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The staff app includes an Announcements tab for sharing news with parents while you’re on the floor — for example, sending photos from an activity or a quick reminder.
You can browse the Announcements list without a PIN. Creating, editing, deleting or managing recipients is PIN-protected — you’ll be asked to confirm who you are with your staff PIN before those actions run.

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Writing an Announcement

  1. Tap the Announcements tab.
  2. Tap the + button to start a new announcement, then confirm your identity with your PIN.
  3. Enter a Title, write your content, and attach photos or videos from your device.
  4. Choose who it goes to: All parents, Children in today (inc absentees), Children in today (exc absentees), or Specific children.
  5. Tap Save draft to finish later, or Submit for approval to send it to your managers for review.

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For Managers

Announcements submitted by staff show an Awaiting approval badge on the list. Tap an announcement to read it, then use the icons on its card to act on it:
  • Tap the pencil (edit) icon to open it in the composer. From there you can make changes and tap Send now to send it to parents immediately, or turn on Schedule for later and pick a date and time so the button becomes Schedule.
  • Tap the trash icon to delete it if it shouldn’t be sent.
Managers writing their own announcements can send or schedule them directly from the composer — no separate approval is needed.

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Fixing Recipients After Sending

For an announcement that has already been sent, managers see an extra recipients button on the announcement card (next to Edit and Delete). Tap it to add or remove families by child — pick a child to email its parents and give them access, or remove a child to hide the announcement from them. This mirrors the recipients panel on the website. See Fixing the Recipients After Sending for how it behaves.