Changelog & Release Notes

v1.4.0 Latest 22 June 2026

The Primary Mode release — a complete primary-school experience. One switch adapts the whole platform for younger students, with a calmer dashboard, a picture-first reward store with saving-up goals, classroom tools for teachers, gentler leaderboards, and accessibility support throughout.

Primary Mode

✦ One master switch applies a recommended set of child-friendly defaults — each adjustable, and turning it off disables every Primary Mode feature at once

✦ Simpler dashboard with one friendly points display and a progress bar in place of the dense default layout

✦ Picture-first visual reward store with clear "you can get this / keep saving" wording

✦ "Save up for this" goals — students choose a reward and the dashboard progress bar tracks toward it

Classroom Tools

✦ Today Board — an editable visual weekly timetable; students see the whole week with today highlighted, and just today's activities on their dashboard

✦ Student Picker for fair random student and group selection, and a Brain Break movement-break timer

✦ Each teacher tool can be switched on or off individually

Accessibility & Inclusion

✦ Read-aloud extended across more screens, including goals and the Today board

✦ Reading-friendly font, larger text, bigger buttons and reduce-motion options

✦ Guided help tours with simpler, child-friendly wording

Leaderboards & Recognition

✦ Choose how classmates appear — full names, initials, or anonymous

✦ New "My Class" leaderboard, plus controls to hide time periods or board types and reduce options for younger students

✦ Anonymise the recognition feed and student spotlight, or show "a student from" their house or class

Celebrations

✦ A confetti celebration when a student achieves a goal (respects the reduce-motion setting)

Modules & Fixes

✦ School Clubs is now a toggleable module, available on all plans

✦ Growth Insights, Streaks and School Clubs now correctly follow their School Setup toggle in the student menu

✦ Mobile top-bar layout fixed so controls no longer crowd on small screens

✦ Animated reward banners now render correctly in the store

Availability

✦ Live across web, iOS and Android

v1.3.0 17 June 2026

An accessibility, privacy and performance release, faster app load, custom dashboard banner, plus a new automated test and crash-reporting pipeline.

Privacy & Security

✦ Shared-device fix. Per-user data is now cleared on login, logout, and support sessions

✦ Module and tier access is now enforced on the server, not just hidden in the interface

✦ Rate-limit protection hardened to prevent quota targeting

Performance

✦ Faster first load — analytics now loads after the page

Character Progression

✦ Progression now starts at Level 0 with rebalanced level thresholds so early progress feels fairer

Dashboard & Streaks

✦ Custom dashboard banners now display legible text

✦ Streak labels corrected to read "day streak" with proper singular/plural (1 day / 2 days) on the dashboard and streaks page

Notifications

✦ Daily points reminders are no longer sent on weekends

Reliability

✦ New automated test suite

✦ Client-side crash reporting added — app errors are now captured automatically for faster fixes

iOS App v1.4 (Build 21)

✦ All v1.4.0 platform improvements, the character progression rebalance, and client-side crash reporting ship in this build

v1.2.0 14 May 2026

The mobile & rewards release — iOS home-screen widgets, a dedicated Vouchers admin page with bulk reward-code generation, recognition feed and leaderboard refinements, dynamic mentorship year levels, inter-school competition management, and a full light-mode colour audit.

Home-Screen Widgets

✦ iOS home-screen widgets for students and admins — students see their points and streak, admins see a school-wide summary

✦ Widgets stay up to date in the background via silent push

Vouchers & Reward Codes

✦ New Vouchers admin page — reward codes moved out of the Store into their own page, with a bulk voucher generator

✦ Store gains a voucher picker, and reward-code button glitches are fixed

Recognition Feed & Leaderboard

✦ Recognition feed now has a fixed height with scroll and is capped at 20 items; the leaderboard layout matches

Mentorship

✦ Mentor and mentee roles now support dynamic year-level selection

Inter-School Competitions

✦ Support accounts can now create and manage inter-school competitions, with corrected competition date handling

Light Mode

✦ Comprehensive light-mode colour audit and readability fixes across the app

Student UX & Fixes

✦ Shout-out replay removed, multi-select for harm reports, refined avatar colours, banner sorting, and a Play Store badge

✦ Added database integrity constraints to engagement flags

Mobile Apps

✦ iOS App v1.2 (Builds 5–17) and Android App v1.2 (Build 9) released

v1.1.0 10 May 2026

Growth insights with automated at-risk flagging, expanded parent portal, inter-school competitions, Face ID reliability fix, teacher check-in prompts, and a message bug fix.

