Last week I was challenged to design an easier-to-produce method for my deputy head to produce the weekly staff bulletin, to replace the paper version (created in Word) which we've used for many years now.
After asking on Twitter and doing a bit of investigating myself, I eventually opted to suggest Google Sites as a suitable alternative since it's: free, easy to design and allows for seamless embedding of Google Calendars (which we use to share: public events, staff development dates, assembly themes and much more) and linking of Google Forms (which we use for collecting feedback from lots of things within school). With these already inserted, all that now needs to be updated each week are the bullet points for news and reminders - everything else can mostly just be kept the same or updates automatically. It's emailed out to all staff so no printing is required and the fact that it contains lots of web links means that staff can now know exactly where to find them when needed.
Since our staff bulletin obviously contains private information, I've tried my best to share a screenshot of it below that shows the general layout of and design as much as possible. Please let me know if you find it useful - email me ([email protected]) or my deputy head ([email protected]) for more details if you're interested in replicating a similar system in your school.
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