How to Download All Your Parent Zone (ParentZone) Photos & Videos

To download all your ParentZone photos and videos at once, install the free NurseryDownloader Chrome extension, sign in to parentzone.me in Chrome, open your Gallery and click Download in the panel. Every photo and video saves at full quality into dated folders, along with the nursery's written notes.

If your nursery uses Parent Zone, officially ParentZone, the parent app from Connect Childcare, it has quietly built up hundreds of photos and videos of your child. The catch: Parent Zone only lets you save them one at a time, and once your child moves on, your account is downgraded and those photos get much harder to reach.

NurseryDownloader is a Chrome extension that downloads all your Parent Zone photos at once, every photo and video, at full quality, in one click. Here's how.

Download all your Parent Zone photos in one click

Step 1: Install the extension

1. Open Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on a laptop or desktop (the extension doesn't run on phones or tablets).
2. Add NurseryDownloader from the Chrome Web Store.
3. Click Add to Chrome, then Add extension.

Step 2: Sign in to ParentZone

1. Go to parentzone.me and sign in with your parent account.
2. Open the page where your child's photos appear.

Step 3: Click download

1. The NurseryDownloader panel appears in the top-right of the page.
2. Click Download all photos. Videos in your gallery come too.
3. Everything saves at full quality, sorted into tidy, month-by-month folders, with date-first filenames.

What you get

• Photos and videos, saved at full quality, the original files, not lossy screenshots.
• Organised by date, tidy, month-by-month folders. Prefer one big folder? There's a toggle for that.
• Your photos stay private: they go straight from the app to your computer, never through our servers, and it never asks for your password because it works in the browser where you're already signed in.

Your first 20 downloads are free, so you can check the quality before you buy a licence.

Parent Zone's built-in download vs downloading everything at once

ParentZone lets you save photos one at a time, fine for the odd favourite, hopeless for four years of history. Your realistic options:

Method	Good for	The catch
ParentZone's built-in download	Saving a single photo now and then	One photo per click, no bulk option
Open-source scripts (e.g. ParentZonePhotoDownloader on GitHub)	Developers happy with Python, Selenium and ChromeDriver	Technical setup, no support, photos only
NurseryDownloader	Everything, photos and videos, in one click, sorted by month	The first 20 downloads are free, then it's a paid licence

We built NurseryDownloader for the middle of that table: parents who want everything saved properly without becoming programmers to do it.

Save your ParentZone memories today

Install NurseryDownloader, open ParentZone, and download your child's photos at full quality. Your first 20 are free, no card needed.

Want the nursery's written observations as well? Here's how to keep your ParentZone observations and notes.

Questions parents ask

How do I download all my photos from Parent Zone at once?

Parent Zone itself only saves one photo at a time. NurseryDownloader adds a panel to parentzone.me that downloads every photo and video in your gallery in one run, at full quality, sorted by month.

Does it download videos?

Yes, videos in your ParentZone gallery are saved alongside the photos, at full quality, filed under the date they were posted.

Is it Parent Zone or ParentZone?

Both, the app from Connect Childcare is officially ParentZone, but plenty of nurseries and parents write it as two words. Either way, this guide and the extension cover it.

Can I do this on my phone?

No. Chrome extensions only run on a computer. Use Chrome or Edge on a laptop or desktop; ten minutes there saves the whole archive.

Does it save the captions or notes?

Yes. As well as every photo and video, it saves the nursery's written notes as a text file for each post.

We're about to leave, will I lose the photos?

Once your child leaves, your account is usually downgraded and the photos get much harder to reach. The nursery isn't keeping a copy for you either, so save them all while you still have full access.

Is it safe?

Yes. Your photos go straight from ParentZone to your computer and never pass through our servers, so we never see them. And it never asks for your ParentZone password: it works in your own browser, where you're already signed in.