Growth Insights — At Risk

✦ Admin Growth Insights page gains an At Risk tab listing all currently flagged students with their flag type, roll class, and year level — admins can mark each as reviewed to dismiss the flag

✦ Admin Overview now shows a Needs Attention card with a live count of unresolved flags and a direct link to Growth Insights when any flags are active

✦ Teacher Overview gains a Students to Check In On section showing only the students in that teacher's enrolled classes — each entry shows the flag type and roll class with a Mark as Checked button

✦ Flags respect a 7-day cooldown after manual resolution — a student won't be re-flagged for the same reason within a week of being cleared

Parent Portal

✦ Weekly points sparkline chart added — shows a 4-week bar chart of points earned per week so parents can see engagement trends at a glance

Inter-School Competitions

✦ Admins can now join or leave inter-school competitions set up by AchievoEDU — competitions appear in a new section of the Competitions page

✦ Leaderboards are anonymised by default — competing schools appear as School A, School B, etc., with "Your School" for your own entry

✦ Admins can opt to make their school visible to other schools by setting a display name — toggling between Anonymous and Show Name with a save button per competition

✦ Students and teachers can view the inter-school standings via a new tab in the Competitions page — no join or leave access, read-only

✦ Competition metrics supported at launch: average points per student and engagement rate — more metrics planned

Face ID / Biometric Login

✦ Face ID now functioning on IOS for re-logging into the app

✦ Logging out now clears the saved Face ID token from the Keychain

Bug Fixes

✦ Gratitude messages longer than 50 characters now send correctly

✦ Active module count on the Admin Overview now matches the School Setup page

iOS App v1.2 (Build 4)

✦ All v1.1.0 platform improvements included in this release

✦ Face ID login and logout fixes ship in this build

v1.0.0 18 April 2026

The 1.0 milestone — print-ready certificates, redesigned light mode, QR Awards for admins, teacher gratitude, house carnival points, streak grace periods and at-risk notifications, parent child profiles, 50 journal prompts, richer email digests with wellbeing flags and points history, expanded push notifications, admin title locking, and a wide range of polish and bug fixes.

Certificates

✦ Certificates are now A4 landscape and export as a properly sized PDF — no more clipped footers or wrong dimensions

✦ Certificate generation is now admin-only

Light Mode

✦ Completely redesigned light mode with calm blue-gray canvas that replaces harsh white backgrounds, with layered card surfaces and subtle shadows

✦ Active sidebar nav items are now clearly highlighted in light mode — previously the selected state was invisible against the light background

✦ Accent colours (teal, amber, indigo, emerald) are now readable in both dark and light themes without washing out or becoming illegible

QR Awards

✦ Admins can now generate QR award codes directly, previously only teachers could create codes

✦ QR Awards now appears correctly in the Active Modules section of the admin dashboard

Gratitude

✦ Teachers can now receive gratitude messages from students with a Gratitude inbox that appears on the teacher dashboard

✦ Teachers can also send gratitude messages to individual students directly from their dashboard

House Competition

✦ Carnival & Event Points section created where admins can now award points directly to houses for Swimming Carnival, Cross Country, Athletics Carnival, Lunchtime Events, War Cry/Cheer, or any custom reason. Points go to the house tracker only, not to individual students

✦ Event award history is visible in the House System page with a remove button to undo accidental entries

✦ House event awards appear in the competition activity feed labelled as "House Event" alongside student-earned points

✦ Students can now only expand their own house in the competition feed, other houses are not expandable. Teachers can expand all houses

✦ Teachers now have a Competition page in their sidebar showing live house standings

