Getting started

HOW TO GET INTO WORDGOAL

Children never need an email address of their own. There are two ways in — one for home and one for school — and both lead to the same player, with the same progress.

At home

Parents: sign in, then tap your child

  1. 1Create a family account with your own email address and a password.
  2. 2Open the confirmation email we send you and follow the link.
  3. 3Add each child in the parent zone with their first name, surname and a four-digit PIN — up to four children.
  4. 4From then on, sign in and tap the child who's playing on the “Who's playing?” screen.

Your password is yours alone. Children do not need it, and they never sign in with an email address.

Go to the parent zone

At school

Pupils: use the card your teacher gave you

  1. 1Go to wordgoal.app/pupil on the school computer or tablet.
  2. 2Type the player name from your card, for example avareev.
  3. 3Type your 4-digit PIN.
  4. 4When you've finished, always tap Sign out — other children use that computer too.

If the card is lost, your teacher can show the PIN or set a new one and print another card.

Pupil sign-in

Teachers

Staff: hand out logins from the Staffroom

  1. 1Open the Staffroom and choose your class.
  2. 2Use “Issue class logins” to create a card for every child at once, or issue one at a time.
  3. 3Print or download the sheet and cut the cards up.
  4. 4Use “Show login” next to a child's name to read out their player name and PIN.

Only a signed-in adult can see a child's PIN, and a new one can be set at any time.

Open the Staffroom

Both at once

One child, one player — home and school

  1. 1A child who plays at school and at home should keep a single player, so all their progress stays together.
  2. 2In the parent zone, use “Already playing at school?” and enter the link code from your child's teacher.
  3. 3Once linked, whichever way they sign in, they land on the same player.
Link a school player

If you get stuck

  • Forgotten your password? On the parent login screen, enter your email and tap “Forgotten your password?”.
  • “Lots of people are signing in right now” means a whole class is arriving at once. Wait a few seconds and try again.
  • Wrong child on screen? Tap the name at the top of the pitch, then choose the right player.
  • Still using an older school login? Your teacher can look up your player name and set a new PIN from the staff room.
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