One sender, every topic
Messages often arrive as "Message from" the school, so you cannot tell the INSET day from the lunch menu without opening it.
Arbor school emails
School sent another Arbor message. Sense puts the date where you will see it.
Clubs, trips, INSET days, parents' evenings, reports. Forward the Arbor emails from school to Sense and the dates, including the ones in attachments, go straight onto your family calendar.
Inbox 8 from Arbor this week
- ArborMessage from Oakfield Primary
- ArborAfter-school clubs: autumn term 2
- ArborINSET day Monday 2 November
- ArborYear 5 residential: information evening
- ArborAttendance update
- ArborHarvest festival donations
- ArborMessage from Oakfield Primary
- ArborFlu vaccination consent
On the family calendar
INSET day - Mon 2 Nov Residential info evening - Thu 22 Oct, 6pm Flu consent form - by Mon 19 OctThe volume
Why school email comes in waves.
Arbor runs a lot of the school: messages, clubs, trips, meals, payments. Most of it reaches you as email, and many arrive with the same subject line.
Attachments carry the detail
The letter about the residential, the club timetable, the consent form. The email is a cover note.
Clubs, trips and meals
Bookings, changes and payment reminders each send their own message.
Multiplied by children
Two children means two year groups of messages, plus whole-school updates.
What parents try
The usual fixes trade one problem for another.
Switch to the Arbor app
Everything sits in one place, but you still open each message to find the date.
Turn off alerts
Quieter, until the INSET day you planned work around.
Read it all on Sunday night
A batch of messages and attachments, then you type the dates into a calendar by hand.
How it works
You forward it. Sense keeps the dates.
Step 01
Forward the email
Verify your email address in Sense once, then forward Arbor emails to share@getsense.ai. Digests and attachments included.
Step 02
Sense reads every one
It pulls out the dates, times, what to bring, and anything to sign or pay. Emails with nothing to schedule are left alone.
Step 03
It is on the calendar
Events land on your family calendar, with reminders for deadlines, so everyone sees the same plan.
Or let all of it flow in on its own
Premium lets you set up a Gmail or Outlook filter that sends every one of these emails to your personal Sense address the moment it arrives. Sense reads each one, adds what has a date, and ignores the rest. How to set up auto-forwarding.
What it costs
The free plan covers 10 emails a month for the whole family, which is enough to forward the ones that matter. A busy school on auto-forward will need Premium, which is unlimited. See pricing.
A week of Arbor
What lands on the calendar, and what does not.
On the family calendar
- INSET day - Mon 2 Nov
- Residential info evening - Thu 22 Oct, 6pm
- Flu consent form - by Mon 19 Oct
Left in the inbox
- Message from Oakfield Primary
- After-school clubs: autumn term 2
- Attendance update
- Harvest festival donations
- Message from Oakfield Primary
Forwarding an Arbor email
Forward the email with any attachments. Sense reads PDF and image attachments as well as the message, so dates in an attached letter or timetable are picked up without you opening it.
FAQ
Common questions.
How do I get Arbor school dates onto my calendar?
Forward the Arbor email from school to Sense. Sense reads the message and any attachments and adds each date to your family calendar.
Does it read attachments sent through Arbor?
Yes. Sense reads attached PDFs and images, which is where letters and timetables usually are.
Will it add club and trip deadlines?
Yes. A booking, consent or payment deadline becomes a reminder, separate from the event itself.
Is Sense part of Arbor?
No. Sense is a separate family organiser. It reads the emails your school already sends you, so the school does not need to change anything.
Other school apps
More UK school apps Sense reads.
Arbor is a trademark of its owner. Sense is not affiliated with or endorsed by Arbor.
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