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dassie is a smartwatch platform for South African primary schools, Grade R–7. It combines a kids’ smartwatch, the School Portal for your staff, a family app for parents and tools for your tuckshop, all built around rules the school controls.

We quote per school, based on your size and what you need. Book a demo and we’ll put a quote together for you.

Your team sees learners on the live map only while they’re inside your school’s boundary during school hours, and receives SOS alerts raised on the grounds in that time. Once a child leaves the gate or school is out, they drop off your map.

Yes. Watch rules let you switch off voice notes, collectables and payments by zone (like classrooms) and by time window (like 08:00–13:30). SOS and GPS always stay on.

If it’s on the grounds during school hours, the alert appears in the School Portal straight away with the learner and where they are. Your team works through it: acknowledge, respond, resolve.

Yes. Broadcasts go straight to watches, to one child, a grade or the whole school. Send a reminder, an event, or a big “well done!”.

Yes. The same broadcast can go to parents, to one child’s family, a grade’s parents or every family in the school. It arrives in the dassie parent app, alongside everything else parents already use. Send it now or schedule it.

In South Africa. Nothing goes through the watch supplier’s servers, and suppliers have no remote access. See Privacy & security for the full picture.

The watch is supplied through dassie as part of your school’s rollout, so every watch is set up to work with the platform and your rules.

No. Every watch comes with a built-in eSIM, already loaded. Parents manage and pay for the data in their app with automatic monthly top-ups, so your office never deals with SIM cards or airtime.

Yes, if you allow it. Watches on the grounds can join the school Wi-Fi, which saves families’ mobile data. Either way, data is reserved for GPS, so learners stay on your live map.

Three steps: provision each watch in the School Portal, link it to a pupil, then invite the parents. See how it works.

Yes. The tuckshop gets its own portal and a mobile till. The cashier scans a QR code on the learner’s watch, and each parent’s limits and blocked items are checked automatically. Try the demo.

dassie is rolled out through schools, so the school provisions the watch and invites you to the family app. If your school isn’t on dassie yet, ask your school. We’ll help you write the letter.

No. The school only sees your child on the school grounds during school hours. Outside the gate or after hours, only your family can see them.

No. Health data and voice notes are only for family and approved friends. They’re never shared with the school.

Your family map with battery and signal, SOS alerts, voice notes, friend approvals, chores, calendar reminders, tuckshop limits, school broadcasts, and your watch’s data and top-ups.

Yes. The school can send broadcasts to parents: to your family, your child’s grade or the whole school. They arrive in the dassie parent app, next to your child’s map, reminders and tuckshop.

You’re alerted straight away in the app. Tap “I’m on it” and your child’s watch shows that help is coming.

Two watches bump together, both sets of parents approve, and then the children can chat. Nobody gets added without both parents saying yes.

No. Every dassie watch comes with a built-in eSIM, already loaded, so there’s nothing to buy or insert. See how data works.

You choose an automatic top-up amount in the app, and it tops up every month. If the everyday data runs out, for things like voice notes, you can top up any time. Some data is always reserved for GPS, so your child’s location keeps working even when the rest is used up.

Yes. The watch can join your home Wi-Fi, and the school Wi-Fi when the school allows it. On Wi-Fi it saves your mobile data.

Add your payment details once in the app. That saved card pays for data top-ups and for tuckshop purchases, within the limits you set.

Yes. Set a daily, weekly or monthly limit, block items like fizzy drinks, and choose to be asked before extras. You can approve a treat from your phone.

No. In class the watch follows the school’s rules. Distracting features can be switched off during lessons, while SOS and GPS stay on.

In South Africa, stored securely. The watch supplier’s servers aren’t used, and suppliers have no remote access.

You pay for your child’s mobile data through the monthly top-up amount you choose, and for tuckshop purchases, both with the card you save in the app. Anything else depends on how your school rolls dassie out. Your school will let you know when they invite you.