Help & guides

1. Open the setup link your headteacher sent you. It looks like class.discoverbloom.co.uk/join/… and works for everyone at your school.
2. Enter your name, your class name, a class badge (a short version of the class name, up to 4 letters or numbers, like P3) and your email. You can add how many children are in the class too.
3. Tap Get our class code →. Your code appears on screen and is emailed to you.

Print the code page and stick it on the wall. It makes signing in again after a holiday a ten-second job.

On each device, go to class.discoverbloom.co.uk/code and type your class code. Capitals, spaces and hyphens don't matter.

Use the same code on every device in your room. They all share one set of progress, so a tick on the tablet shows on the whiteboard too. Each device remembers the code, so you only type it once.

Anything with a modern web browser: interactive whiteboards, iPads, Android tablets, Chromebooks and laptops. There's nothing to install. Bloom is designed for big screens and tablets held sideways.

No. Children never sign in and never type anything about themselves. The class code is the only key, and it belongs to the class.

Yes. The quick start guide at discoverbloom.co.uk/start has a section for headteachers and one for teachers. The teacher half prints on one side of A4.

1. Monday: open the Today page (tap the Bloom logo) and watch Adventure 1 together.
2. Every day after that: do the Daily Practice with Fox, then the class check-in. Today shows you each step in order.
3. Any time: show the class the SOS games so they know they're there.

You don't need to wait for the rest of the school to start.

From the top:

• Your class name and the class flower pot (for example 625 / 6,000).
• The calendar: today's date, then "This week we're learning to…" with this week's skill.
• Today's three steps, in order: 1 Adventure, 2 Daily Practice, 3 Check in.
• This week and The term: two rows of dots that show how far you've come.
• Check-ins: your own check-in, then the class mood (five Fox faces with counts and a small bar for every school day this term).
• Our school's garden, if more than one class at your school uses Bloom.

They unlock in order, and the step to do next has the dark button.

1. Adventure. Watch it once, usually on Monday. For the rest of the week this step shows Watched ✓.
2. Daily Practice. Opens after the Adventure. Tap 🦊 Play and Fox leads it. Finishing ticks the day.
3. Check in. Opens after the practice. Tap 🦊 Check in, or Not today to skip it.

When all three are done, the calendar turns green and the day's flowers count up. It stays green until tomorrow.

Locked steps say what they're waiting for, like After the Adventure or After the practice.

This week has a dot for each school day, Monday to Friday:

The term has a dot for each week's Adventure: ticked when it's done, ringed for this week, numbered for weeks still to come.

No problem. A day that wasn't ticked shows as a dashed dot, and an amber note appears above the steps. Tap either one, or go to Daily Practice and use "Missed a day? Tap it to tick it" at the bottom of the page.

You can tick any earlier day this week. Days that haven't happened yet can't be ticked.

Just watch the Adventure on the first day you can. The Daily Practice follows on for the rest of the week. There's nothing to catch up on and nothing breaks.

On Today, the done practice step has an Undo link, and the green "day done" view has Undo today's tick. On the practice's end screen it's undo today's reward. Undoing takes that day's practice flowers back out of the pot.

• Weekends: a summary of your week (Adventure, how many practice days, how many check-ins, flowers earned) and the name of next week's Adventure.
• Before term starts: the date your Bloom term begins. You can look through the Adventures any time.
• After the last week: a well-done message, and every Adventure stays open to revisit.

Weekend practice is lovely, but flowers are only for school days.

The week comes from your school's term start date, which we set for each school. If it's off, tell us and we'll fix it for the whole school.

1. Tap ▶ Watch on Today, or open Adventures and tap this week's row (it's highlighted).
2. The story opens full screen. Tap Begin Adventure.
3. Pages turn by themselves once Fox finishes speaking. Pause to talk about it whenever you like.

When you reach the end, the week is marked as watched by itself. You can just press play and teach.

• Auto play (the switch at the top) turns pages for you. Switch it off to move on yourself with ▸. Bloom remembers your choice on that device.
• → Space or Enter next page, ← back a page.
• Esc or the ✕ in the corner takes you back to Adventures.

Yes, as often as you like, including past weeks. Tap Rewatch on Today or any row on the Adventures page. The flowers for an Adventure are only added the first time.

Each row is one week: its number, the Adventure, and its big idea. On the right, a small calendar shows the Monday that week starts. It gets a big green tick once you've watched it.

Under each one, the sprout and five circles show that week's practice days:

That week's story isn't uploaded yet. Check back soon. The Daily Practice still runs that week, so Today lets you go straight to step 2.

Some weeks may show a video while the story version is finished. It ticks itself when the video is nearly over, and there's a Mark as watched button below it if you need it.