Character Progression

✦ Points per behaviour on the overview now reflects actual linked behaviour values

✦ Student preview panel no longer falls off the screen on mobile

✦ Schools with custom character competencies can now set custom title names for each of the 6 progression levels per competency

Bug Fixes

✦ Date inputs in the Streaks school terms and public holidays fields no longer overlap with the calendar picker icon

✦ Points boost glow on the Class page now covers the full preset chip area, not just the category label above it

✦ Fixed a stale database label for attendance badges

Streaks

✦ Grace period setting added — admins can allow students to miss 1 or 2 school days before their streak resets, configurable per school

✦ Grace period is now correctly applied in the streak calculation engine, accounting for weekends and public holidays

✦ Enabled streak tracker cards in the admin Streaks module now display an orange glow to make active trackers visually distinct

✦ Each streak tracker now displays explicit instructions explaining exactly what action students need to take to advance their streak

✦ Streak milestone reward types overhauled — title and physical reward options removed; wellbeing and gratitude bonuses now use a configurable point value; store rewards use a category and item dropdown and log directly to Fulfilment when unlocked

Titles

✦ Character progression titles using default names are now shown as locked in the admin Titles page — admins click Customize to unlock editing

✦ Customised titles show the full edit form with a Reset to defaults option that re-locks the card

✦ Titles for disabled or deleted competencies are hidden from the admin Titles page

Push Notifications

✦ Streak at Risk notification added — sends an automated reminder to students who haven't completed their streak activity before midnight, with 8 rotating message tones and a configurable send time

✦ Store Opening Today notification — alerts students when the reward store opens at 1st or 2nd break, configurable per school

✦ Last Minute to Order notification — weekly reminder sent on a configured day each week before the store order cutoff

✦ Bullying Incident Reported notification — instant admin alert when a bullying report is submitted through the app

✦ Student Voice Response notification — students are notified when an admin or teacher responds to their suggestion

Email Digests

✦ Parent digest now includes a Recent Points breakdown per child — showing the reason, date, teacher name, and class for each point transaction in the past week

✦ Teacher digest now includes unresolved wellbeing flags per class — listing flagged students, their mood, and consecutive days so teachers can follow up

✦ Teacher digest no longer includes the bullying report count, which is now handled via the dedicated admin notification

✦ Email preview in the Email Digests admin page updated to reflect all recent changes to both digest formats

Parent

✦ Parents can now view their children's profiles directly from the sidebar — a My Children section links to each child's full profile card showing points, badges, rank, house, titles, and more

Journal

✦ Daily journal prompts expanded from 15 to 50 — covering self-reflection, relationships, resilience, leadership, decision-making, and wellbeing. The rotation cycle is now approximately 7 weeks

Admin Polish

✦ Word of the Day decorative quote mark removed from admin and parent views (already removed from student and teacher views in a prior release)

✦ School Setup save button renamed from "Save School Settings" to "Save Changes" for consistency

✦ Mentorship admin page — Profile Preview tab removed as it duplicated the eye button already present on the Dashboard tab

✦ Character Progression — Cross-Competency Status section hidden pending full implementation

v0.9.9 16 April 2026

Bug fixes and quality improvements — leaderboard visibility, points categories, foyer display layout, student profile stats, and Android v1.5.

Foyer Display

✦ Upcoming event info and school name are now stacked in the slide title bar and can never collide with slide content

Leaderboard

✦ Changing a student profile to public or private updates the leaderboard for all connected students immediately without a page refresh

✦ The school, year level, and house leaderboard fixed so they are no longer causing all students to appear as private regardless of their setting

Teacher Points

✦ Admin-configured point categories were blocked by a permissions issue; teachers can now see and use them in both class and supervision views

✦ When admin has set up character-competency-linked point presets, the generic fallback reasons (Class Participation, etc.) are automatically hidden from the teacher's list

Student Profile

✦ Student profiles now show a Titles count box displaying how many titles the student has unlocked

✦ Removed duplicate badge count pill from profile header (already shown in the stats grid below)

Android App

✦ Android App updated to include all v0.9.8 and v0.9.9 platform improvements

Website

✦ Favicon added to all pages

✦ Social share OG image updated with full branded card (wordmark, tagline, URL)

✦ Roadmap page hidden from navigation and search engines

v0.9.8 14 April 2026

The polish and privacy release — push notification controls, QR awards oversight for admins, pastoral journal privacy, foyer display upgrades, badge layout editor, multi-year badge history, one-reaction-per-item feed, and journal prompt persistence.

