Principals and pilot leads
Start with the updated verdict, then move into the positioning, staff brief, pilot scope, and product boundaries before discussing rollout.
MetaPet Schools
Teacher-led, low-data classroom pilot for Years 3-6
MetaPet Schools is a teacher-led, time-bounded classroom tool for digital responsibility, systems thinking, and online safety habits. The school profile keeps the product surface narrow: alias-based classroom use, no student accounts, no social features, and a governance pack built for pilot conversations.
Years 3-6 fitAlias-only classroom use7 x 20 minute sessionsNo student accountsGovernance pack included
What is Meta-Pet?
A digital companion that teaches systems thinking
Meta-Pet is a classroom tool where students interact with a digital companion to learn how systems work. Through short, guided activities, students observe cause and effect, practise emotional regulation, and build digital responsibility skills.
What students do
Observe a digital companion, discuss what they notice with classmates, and reflect on patterns, feelings, and system behaviour.
What teachers do
Lead 20-minute sessions using lesson cards with built-in prompts. Set up an alias roster, run the activity, and optionally collect light evidence.
What parents should know
No accounts, no personal data, no social features. Students use aliases. All data stays on the school device and can be deleted at any time.
Read the full parent information pageStart Here
Choose the pack for your role
The school wrapper is organised so each reviewer can start in the right place without reading the whole pack end to end.
ICT and privacy reviewers
Start with the privacy and implementation note, then move through the privacy pack and controls documentation.
Classroom teachers
Start with setup, lesson pacing, reflection materials, and the supervision model for classroom use.
Families and wellbeing teams
Start with the family note, privacy notice, safety assessment, and wellbeing escalation pathway.
Australian Curriculum V9.0
Curriculum alignment with explicit classroom fit
This sequence is packaged for Digital Technologies, Health and Physical Education wellbeing learning, and Personal and Social capability. The alignment below focuses on the codes most useful for teacher planning and leadership approval.
Years 3-4Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4K01
Digital systems and their purposes
Students identify the device as a digital system that receives input and displays companion state.
Years 3-4Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4K03
Data representation
Students read colour, icon, text and mood as different representations of the same state.
Years 3-4Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4P02
Branching and iteration
Students describe simple if-then decisions and repeat care loops to test what works.
Years 3-4Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4P04
Input and simple visual programs
Students observe how one action changes the companion state and visible outputs.
Years 5-6Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6K03
How systems represent data using numbers
Students connect visible companion state to tracked values and explain why outputs change over time.
Years 5-6Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6P02
Algorithm design with branching and iteration
Students predict and explain which action sequence should stabilise a state.
Years 5-6Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6P05
Control structures, variables and input
Students test how repeated inputs and changing state values affect outcomes.
Years 5-6Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6P06
Evaluation and broader impact
Students evaluate whether the companion is calm, useful and fit for classroom learning.
Years 3-4Health and Physical Education
AC9HP4P03
Personal and social skills
Students work in pairs, listen to each other and compare observations respectfully.
Years 3-4Health and Physical Education
AC9HP4P05
Emotional responses and regulation
Students name a feeling and match it with a helpful calming or recovery action.
Years 3-4Health and Physical Education
AC9HP4P08
Health-enhancing behaviours for wellbeing
Students discuss routines, balance and actions that support calm and recovery.
Years 5-6Health and Physical Education
AC9HP6P03
Refining personal and social skills
Students collaborate on explanations, negotiate action choices and present findings.
Years 5-6Health and Physical Education
AC9HP6P05
Managing emotions and relationships
Students analyse how responses affect behaviour and suggest strategies to regulate emotions.
Years 5-6Health and Physical Education
AC9HP6P08
Health-enhancing behaviours and wellbeing
Students reflect on how routines, balance and reflection support individual and group wellbeing.
Personal and Social capability
The sequence also supports self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management. This makes it easy to position as both Digital Technologies learning and calm classroom wellbeing practice.
Learning Outcomes
What students should be able to say and show
Each outcome is written in a teacher-friendly "By the end of this sequence, students will..." form and mapped to both lessons and curriculum codes.
Explain that a digital system responds to inputs and changes state over time.
Lessons: Sessions 1, 2 and 5
Codes: AC9TDI4K01, AC9TDI4P02, AC9TDI6P02
Read companion state information and use it to make a reasoned action choice.