Yes. On the Adventures page, tap 🖨 Print the term plan. It lists every week's start date, Adventure, big idea and Daily Practice on one page.

1. Tap 🦊 Play on Today, or open Daily Practice and tap ▶ Start this week's practice.
2. Fox reads each line aloud and the class follows along.
3. At the end, the day is ticked and +100 flowers go into the pot.

Lines move on by themselves (auto play), or press → or Space. ← goes back and Esc leaves.

After break or lunch is a good time for it. It's a lovely way to settle back in.

Tick it on Today with "Did it from the cards? Tick it" under the Play button. It counts exactly the same.

Yes. The All practices list on the Daily Practice page has every practice so far, so you can pick an old favourite any day. Finishing any practice ticks today if it isn't ticked yet.

The pot gets one practice reward per school day. Practising again is always worth it, it just doesn't add more flowers.

Fox is still learning that one. If it's this week's, pick any other practice from the list in the meantime, or use "Did a practice anyway? Tick it" on Today.

It works best that way, as the story sets the practice up, so Today unlocks the practice after the Adventure. If you open Daily Practice first, a small note offers to play the Adventure.

1. Start it from step 3 on Today, or open Check-in and tap 🦊 Check in now (that one works any time).
2. Check the Pupils present number and choose how to do it (below).
3. Each child taps the Fox face that matches how they feel, then a feeling word if they want one. Fox replies kindly.
4. When everyone has had a turn, tap the grey Finish check-ins button in the bottom corner. That button is for you, not the children.

You'll then see today's class picture: a meadow with one Fox for each child, grouped by feeling. Children love this bit. The daily check-in adds +25 flowers.

• On the whiteboard: the class sees the Foxes on the big screen. Each child tells you how they feel and you tap a Fox for them.
• Pass the tablet: each child takes the tablet, taps their own Fox, presses Done, and passes it on. The next child presses Begin.

Set your usual way in ⚙ Settings on the start screen. You can still pick the other one on the day.

Tap ⚙ Settings on the check-in start screen. These stay for your class every day:

• Usual way: pass the tablet or whiteboard.
• Feeling words: all 12 per face, a short list of 6 (good for P1), or faces only.
• Read words aloud: on or off.
• Class size: fills in Pupils present for you each time.

Use the − and + next to Pupils present before you start. If you need to change it afterwards, tap the ✎ next to the count on the class picture.

Yes. Tap Ask something else on the check-in start screen (or on Today). Pick one of Fox's questions, like how playtime went, or type your own (up to 90 characters) and tap Save and ask. Your own questions are saved for your class; tap ✕ on one to remove it.

Fox reads out its own questions. For yours, you read it out and Fox stays quiet. Extra questions don't add flowers; only the daily check-in does.

Nothing is lost. Tap Carry on on Today or on the Check-in page to pick up where you left off. If a check-in is still open when you start another, a bar lets you Carry on, Finish it or Skip it.

Closing a check-in before choosing whiteboard or tablet records nothing at all.

Open Check-in in the top bar (or See class wellbeing after a check-in). You'll find:

• The heartbeat: one bar for each school day, coloured by how the class felt. Gaps are days with no check-in. Tap a bar to see that day's meadow.
• Choose This week, 4 weeks or This term.
• Other questions: a card for each extra question you've asked.
• Words we chose: the feeling words the class picked. These appear once there are 20 or more check-ins in the range you're looking at, so no one child's answer stands out.

No. Every tap just adds one to a count. Bloom records how many children chose each face and word, never who. Nothing is stored against a child's name, and there are no names to store.

If a child picks Really upset, Fox tells them they're safe and thanks them for being brave. Follow up the way you normally would.

The first time you open Today on a school day, Bloom asks "How are you today?". Tap a face and, if you like, a word. Or tap Not now.

The small face button in the top bar shows whether you've checked in today: a dot means not yet, green means done. Tap it to answer later or to change your answer. Your week shows as a row of Monday to Friday pills at the top of the Check-ins card on Today.

Nobody sees your answer. Your own week is only shown to you, on your class's Today page. The school only ever gets counts across all staff, never names.

It never appears in pupil mode and never gets in the way of the class check-in.

Gentle games that help a child settle their body: breathing, humming and movement. There are no scores and no way to fail. They're grouped in shelves by what they help with, and new games appear as they're ready (the "A new game is growing" tiles show where).

The 🌼 number on each tile is how many flowers your class has collected from that game.

1. Open SOS on the tablet.
2. Tap 🖐 Hand to pupils in the top bar.

The tablet is now in pupil mode: only SOS and its games can be opened. Everything else is hidden, and nothing about your class's progress can be changed.