Push Notification Controls

✦ Admins can independently toggle 7 notification types for students and parents: Badge Awarded, Streak Milestone, Title Unlocked, Points Received, Points Milestone, Store Sale, and Wishlist Item In Stock

✦ Schools set their own point threshold list (e.g. 100, 500, 1 000, 2 500, 5 000) for milestone notifications with add/remove chip editor

QR Awards — Admin Oversight

✦ Admins see every QR code generated by any teacher across the school: label, teacher, point value, status (Active / Claimed / Expired), claimed-by student, and expiry time

✦ QR Awards is now a toggleable modulee

Student Journal Privacy

✦ Shared journal entries are now restricted to the student's pastoral care (form) teacher

✦ Shared journal entries now appear directly in the Pastoral Insight drawer when clicking a student's name — showing date, mood, competency tag, and entry text

✦ Visibility toggle label updated to "Shared with form teacher" so students know exactly who can read their entry

Foyer Display Upgrades

✦ Updated from 10 to 15 students visible per year group

✦ Student names now fill their space on a TV screen

✦ Live recognition feed auto-scrolls through up to 30 entries with a slow continuous scroll

Badge Layout Editor & Multi-Year History

✦ Admins can drag badge categories into their preferred display order at the bottom of the Badges page

✦ If a student earns the same badge in multiple years (e.g. sport rep 2025 and 2026), all years appear in small print below the badge on their profile; a ×2 / ×3 counter shows how many times they've earned it

Student Journal Improvements

✦ The daily reflection prompt now remains on screen while the compose panel is open

✦ "Write about this →" button hides once the compose panel is already open

Recognition Feed

✦ Students can now only hold one emoji reaction per feed item

Australian Seasonal Themes

✦ Added Australia Day, Back to School, Reconciliation Week, World Environment Day, National Science Week, Book Week, R U OK? Day, World Mental Health Day, Remembrance Day, and End of Year

✦ Easter and R U OK? Day are calculated each year using an algorithm and 2nd Thursday of September respectively; no manual updates needed

Teacher Points

✦ Teachers see their school's custom preset reasons only; prevents duplicate or conflicting reason options

✦ Custom reason text field now enabled/disabled automatically based on Admin decision

v0.9.7 12 April 2026

The engagement release — QR code point awards for offline activities, overhauled foyer display, leaderboard time periods, emoji reactions on recognition feeds, badge chains, teacher weekly digests, and a featured badge pin for student profiles.

QR Code Point Awards

✦ Teachers generate single-use QR codes with a label and point value for offline activities (sports days, excursions, community service)

✦ Each code can only be claimed once; teachers set an expiry (1h to 1 week) and can revoke codes at any time

✦ Students scan the QR code to instantly claim their points with a success animation

Foyer Display Improvements

✦ Smooth directional crossfade between slides

✦ Next upcoming event is shown in a persistent amber chip

✦ School name watermark on every slide

Leaderboard Time Periods

✦ Leaderboards can now be filtered by This Week, This Month, This Term, or All Time via a pill tab selector

✦ Term dates auto-calculate based on Australian school term calendar; defaults to This Week view

Recognition Feed Reactions

✦ Students can react to recognition feed items with 👏 ❤️ 🔥 ⭐, toggling reactions on and off with live counts

Badge Improvements

✦ Admins can set a prerequisite badge that must be earned before another badge unlocks; locked badges show a padlock on the student's profile

✦ Badges can now display a custom image instead of an emoji

✦ Students can pin one earned badge to the top of their profile as their featured achievement

✦ Display order control for badge categories in the admin panel

Teacher Weekly Email Digest

✦ Teachers receive an email digest with per-class engagement stats, top earners, zero-activity students, open safety reports, and upcoming events

✦ Toggle on/off in School Setup → Communications (Email Updates module); includes a Send Now button

v0.9.6 10 April 2026

The celebration release — school life comes alive with seasonal themes, a year-in-review card, birthday recognition on leaderboards, in-app notifications, achievement certificates, a weekly parent email digest, and more.

