved through updates that highlight pupil success and participation

    • Encourage parent engagement
      Parents can interact with badges and points awarded to their child in a controlled and manageable way. 

    • Support pupil motivation and wellbeing
      Recognition helps pupils feel valued for their contribution, attitude and achievements across school life.

    • Maintain clear oversight for staff
      Approval workflows help ensure communications remain consistent and appropriate.

    Share moment with families

    Designed to celebrate success beyond the classroom

    Moments

    Share meaningful moments from across the school day, helping families see more of their child’s experiences beyond formal learning.

    • Capture everyday moments that reflect school life beyond the curriculum
    • Award badges and points to recognise pastoral and academic achievements
    • Highlight positive behaviour and personal milestones as pupils develop and grow
    • Showcase awe and wonder from the classroom and wider school experiences

     

     

    Oversight

    Maintain oversight of communications with tools that support consistency, visibility and informed follow-up where needed.

    • Approval workflows help ensure content is appropriate before being shared
    • Staff retain control over what is communicated with families
    • Engagement insights highlight which families may be least engaged

     

    The Juniper Education App

    Keep families informed with clear, timely communication delivered directly through the app.

    • Send secure one-way App messaging to individual parents, groups, or the whole school
    • Provide visibility of pupil attendance to support transparency
    • Reduce reliance on SMS to help manage communication costs more sustainably
    • Strengthen engagement through consistent, accessible messaging


     

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    "Positive pupil engagement, including having a sense of belonging at school, has clear positive relationships with attainment and school attendance. "
    -      Every Child Achieving and Thriving, Schools White Paper, February 2026

    Explore the other modules available with the Juniper Education App

     The Juniper Education App brings key areas of school life together in one place, helping staff save time while keeping families informed, engaged and connected. 
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    Communicate

    (available with Juniper Websites) 

     The Communicate Module connects your school website with the Juniper Education App, helping you share news, updates and important information with families quickly, consistently and in one place. 
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    Observations

    (available with Sonar Tracker) 

    Capture and share learning moments as they happen. The Observations Module supports early years settings by allowing staff to securely record and share observations with families, helping parents stay connected to their child’s development.

    Your Awards and Activities questions answered

    What is the Juniper Education App?

    The Juniper Education App is a mobile app designed for parents.

    It allows schools to share important information directly with families, helping parents stay informed about their child's school experience.

    Parents can also receive messages from the school, view attendance statistics and send absence notifications through the app.

    How do teachers award points and badges and record classroom moments?
    Teachers can access the Comms Hub online or use the Juniper Education App to award pupils directly from their mobile device.
    Do parents need to download the app?

    Yes. You will need to invite parents to join the Juniper Education App. They will need to download the Juniper Education App to receive updates from your school.

    Once logged in, they will be able to view their child's badges, points and activities.

    Parents can also receive messages from the school, view attendance statistics and send absence notifications through the app.

    How are parents invited to the Juniper Education App?

    As part of your onboarding process, we will sync with your MIS to get your pupil and parent contact data. Schools will then be able to invite parents to create an account.  

    Will parents receive notifications?

    Parents will receive notifications for app messages, badges, points and observation, if they have notifications for the app enabled on their device. 

    What if parents do not want to use the app?

    Parents won't be able to receive in-app messages, but they can still receive emails and SMS messages from the Comms Hub

    The Awards and Activities module simply provides an additional way for families to stay informed.

    Help families celebrate more positive moments

    • Send targeted messages to individuals, groups or the whole school through secure one-way app messaging 
    • Award badges and points to recognise pastoral and academic achievements
    • Share positive moments from the classroom and wider school life
    • Highlight pupil milestones, effort and contribution
    • Keep families informed about successes as they happen
    • Support stronger engagement through regular recognition and encouragement