Be Ready at REDSchools are back and facing communication challenges as students and staff begin to test positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19....
When COVID strikes your school: communication and management strategiesVaughan Couillault, Principal of Papatoetoe High School, shares his experience of navigating an outbreak of COVID that directly impacts a...
Winter means weather closures. How will you get your message out?Question: with winter fast approaching and extreme weather seemingly the norm these days, how are you going to contact your school...
Five benefits of an Early Notification (EN) Attendence Management System over a school messaging appWhat is ‘Early Notification’? An Early Notification (EN) system is much more than a school messaging app. EN is the use of text and/or...
Your school noticeboard could be critical in an emergencyOld school and new school both have a role to play in emergency communications When the Christchurch earthquakes struck, Amy Carter was...
Preparedness Makes All The DifferenceThe first in a series of thought leader pieces on communicating during and after an emergency. What can the education sector learn from...
Thinking about your communications?Here are five questions for your senior leadership team to help you evaluate the effectiveness of your communication strategy in the...
Communicating through the COVID-19 responseSchools and early childhood centres talk about how they utilised School-links Emergency Alerts during the COVID-19 lockdown We spoke to a...
edge school: ‘we’ve got this’ during police lockdownSchool-links Emergency Alerts keep community informed Cambridge Middle School went into lockdown at approximately 2.45pm, just prior to...
In a school lockdown, fast, easy-to-use and reliable communications are essentialSchools are where children go to learn. That’s their primary function, but the logistics involved with so many people in one location –...
4 emergency communication must-haves for early childhood centresCyclone season is upon us and singing “rain, rain go away, come again another day…” isn’t likely to stop it. Disruptive weather, natural...
Is your school emergency messaging strategy prehistoric?The Jurassic Park movie would have ended a lot differently if the park coordinators had come up with a more robust emergency plan in the...
The calm during the storm: how communication tools can minimise disruption to your school communityMost of New Zealand has been battered by storms over the last few weeks, from ice and snow closing roads to rain causing flooding, slips...
How to use the School-links Emergency Alerts App – AndroidThe School-links Emergency Alerts App allows schools to quickly and easily contact parents, caregivers, students and staff in an...
How to use the School-links Emergency Alerts App – iPhone/iPadThe School-links Emergency Alerts App allows schools to quickly and easily contact parents, caregivers, students and staff in an...
How to download the School-links Emergency Alerts App for AppleHow to download the School-links Emergency Alerts App – Apple from Andrew Balfour on Vimeo. This short video created by School-links...
How to download the School-links Emergency Alerts App for AndroidThis short video created by School-links demonstrates how to download the Emergency Alerts app to your Android phone or tablet. Note: to...
School-links at MUSAC ConferenceMUSAC is a key provider of software-as-a-service solutions to the education sector in New Zealand. As a Ministry of Education accredited...
Lytton High School’s power to communicate during power outagesIn December 2016 Gisborne lost power for two days after a plane crashed into major power lines for the town. 40,000 people were left...
How Newlands School ‘stomped’ on the rumours during Wellington’s wild weekIt is not uncommon for New Zealand schools to occasionally have to deal with the repercussions of a flood or earthquake, but in November...