Arrival and departure alerts for parents
The moment your child reaches the gate, a message is on its way.
No new app, no login. When your child checks in or out, a message goes to every registered guardian — app push first, then email — and you decide what reaches you and when.
As it happens
A message the moment your child arrives or leaves
When the officer scans your child's badge at the gate, a message goes to every registered guardian — not just whoever happened to collect them. The platform tries an app push first, then a branded email, then a WhatsApp message, and stops at the first channel that accepts it, so it sends once rather than three times. WhatsApp is part of what your school already pays for; you confirm your number once and the messages start.
- A message goes to all of a learner's guardians on each check in and check out.
- App push, email, WhatsApp and SMS are all included — the school pays nothing per message, so nobody is nudged onto a cheaper channel.
- A channel that has not been verified receives nothing but a one-time confirmation message, so the school never assumes you are reachable when you are not.
On your terms
Choose what reaches you, and when
From a no-login portal link the school sends you, switch check-in and check-out alerts on or off per child and per channel, and set personal quiet hours. A routine message inside your quiet hours is held and sent when they end — never dropped.
- Per-child, per-channel toggles for app push, email and WhatsApp — turn any of them off for any child.
- Personal quiet hours that defer routine messages instead of losing them.
- Two or more of your children crossing the gate together arrive as one grouped message, not a flurry.
Real life
Built for taxis, siblings, and the adult who actually fetches
Many learners walk, take a taxi, or leave with a sibling — so a guardian is optional at the gate. When someone else needs to collect your child, you can authorise a delegate from the portal with a verbal gate code, no surname or photo shared.
- Self, sibling, and staff releases need no guardian standing at the gate.
- Authorise a pickup delegate for a set window; revoke it any time.
- The delegate's full phone number is never stored — only a masked display form.
Your data
Your family's information is handled carefully
You do not create an account or install another app — guardians receive notifications and use signed, no-login portal links. The school holds your contact details under POPIA, encrypted at rest, and can action your rights through its compliance console.
- No guardian login or app to manage — links are signed and time-limited.
- Contact details are encrypted at rest and partitioned to your child's school only.
- Subject access, correction, and erasure are handled by the school's POPIA officer.
For schools
Want this for your child's school?
MySentinel is set up by the school, not by parents. Point your principal or SGB our way and we will take it from there. Email am@binary-solutions.co.za.
Have a question?
Email us
Ask how the notifications work, what we store, and how your rights are protected under POPIA — we will answer in plain language.