How it works

From box to wrist in three simple steps.

dassie is rolled out by the school. Your office provisions the watches, links each one to a learner and invites the parents. We’re with you at every step.

1

Provision the watch

Add each watch to your school’s fleet in the School Portal. From then on, it follows your zones and watch rules, and it’s managed from your School Portal.

  • Your school’s own fleet, in one list
  • Rules apply from the moment it’s provisioned
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2

Link the pupil

Pair each watch with a learner and their grade. Now the live map, SOS alerts and broadcasts know exactly who is who.

  • Name and grade on the map and in SOS alerts
  • Send broadcasts by grade straight away
3

Invite the parents

Parents get an invitation to the dassie family app. Once they join, they save their payment details once, choose a monthly data top-up for the watch’s built-in eSIM, set tuckshop limits, and can see their child on the family map.

  • Invites go out from the School Portal
  • Parents set their own family preferences
Invitations
You’re invited!Sunnyside Primary invited you to join dassie for Thandi.Accept invitation
Everyone’s covered

What each person gets.

The school

School Portal, in the browser

  • Live map of the grounds with status rings
  • Watch rules by zone and time
  • SOS alerts: acknowledge, respond, resolve
  • Broadcasts to watches and to parents: one child, a grade or everyone
  • Tuckshop portal and till
  • Team roles, watch provisioning and an inbox
  • Choose whether watches can use the school Wi-Fi

Parents

The dassie family app

  • Family map with battery and signal
  • SOS alerts, with “I’m on it”
  • Messages from the school, in the app
  • Voice notes to their child
  • Approve friends after a bump
  • Tuckshop limits, blocked items and treat approvals
  • Chores and calendar reminders
  • Data top-ups and the tuckshop, paid with one saved card

The child

A friendly dassie watch

  • One-press SOS, always on
  • Messages and voice notes from family
  • Bump to be friends
  • Chores that tick off on the watch
  • A QR code to pay at the tuckshop
  • Follows the school’s rules in class
  • A built-in eSIM, plus Wi-Fi at school and home
Rollout planner

See what a rollout could look like.

Move the sliders to match your school. You’ll get an indicative week-by-week plan, and you can take it straight to a quote.

Plan your rollout

Grade R to Grade 7
450watches to provision
8grade batches
5weeks, roughly
Get a quote for this plan

An indicative plan to help you think it through. We’ll tailor the real one with you.

    On the roadmap

    What we’re building next.

    These features are not available yet. They’re what we’re working on for schools next. Want a say in them? Tell us in your demo.

    ComingArrivals & collection

    See who has arrived and who still needs to be collected.

    ComingEvacuation roll-call

    Account for every learner at the assembly point during a drill or emergency.

    ComingTimetable

    Bring your school timetable into dassie.

    ComingReports

    Clear reports for school leaders and governing bodies.

    ComingPOPIA centre

    One place for your school’s privacy records and requests.