Letters Home Get Lost in School Bags. A Simpler Way to Reach Parents
QR codes for schools put forms, dates and handouts on the phone of the person who needs them.
The MyPersonalQR team1 min read · 26 August 2025
The permission slip goes into a school bag on Tuesday. It is found three weeks later, folded into a coat pocket, a day after the deadline.
Everyone knows how this goes. Teachers print another copy, parents feel guilty, and the office answers the same question again.
A code on a single sheet, or on a poster by the gate, puts the information on the phone of the person who actually needs it.
Paper gets lost in bags. A phone is nearly always in someone's hand.
One sheet instead of another letter
Anything that used to be photocopied can sit behind a code and be opened when it is needed.
- Term dates and calendars
- Permission forms
- Reading lists and resources
- Trip information and kit lists
- Contact details for the office
Displays that hold more than the wall does
A corridor display can only carry so much. A code next to a project lets a visitor read the full piece, watch a recording, or see the work that didn't fit on the board.
It works the same way for a science lab, a library shelf, or an exhibit in the hall.
Keep some things private
You can put a password on a page so only the families you gave it to can open it. That helps with anything that shouldn't be easy to find.
Try it on a code of your own. It takes a few minutes.