Seasonal Themes

✦ Added Halloween, Easter, Christmas, NAIDOC Week, Harmony Day, Pi Day, St Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Anzac Day, and New Year auto-activate on their dates

✦ Each theme can be independently turned on or off in School Setup → Seasonal Themes

✦ Admins can create custom date-range themes with a name, emoji, accent colour, floating decoration emojis, and a banner message (e.g. Book Week, Sports Carnival)

✦ Floating emoji decorations and a dismissible banner message appear for all users during active themes

Student Year in Review

✦ A dedicated Year in Review page shows 8 stat tiles covering points, badges, best streak, goals, shout-outs, wellbeing check-ins, weeks active, and best single week

✦ Students can save a branded summary card as a PNG or A4 PDF landscape to share with family

In-App Notifications

✦ A bell icon in the topbar opens a slide-down panel with the last 20 notifications, unread dot indicators, and a mark-all-read action

✦ All notifications are now persisted in the database so they survive app restarts and are accessible without a device push token

Achievement Certificates

✦ Students unlock 6 points milestones (100 → 5,000 pts) and 3 badge milestones (1, 5, 10 badges), each generating a downloadable PDF certificate

✦ Locked milestones show progress (e.g. "247 more points to go") to motivate continued engagement

Birthday Recognition

✦ Students see a personalised gradient banner on their dashboard on their birthday

✦ A cake emoji appears next to a student's name on the leaderboard on their birthday so classmates can celebrate

✦ Admins can set or update each student's birthday in User Management

Weekly Parent Email Digest

✦ Schools can opt in to a weekly email to parents summarising each linked child's points, badges, streak, goals, and upcoming events for the week

✦ Toggle on/off in School Setup → Communications; includes a Send Now button to test the digest immediately

v0.9.5 8 April 2026

The depth release — every major module gets meaningfully extended: push notification milestones, mood history sparklines, journal streaks, foyer event slides, a 5-week analytics trend chart, CSV report exports, and richer dashboards for admins, teachers, and parents.

Push Notifications

✦ Students receive a push notification when they cross 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500, or 5,000 total points; parents are notified simultaneously

✦ Parents receive a push notification when their child earns a badge, including the badge name

✦ Students are notified when an admin marks their store order as fulfilled

Wellbeing

✦ Students see a bar chart of their last 14 check-ins on the Wellbeing page so they can track their mood over time

✦ If a student submits three consecutive low-mood check-ins, a supportive message appears encouraging them to reach out

Student Journal

✦ A 🔥 streak badge in the journal header tracks how many consecutive days the student has written an entry

✦ A rotating prompt card appears above the compose panel each day with a "Write about this →" shortcut to start the entry

Teacher Tools

✦ Teacher Analytics now shows a bar chart of total points awarded each week over the past 5 weeks, filterable by class

✦ The teacher home page now shows school-wide engagement rate, average points per student this week and month, and a ranked top students list

Admin

✦ Every section in Admin Reports now has a CSV export button alongside the existing PDF export

✦ The Growth Insights settings page now shows a live school-wide panel: engagement rate, average points per student, and top 5 performers this week

Parent Portal

✦ Parents can now see their child's current goals with status, due date, and any teacher feedback

✦ The next 4 school events (next 14 days) are listed in the parent dashboard with date and location

Event Calendar

✦ Calendar now defaults to the month grid view instead of the list view

✦ Admins can link a school notice to a calendar event — students see an expandable notice chip on the event card

✦ Event Calendar module can now be toggled on or off in School Setup like all other modules

Foyer Display

✦ Foyer display board now includes an Upcoming Events slide showing the next 14 days of school events with category colour coding and locations

Word of the Day

✦ Students can now scroll through the last week of words below today's card

✦ Sentence challenge card where students can write their own sentence using today's word, saved locally so it persists across sessions

v0.9.4 6 April 2026

The engagement depth release — five new modules covering student journalling, school event calendars, goal evidence, teacher analytics, and enhanced house competition, plus a full sidebar navigation reorganisation across every role.