Lessons: Sessions 1, 2 and 4
Codes: AC9TDI4K03, AC9TDI4P04, AC9TDI6K03
Describe simple feedback loops, cause and effect, and patterns in a system.
Lessons: Sessions 4, 5 and 6
Codes: AC9TDI4P02, AC9TDI6P05, AC9TDI6P06
Use classroom wellbeing language to identify feelings, responses and regulation strategies.
Lessons: Sessions 3, 4 and 7
Codes: AC9HP4P05, AC9HP6P05, AC9HP4P08
Work with others to compare observations, share explanations and reflect on respectful digital use.
Lessons: Sessions 2, 6 and 7
Codes: AC9HP4P03, AC9HP6P03, AC9HP6P08
Lesson Snapshot
Seven lesson cards built for normal class windows
Each session is fixed to 20 minutes, one clear outcome, one student activity, one teacher prompt, light evidence, and a clear best-fit use case.
Session 1
20 minutesMeet the Digital Companion
- Outcome
- Students explain that a digital system changes when a user gives it input.
- Student activity
- Open the companion, check its companion state, try one action, and describe what changed.
- Teacher prompt
- What changed after your action, and how do you know?
- Light evidence
- One sentence: "I chose __ and the companion state changed to __."
- Best-fit use case
- Digital Technologies mini-lesson
Session 2
20 minutesRead the Companion State
- Outcome
- Students read visible state information and make a reasoned action choice.
- Student activity
- Check each state indicator, identify the most urgent state, and choose one response.
- Teacher prompt
- What does the companion state tell you to do next?
- Light evidence
- Quick partner explanation using cause-and-effect language.
- Best-fit use case
- Digital Technologies mini-lesson
Session 3
20 minutesFeelings, Signals and Regulation
- Outcome
- Students connect visible feelings or moods to a simple regulation strategy.
- Student activity
- Identify a mood, discuss what that mood might signal, and match it with a calming action.
- Teacher prompt
- If the companion looks overwhelmed, what would help it settle?
- Light evidence
- One reflection line about a feeling and a helpful response.
- Best-fit use case
- Wellbeing session
Session 4
20 minutesRepair and Reset
- Outcome
- Students explain that recovery in a system is a skill, not a punishment.
- Student activity
- Start from an unstable companion state, test a repair sequence, and compare which order works best.
- Teacher prompt
- What helped the system recover, and why did that order matter?
- Light evidence
- Short verbal explanation or checklist note about the recovery sequence.
- Best-fit use case
- Relief lesson
Session 5
20 minutesSystems and Feedback Loops
- Outcome
- Students describe a simple feedback loop using system language.
- Student activity
- Track one input, one state change, and one resulting mood or output.
- Teacher prompt
- What signal did the system give you after your first action?
- Light evidence
- Input -> state -> output summary.
- Best-fit use case
- STEM block
Session 6
20 minutesPatterns Over Time
- Outcome
- Students identify a pattern in how the companion responds across multiple actions.
- Student activity
- Review notes from earlier sessions, compare with a partner, and identify one reliable pattern.
- Teacher prompt
- What usually works, and what evidence supports that?
- Light evidence
- One pattern statement supported by an example.
- Best-fit use case
- STEM block
Session 7
20 minutesExplain Your Thinking
- Outcome
- Students explain what they learned about systems, regulation and collaboration.
- Student activity
- Share one pattern, one useful strategy, and one thing they now understand more clearly.
- Teacher prompt
- What did this digital companion help you notice about systems or behaviour?
- Light evidence
- One short student reflection or teacher observation note.
- Best-fit use case
- STEM block
Assessment
Light evidence only
No marking required. Teachers can collect simple classroom evidence with two optional tools and still keep the sequence low-friction.
No marking required
This sequence does not require grading, report comments or a formal rubric. It is packaged for classroom use, not extra admin burden.
One-page student reflection sheet
A single written snapshot that captures cause/effect reasoning, systems vocabulary, regulation strategy and collaborative reflection.
Teacher observation checklist
A quick circulation tool for noting whether students read companion state, explain patterns, suggest strategies and work collaboratively.
