A whole term in one code
Send a shared school calendar code and every term date, half term and INSET day appears at once, updating whenever the school changes something.
Google Calendar is a great place to see dates, and a bad place to type them in.
Plenty of schools never publish a calendar feed at all, so there is nothing to subscribe to in the first place.
Term dates and INSET days sit inside a PDF on the school website that nobody can find twice.
One-off events arrive as photos of paper flyers, class WhatsApp messages and screenshots that Google Calendar cannot read.
Typing every dress-up day and cake sale in by hand leaves one parent carrying the whole schedule.
What ends up in your Google Calendar
One-off school events
Cake sales, non-uniform days, class assemblies and trip departure times — forward the flyer or message instead of retyping it.
Clubs and sports fixtures
Fixtures and club nights that move around stay visible on the family calendar without anyone re-entering them.
Add the feed once, and everything arrives in the same place
One Toucan feed, added once to Google Calendar, carries shared term dates and your own one-off events together.
Toucan shows you a preview and waits for your approval before anything is added to your calendar.
Your partner and authorised family members can forward events too, so it isn't one person's job.
It works alongside your school's official feed — keep that subscribed and let Toucan cover everything it misses.
Questions parents ask
How do I add a school calendar link to Google Calendar?
On a desktop computer, open Google Calendar, click the + next to 'Other calendars', select 'From URL', paste the school's iCal link and click 'Add calendar'. It syncs to the Google Calendar app on your Android phone automatically.
Can I add a calendar by URL on the Android app?
No — Google only allows adding a calendar from a URL on a computer. Do it once on desktop and it shows up on your phone.
What if my school doesn't publish a calendar feed?
Most don't. That is what shared family calendars are for: send Toucan the shared code for your school's term dates on WhatsApp and the whole term is added to your feed, and republished automatically when dates change.
Can Google Calendar scan a school flyer?
No. Google Calendar can't read photos, screenshots or PDFs. Send the image to Toucan on WhatsApp instead — it pulls out the date, time and location and sends you an event to approve.
Can my partner add events to the same calendar?
Yes. Authorise your partner or another family member and you can both forward messages and photos to Toucan; everything lands in the same shared family calendar feed.