Sports days when little Johnnie has forgotten his PE kit, teacher training days when school is closed to pupils and evening concerts where pupils have to return to school after 3.30pm – with so much going on in many schools and students encouraged to participate in lots of different groups, it is little wonder that parents sometimes struggle to keep up with their children’s busy diaries. Footprint’s new Tweet Dispenser could be the answer to teachers’ prayers!

Tweet Dispenser enables nurseries, schools and colleges to use social media to communicate with parents in an efficient manner, with activities in the calendar sent as social media messages – via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or RSS Feed – directly into news feeds that parents check every day.

“Parents are often inundated with letters from schools, clubs and societies with dates for the diary, but as a music teacher, I know how often those letters get lost or misplaced and you end up with pupils turning up for concerts in the...