New Modules

✦ Student Journal — students write private daily reflection entries with mood tags, competency links, and a privacy toggle; teachers can read shared entries for pastoral care

✦ Event Calendar — admins create school events (sport, excursion, exam, social) with optional RSVP; students and parents view a list and month grid and RSVP yes/no/maybe

✦ Goal Evidence Upload — students attach text or image evidence to goals; teachers review, approve, or reject submissions with optional feedback; approval automatically marks the goal achieved

✦ Teacher Analytics — teachers see per-class and school-wide metrics: average points, engagement rate, top performers, and students with zero activity in the last 7 days

✦ House Competition Enhancements — enhanced leaderboard with rank medals, member counts, and house colour coding; clicking a house expands a live activity feed of recent point events

Navigation

✦ Student sidebar reorganised into four named sections: Home, Progress, Community, and School Life — journal appears under Progress alongside Streaks and Growth Insights

✦ Teacher sidebar now has labelled sections — Teaching (challenges, goals, notices, commendations), School (word of day, council), and Insights (analytics)

✦ Admin sidebar consolidated from two unlabelled catch-all groups into Recognition, Engagement, Programs, Manage, and Settings — Student Transfers is no longer orphaned

Loading Skeletons

✦ Student Council loading states replaced with semantic per-tab skeletons — polls, suggestions, and notices each have a skeleton matching their actual card layout

✦ Admin School Council page now shows a full page skeleton with search box and member row placeholders instead of a blank screen during load

v0.9.3 4 April 2026

The Student Council release — a full student governance module, critical bug fixes that were silently preventing polls from loading for all students, and a security hardening pass across password management.

Student Council

✦ New Student Council module — council members can create and publish polls and notices visible to the whole school

✦ SRC Suggestion Box — students can address suggestions directly to the council, and senior members can post an official response

✦ Year 11, Year 12 students, and teachers on the council can edit and delete any council poll or notice for their school

✦ Council polls appear in Student Voice for every student at the school — not just council members

✦ Council notices appear in the school-wide Notices feed alongside admin-posted notices

✦ Admin panel to search and manage council membership — add or remove students and teachers

✦ Available on Plus tier and above

Bug Fixes

✦ Fixed Student Voice returning a blank screen for all students — a column name mismatch in the database query was causing every request to fail silently

✦ Fixed the Wellbeing Flags panel showing no student names — query was referencing non-existent column aliases

✦ Fixed a crash when a student redeemed a Mystery Box prize containing bonus points

Security

✦ Admin and teacher password resets now immediately invalidate the user's active session so the student is forced to log in with the new password straight away

✦ Internal server errors in council routes no longer leak database schema details to the client

v0.9.0 31 March 2026

The engagement release — richer student voice tools, goal tracking with structured milestones, a new supervisions page for teachers, animated banners, and a Goals title track with a new ultimate legend title.

Student Voice

✦ Sidebar badge shows the count of open polls so students never miss an active vote

✦ Polls can now target by gender and house — admins choose the audience when creating a poll

✦ Archived polls are shown inline below active polls, no separate page needed

✦ Suggestion box now lets students choose a recipient (any teacher or admin at the school)

✦ Students can view their own past suggestions and any responses from staff

✦ Admins and teachers can reply directly to suggestions from the management panel

Student Goals

✦ Goals now support an optional due date — students and teachers can track progress against a deadline

✦ Students can break a goal into numbered action steps and check them off as they go

✦ Goals now appear on the student profile under a dedicated Goals tab visible to teachers

✦ After a goal is marked achieved, students are prompted to set a new one — keeping momentum going

Supervisions

✦ New Supervisions page for teachers where they can assign points to students in supervision classes

