Announcements & Notice Board
Broadcast notices to the whole facility or a single group, schedule them in advance, reuse templates, and see exactly which parents have received them.
A notice pinned by the door reaches the parents who look at the door. A notice sent through KinderConnect reaches every guardian on the list, on their phone, and tells you who it actually got to.
Announcements are separate from chat on purpose. A closure notice or a trip reminder is a broadcast, not a conversation — it needs targeting, scheduling, and delivery confirmation, none of which a group chat gives you.
What is included
Group targeting
Send to the whole facility or to specific groups, so the toddler-room parents aren't reading notices meant for the pre-school room.
Scheduled publishing
Write an announcement now and have it publish at a set time — useful for term reminders and closures you want to prepare in a quiet moment.
Delivery receipts
See which parents have received a notice. When something genuinely matters, you know who to follow up with instead of assuming.
Reusable templates
Save the announcements you send every term — closures, trip permissions, seasonal reminders — and reuse them instead of rewriting from scratch.
Reactions and SMS opt-in
Parents can acknowledge a notice with a reaction, and can opt in to receive announcements by SMS as well as push.
Why it matters
Proof that a notice was delivered
For anything with a legal or safety dimension — a closure, a policy change, a permission request — 'we put it on the board' is not evidence. Delivery receipts give you a per-parent record of who the notice reached, which is a materially different position to be in if it's ever questioned.
Less rewriting, term after term
The same dozen notices go out every year in a slightly different form. Templates turn that recurring writing task into a two-minute edit, which is exactly the kind of small administrative saving that compounds across a school year.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see which parents actually received a notice?
Yes. Announcements carry delivery receipts, so you know who a notice reached and who to follow up with. For anything with a safety or legal dimension, that is a materially stronger position than assuming a notice on the door was read.
Can I schedule an announcement in advance?
Yes. Write it now and set a publish time — useful for term reminders and closures you would rather prepare during a quiet moment than on the morning itself.
Can I send a notice to just one group?
Yes. Announcements target the whole facility or specific groups, so toddler-room parents are not reading notices meant for the pre-school room.
Can I reuse announcements I send every term?
Yes. Save recurring notices as templates — closures, trip permissions, seasonal reminders — and reuse them instead of rewriting from scratch each year.
Can parents receive announcements by SMS?
Yes, as an opt-in on top of push notifications. Parents choose it themselves and it requires a verified phone number.
Can parents reply to an announcement?
Announcements are a broadcast, with reactions for acknowledgement. For a conversation, parents use chat — keeping the two separate is what lets a notice have delivery tracking without turning into a thread.
What is the difference between an announcement and a message?
An announcement is one-to-many with targeting, scheduling, and delivery receipts. A message is a conversation. Using the right one means notices stay findable instead of scrolling away in a chat.
Can I attach a file or photo to an announcement?
Announcements carry rich text content, and documents shared with families can live in the files area, which parents access separately.
Is there a newsletter feature?
Not as a distinct multi-section newsletter composer. Announcements cover the broadcast need; a longer-form newsletter builder is a possible addition rather than a shipped feature.
Can I edit an announcement after publishing?
Yes, and changes are recorded in the organisation's audit log so the edit history is visible.
Who can publish announcements?
Staff with the relevant permission — so broadcast communication stays with the people who should own it.
Related features
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Learn more→Daily Reports for Parents
A per-child summary of the day — meals, naps, activities, and notes — recorded as it happens instead of written up at 5pm.
Learn more→Parent Surveys & Polls
Ask parents a question and get a countable answer — single-choice, multi-choice, or rating, with audience targeting, optional anonymity, and CSV export.
Learn more→Multi-Language Support for Staff & Families
The interface in the family's own language — including Ukrainian and Polish — with each user choosing their own, independently of the facility.
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