Weekly Fit
Where this fits in a school week
Teachers usually need a fast answer to timing and slotting. These are the primary packaging labels used throughout the school pack.
Digital Technologies mini-lesson
Use Sessions 1, 2 and 5 when you want explicit system and algorithm language in short bursts.
STEM block
Use Sessions 5, 6 and 7 when you want to emphasise systems thinking, feedback loops and explanation.
Wellbeing session
Use Sessions 3 and 4 when the goal is feelings language, regulation and repair without blame.
Relief lesson
Use Session 1 or Session 4 as a low-prep standalone option with clear teacher prompts.
Family and Admin Reassurance
Low-friction language for parents, principals and wellbeing teams
School-facing positioning stays simple: short classroom sequence, clear curriculum fit, supervised use, and no extra account administration.
No student accounts
The school deployment is built for alias-only classroom use with no student sign-up flow.
Local classroom records
Routine use keeps roster, lesson, and progress records on the current device during the pilot window.
Teacher-led and time-bounded
The classroom version is designed for supervised lessons, not always-on companion behaviour.
Bounded product contract
The school profile excludes chat, social features, identity shaping, public sharing, and retention pressure loops.
ICT and Privacy
Keep the technical detail in the governance pack, not the hero copy
Teacher and family surfaces stay in plain classroom language. Privacy, retention, and implementation detail live in the governance pack for leadership and ICT review.
Privacy position
The school-facing explanation is simple: routine classroom use keeps alias-based data on the device, does not depend on student account setup, and leaves exports under adult control.
Privacy and security references kept here: AC9TDI4P09, AC9TDI6P09
Governance Pack
Pilot-ready material for leadership, ICT, and wellbeing review
The school profile is backed by a privacy pack, a safeguarding pack, a teacher pack, a pilot operations pack, and an evidence pack. That is the package you use for principal and pilot conversations.
Privacy pack
Privacy policy, child and parent notices, data inventory, retention schedule, third-party register, controls summary, and privacy impact assessment.
Safeguarding pack
Child-safety risk assessment, misuse and over-engagement controls, escalation pathway, supervision model, and inclusion review.
Teacher pack
Teacher guide, parent note, staff briefing, lesson cards, and printable reflection materials for low-friction delivery.
Pilot operations pack
Pilot prospectus, acceptance runbook, family participation protocol, review checklists, and outreach material for school launch.
Evidence pack
Interview guides, feedback forms, measures, incident logging, fidelity notes, and the end-of-pilot summary template.
Acceptance Gate
Run the acceptance gate before outreach
Complete these checks in order. A failed step means fix the issue before moving into school outreach or live pilot use.
Step 1
Browser and network inspection
Inspect routine classroom use on the school profile and confirm only declared traffic appears during normal lesson flow.
Step 2
Teacher dry run
Have one teacher rehearse the setup, lesson flow, evidence handling, and deletion controls before any school outreach.
Step 3
ICT/privacy review
Walk ICT or privacy reviewers through the governance pack and capture a pass/fail decision against the school boundary.
Step 4
Parent readability review
Test the family note, privacy notice, and participation explanation with a parent or carer before live pilot use.
Document Pack
School pack downloads
Start with the in-app reader for review. Use downloads when a teacher or reviewer needs a printable or offline copy of the same material.
Core Pack
4 documents
Overview and Alignment
Leadership-ready summary with Years 3-6 fit, learning outcomes and Australian Curriculum V9.0 mapping.
Teachers and school leaders
7 Lesson Cards
Seven 20-minute lesson snapshots with one clear outcome, one activity, one prompt and light evidence.
Classroom teachers
Assessment and Reflection
No-marking guidance with one student reflection sheet and one teacher observation checklist.
Classroom teachers
Privacy and Implementation Note
Plain-language implementation note for ICT, leadership and family reassurance.
ICT and leadership
Teacher Pack
3 documents
Teacher Guide
One-page setup, supervision, lesson pacing, and deletion guidance for classroom delivery.
Classroom teachers
Parent Note
Plain-language parent/carer note for pilot communication and family questions.
Parents and carers
Staff Briefing
One-slide briefing for leadership, staff meetings, and internal pilot sign-off.