✦ Admins can view and manage all supervision records across the school from the admin panel

Titles & Progression

✦ New Goals title track featuring six progressive titles from Goal Setter through to Goal Master, earned by completing goals

✦ The Achievo a new ultimate legend title requiring 100% character traits, all title milestones across every track, all streak milestones, and at least one banner purchased

✦ Milestone thresholds for the Goals track are configurable per school from the Admin Titles page

Leaderboards & Notices

✦ Leaderboards now offer a Year-to-Date / This Week toggle — scoped to the current school year so historical data doesn't skew rankings

✦ Notices can now target individual classes — teachers post directly to their own class groups

✦ Read receipts on notices — students tap "Got it" to acknowledge, and teachers see who has read each notice

✦ Fixed the house dropdown in notices showing incorrect options — now pulls live from the school's configured houses

Animated Banners

✦ 26 new animated and SVG banners added to the global catalogue — available to all schools in the Reward Store

✦ Banners now tie into The Achievo title — purchasing at least one is required to unlock the ultimate title

v0.8.0 25 March 2026

Targeted push notifications for notices and polls, content safety improvements, and a fix for the Android login issue.

Push Notifications

✦ Students receive a push notification when a new notice is posted — filtered by year level, gender, and house so only relevant students are notified

✦ Students are notified when a new Student Voice poll goes live for their year level

✦ Teacher-posted notices trigger the same targeted notification to the relevant student group

Content Safety

✦ Profanity filter extended to Student Voice — poll write-in responses are now checked before submission

✦ Uses the same word list and custom school words already applied to Shout-Outs and the Gratitude Wall

✦ Flagged write-ins are logged to the moderation panel for admin review

Platform & Bug Fixes

✦ Fixed Android app login failure caused by an incorrect API URL baked into the build

✦ Fixed a server startup crash that caused brief outages following deploys

✦ Removed a deploy step that was inadvertently clearing environment variables on each release

v0.7.0 15 March 2026

A major data management release — overhauled CSV bulk upload system, EQ ID cross-system linking, support tools for school onboarding, and a series of module bug fixes across streaks, attendance badges, and mentorship.

CSV Upload Overhaul

✦ Updated the student, parent, teacher, and class(enrollment) CSV

✦ Upload results now show the server's actual created/updated counts and per-row errors inline

✦ Request body limit raised to 5 MB — supports schools with 2,000+ students or 4,000+ parents in a single upload

Student ID — Cross-System Linking

✦ New student_id field on student accounts — unique per school, supports alphanumeric IDs

✦ Classes and parents are linked to students via student ID rather than email — mirrors school MIS exports

✦ Partial unique index ensures multiple unlinked students can coexist without constraint conflicts

Support Tools

✦ Trial tier support — set an expiry date when onboarding a school on a trial plan

✦ School domain auto-generated from school name with uniqueness suffix if needed

Module Bug Fixes

✦ Streaks now correctly honour the module toggle — enabling it in School Setup is immediately reflected for students

✦ Attendance badges now appear on the student profile page alongside standard achievement badges

✦ Growth Insights module no longer shows as greyed-out in Overview after being enabled in School Setup

✦ Mentorship: Year 7 and Year 12 students now load correctly regardless of how year levels are stored (e.g. "07", "7", "Year 7")

✦ Mentorship: school houses are now sourced from the database — no longer limited to four hardcoded house names

Platform & Security

✦ Fixed a production error where upload failures returned "An unexpected error occurred" instead of a meaningful message

✦ Fixed UTF-8 BOM stripping — Excel-generated CSVs now parse correctly without header mismatches

✦ Year rollover preserves zero-padded year levels (e.g. "07" stays "08", not "8")

✦ Security: patched high-severity IPv6 bypass vulnerability

v0.6.0 8 March 2026

A major update focused on student wellbeing, school culture, and recognition. Two new Plus/Pro modules ship alongside performance improvements and a redesigned avatar system.

