Bloomz for families

Most schools send an invitation by email or text, or give you a join code or QR code. Any of the three gets you to the same place.

Set this first. Once it is on, posts and messages from the school arrive translated for you, including ones written in English.

Pick push, email, or text, and how often. This is the setting that decides whether Bloomz feels useful or noisy — it is worth a minute.

If a class is missing, the teacher has to add your child — you cannot add yourself to a class.

Each guardian gets their own login. Sharing one account means only one of you gets notifications.

One bar along the bottom changes with where you are. Anything you cannot see there is under More, grouped into four sections. Your own settings are in the left-hand menu.

You can react with an emoji, or comment. Comments are visible to other families in the class; a direct message is not.

A direct message goes only to the people you pick. Teachers see it in their inbox, not in the class feed.

You can subscribe once and have school events appear in the calendar app you already use.

Packets arrive as a checklist. You can stop partway through and come back; nothing is submitted until you sign at the end.

Submitting is final and there is no confirmation step — check the answers before you sign. If you have another child at the school, you can reuse your household and contact details rather than retyping them.

You can pay by card or bank account. If your school passes on the processing fee, it shows as a separate 'service fee' line before you confirm — the amount shown at checkout is an estimate until the payment goes through.

You pick from the times the teacher has opened. If you need an interpreter, say so when you sign up.

The school marks it verified once someone has checked it. Some documents expire and you will be asked again.