Leadership and staff
Governance Pack
15 documents
Privacy Policy
Plain-English privacy position for school leaders, ICT reviewers, and families.
Leadership and ICT
Child Privacy Notice
Short child-friendly explanation of what the school deployment stores and why.
Students
Parent/Carer Privacy Notice
Family-facing notice explaining aliases, local storage, and teacher-controlled exports.
Parents and carers
Data Flow Diagram
Simple map of local classroom data, optional exports, and adult-controlled review points.
ICT and privacy reviewers
Data Inventory
Inventory of alias roster data, lesson queue data, local progress, and pilot summaries.
ICT and privacy reviewers
Retention and Deletion Schedule
Short retention rules, automatic expiry window, and teacher-triggered deletion controls.
ICT and leadership
Third-Party Services Register
Register of any services that may receive school-related traffic outside routine classroom use.
ICT and procurement
Security Controls Summary
Summary of local storage, route restrictions, deletion controls, and operational checks.
ICT and privacy reviewers
Privacy Impact Assessment
Pilot-stage privacy impact assessment with risks, mitigations, and residual review points.
Leadership and ICT
Child-Safety Risk Assessment
Risk register for supervised classroom use, family communication, and device-sharing contexts.
Leadership and wellbeing teams
Misuse and Over-engagement Risk Assessment
Controls for time-bounded use, no retention pressure, and teacher-led session limits.
Leadership and wellbeing teams
Wellbeing Escalation Pathway
Escalation steps if a classroom interaction raises a wellbeing or safety concern.
Teachers and wellbeing teams
Teacher Supervision Model
Default supervision expectations for setup, runtime use, evidence review, and deletion.
Teachers and leadership
Accessibility and Inclusion Review
Pilot-stage review of readability, participation options, and classroom inclusion risks.
Teachers and inclusion teams
What MetaPet Schools Is / Is Not
Boundary statement covering therapy, surveillance, social, and AI expectations.
Leadership, teachers, and families
Pilot Ops Pack
10 documents
Pilot Readiness Verdict v2
Principal-facing decision memo with the updated score, constrained pilot recommendation, and required proof checks.
Principals and pilot leads
Pilot Prospectus
Constrained pilot scope, success criteria, stop conditions, evidence plan, and school ask.
Leadership and pilot partners
Acceptance Runbook
Ordered acceptance gate for browser checks, dry runs, reviews, and final pre-pilot signoff.
Pilot leads and reviewers
Pilot Runbook
One-page pilot timeline, owners, weekly cadence, and stop-condition handling for the first school trial.
Pilot leads and teachers
School Partner Checklist
Principal and pilot-lead checklist for devices, staffing, family communication, and launch readiness.
Principals and pilot leads
Outreach Pack
Principal email template, first-meeting agenda, and recommended review order for school conversations.
Principals and pilot leads
Teacher Dry-Run Checklist
Timed rehearsal checklist for setup, classroom flow, deletion controls, and teacher workload.
Classroom teachers
ICT/Privacy Review Checklist
Artifact-by-artifact ICT review checklist mapped to the governance pack and route boundary.
ICT and privacy reviewers
Parent Readability Checklist
Readability review tool for the parent note, privacy notice, and participation explanation.
Parents and carers
Family Participation Protocol
Recommended opt-in flow, opt-out handling, shared-device guidance, and teacher language for the pilot.
Teachers and families
Evidence Pack
7 documents
Teacher Interview Guide
Semi-structured interview guide covering setup time, workload, clarity, and classroom impact.
Pilot leads and researchers
Student Exit Feedback
Anonymous student feedback sheet with age-appropriate questions about clarity, safety, and learning.
Students
Parent/Carer Feedback Form
Short family feedback template for clarity, participation process, concerns, and perceived value.
Parents and carers
Pre/Post Measure
Short before-and-after classroom measure for systems thinking, online safety, and regulation language.
Teachers and pilot leads
Incident Log
Structured log for safeguarding, privacy, inclusion, workload, and over-engagement incidents.
Teachers and pilot leads
Implementation Fidelity Notes
Template for recording what was delivered, what changed, and what barriers appeared during the pilot.
Teachers and pilot leads
End-of-Pilot Summary
Final summary template for evidence, incidents, findings, and next-step recommendation.
Leadership and pilot partners