Pastoral Care Pro

✦ Admins tag any class as a pastoral care class — no code changes required

✦ Teachers see a concern flag (🚩) next to students with potential wellbeing issues

✦ Tap any student name to open a full insight drawer: mood trends, gratitude received, recent points, character strengths, and streak

✦ Three automated concern checks: active wellbeing alert · no check-in in 7 days · no recognition in 14 days

Student Spotlight Plus

✦ 8 achievement categories auto-computed each week, fortnight, or month

✦ Categories: Kindness Champion · Leadership Star · School Representative · Mindfulness Master · Most Determined · Team Player · Most Improved · Community Builder

✦ Spotlight winners appear on every student's dashboard and are marked with ⭐ in all leaderboard tabs

✦ Admin can configure period length, toggle the feature on/off, and trigger a manual run at any time

Recognition Feed Plus

✦ Live activity feed on the student dashboard showing the last 15 major school events

✦ Events tracked: badge awarded, challenge completed, shout-out received, title unlocked

✦ Auto-refreshes every 30 seconds — sits alongside the leaderboard on the student dashboard

Teacher Commendations Plus

✦ Staff can send formal recognition messages to colleagues — named or anonymous

✦ Admins manage and moderate all commendations from a dedicated page

Platform Improvements

✦ All app routes now lazy-loaded with manual chunk splitting — significantly faster initial load

✦ Rate limiter upgraded: per-user JWT keying prevents shared-IP throttling in school networks

✦ Avatar customiser: hats and glasses now align correctly across all animals; ears layer above hats naturally

✦ Student dashboard decluttered — shout-out section moved to sidebar navigation

v0.5.0 Platform & Branding 1 March 2026

Platform polish, admin store improvements, and public website launch. Focus on making every day-to-day admin and teacher workflow faster.

Admin Store

✦ Category filter chips and search bar added to Admin Store

✦ Sale Manager: set discounts by category or individual item with one click

✦ Student store shows sale price, crossed-out original, and flame badge

✦ Sale price locked at purchase time — balance unaffected if sale ends later

Branding & Website

✦ Platform and app rebranded to AchievoEDU across all touchpoints

✦ Public website launched with pricing, help centre, FAQ, and contact

✦ iOS and Android deployment readiness confirmed via Capacitor v8

v0.4.0 Character & Behaviour 22 February 2026

The character competency system and Behaviour Boost were the focus of this release — tying everyday classroom behaviours directly to the six character pillars.

Points & Character Alignment

✦ Points configuration grouped by the 6 character competencies with colour coding

✦ Each competency section expandable with sub-skill categories and default point values

✦ General Activity section for uncategorised behaviours

Behaviour Boost

✦ Admin can activate double points for an entire competency for a week or fortnight

✦ Boosted behaviours glow in teacher class view with ×2 badge and days remaining

✦ Teacher preset picker shows focus behaviours first with animated double-points indicator

v0.3.0 Wellbeing & Community 15 February 2026

The community and wellbeing layer — everything that makes a school feel connected beyond just points and grades.

✦ Wellbeing check-ins with mood tracking

✦ Admin wellbeing trend view

✦ Shout-Outs & Gratitude Wall

✦ Student Voice (polls & elections)

✦ Mentorship program (mentor/mentee pairing)

✦ Weekly and schoolwide challenges

✦ Notices board (admin → all roles)

✦ Word of the Day

✦ Bullying Reports module

✦ Parent portal (read-only view)

✦ Support role with session impersonation

✦ Competition module

v0.2.0 New Modules 8 February 2026

The first integration of toggleable modules and basic analysis tools.

✦ Dashboards: parent

✦ Character progression profiles

✦ Streaks

✦ Attendance integration

✦ Admin analytics & CSV exports

✦ Content moderation tools

✦ Bulk user import via CSV

v0.1.0 Foundation 1 February 2026

The core platform: multi-role authentication, points, rewards, character progression, badges, leaderboards, streaks, attendance, and admin analytics.

✦ Dashboards: student, teacher, admin

✦ Points & Rewards Store

✦ Badges & achievements

✦ Leaderboards

✦ Module system start

✦ Teacher class management & goal tracking

✦ Store fulfillment workflow for admins

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