Press and hold the Teacher button in the top bar for 3 seconds (it says keep holding… while you do). A quick tap does nothing, so children won't leave it by accident.

Breathing and humming games listen through the microphone, so the browser asks permission. Tap Allow.

On iPads, Safari can ask again from time to time. That's normal. To stop it asking: in Safari, tap the aA (or page settings) button by the address, choose Website Settings, and set Microphone to Allow.

If you tapped Don't Allow by mistake, change it the same way, then reload the game.

• Add: drag an activity from the list into the row, or tap it to add it at the end.
• Reorder: drag a card along the row.
• Remove: drag a card out of the row.

Bloom time is always in the plan and can't be removed. It ticks itself when you do today's practice.

Activities are colour-coded: routine, Bloom & calm, learning, creative & active, and people & wellbeing.

Tap a card when it's done. The next card becomes NOW. Tapped one by mistake? Tap it again.

Tap 🖥 Show on the wall to fill the screen with the plan. Tap Back to planning to edit again.

Yes, for your class, for today. It shows on every device signed in with your code. If the internet drops, the plan is kept on that device and syncs when you're back online.

Undoing a practice tick takes its 100 back. Rewatching or practising again adds nothing extra.

The whole class gets a celebration the next time Today opens. After that the pot keeps counting, and there's a replay 🎉 button if the class wants to see it again.

If more than one class at your school uses Bloom, Today shows every class's pot growing together, plus the school's total. Classes are listed in name order, never ranked. Your class is marked us 🌱.

Tap your school name and class badge in the top right corner:

• Class, school and teacher name: a quick check that this device is in the right class.
• Help & guides: this page.
• Report a problem: the support board.
• Refresh class details: picks up a name change straight away (otherwise it updates within the hour).
• Log out of this class, with a check first so a stray tap can't do it.

In pupil mode the menu is hidden and only the school name shows.

1. Go to class.discoverbloom.co.uk/code and tap Forgotten your code?
2. Type the email you registered with and tap Email me our code. It arrives in a minute or two (check spam too).

Still stuck? Look for your code email from when you registered, ask the school office, or email hello@discoverbloom.co.uk. Your class's progress is safe either way.

That's normal after a long break or a browser clear-out. Just type the code again. Progress is saved for the class, not the device, so nothing is lost.

Each device remembers one class. To change it (a shared tablet, or the wrong code was typed), tap the class menu in the top right and choose Log out of this class, or tap here to switch class. Then type the other class's code.

Nothing is deleted. Each class's progress stays safe on its own code.

Register each class separately with the school's setup link. You can use the same email for all of them, and a code reminder will list every class on that email. Job-share partners just use the same class code.

Send us a private message with the right details and we'll change it. Your devices pick it up within the hour, or straight away with Refresh class details in the class menu.

Your school's Bloom access is switched off for now. Your flowers and progress are safe. Ask the school office about getting started again.

Check the internet connection, then refresh the page. If the connection drops mid-lesson, Bloom keeps going with what it already has and sends your ticks when it's back online.

School internet filters sometimes block parts of Bloom. Ask your IT contact to allow:

• class.discoverbloom.co.uk and data.discoverbloom.co.uk (stories, games and pictures)
• player.vimeo.com (any week shown as a video)

Check the volume on the device and the whiteboard speakers first. Fox's voice starts after a tap on the screen, so if a story or practice opened silently, tap ▸ or go back a page and forward again. For check-in words, make sure Read words aloud is on in check-in ⚙ Settings.

Refresh the page. On a computer, Ctrl + F5 (or Cmd + Shift + R on a Mac) makes sure you get the newest version.

Check the spelling against your code email. Capitals, spaces and hyphens don't matter. If it still won't work, use Forgotten your code? to have it emailed to you again.

• About your school: its name and one adult contact.
• About your class: your name, the class name and badge, the class code and your email (used to send your code and reminders, nothing else).
• About the children: nothing. No names, no accounts, no photos. Check-ins are counts, never who.

No advertising and no marketing emails. Read the full version on how Bloom handles data.

Yes. Email hello@discoverbloom.co.uk and a person will reply. If your school stops using Bloom, we remove its records on request.

Tell us on the support board (also Report a problem in the class menu):

1. Tap + Report a problem or suggest something.
2. Choose 🐞 Bug or 💡 Idea, give it a title and tell us more.
3. Tap Send. It shows as Waiting for review until we've read it.

Vote ▲ or ▼ on what other classes have raised. Pills show when something is Planned, In progress or Fixed, and our replies appear under each one.

Please don't include pupil names or anything that identifies a child.

Open the support board form and tick "Just message us privately, don't post this on the board". Add your email if you'd like a reply. It comes straight to us and never appears on the board.

Or email hello@discoverbloom.co.uk.