Pattern & Thread

Designing learning for curious humans

I design the systems and practice of learning, for schools, organisations, and curious humans designing their own.

Design systemsBuild useful thingsCreate tools for humans

The work

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Practice areaSystems designThe systems a school runs on: wellbeing, behaviour, planning and pedagogy, designed to fit the people inside them.Systems design → Practice area · NewSchool data systemsDashboards, learning profiles and plans, NCCD and compliance systems, designed, built and supported for your school.School data systems → Practice areaThe Neurodivergent StaffroomSensory profiling, workshops and environment design for every adult in a school.The Staffroom → Come to somethingEvents & workshopsPublic workshops and one-day intensives, or bring one to your school.Events → Take something homeCards & toolsCard decks for staffrooms, coaching conversations and the harder days.Cards & tools →
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Most work begins with a sentence like one of these.

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Come with something, leave with something

Every workshop starts from a real decision or a real day, and ends with something built that you take home.

Introductory series · Nov and Dec 2026

The Sensory Profiling Workshop

A full day building your own sensory profile and field kit, for every adult in a school, not only the neurodivergent ones.

When
12 November and 3 December 2026
Where
LCI Melbourne, Collingwood
Cost
$500 per person, introductory pricing
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Dates to be announced

Dashboard Build Day

Bring a prepared dataset and leave with a working dashboard prototype, plus the know-how to keep developing it.

Format
One-day intensive, in person
For
School leaders, data and wellbeing leads
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About

Pip Cleaves

Pip Cleaves

I'm a Systems & Practice Designer based in Bendigo, Victoria. My work spans curriculum architecture, the internal systems schools run on, school data systems and peer coaching, all designed to work for the people in them.

Alongside Pattern & Thread I work at Canva as a Global Content Specialist. Before that I was Chief Learning Architect at Global Village Learning. I've worked in the NSW Department of Education's information technology team, consulted with state education systems and independent schools around Australia, and worked with Microsoft's and Adobe's global education teams.

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Bring a question

Write with what's happening and what you've already tried. That's enough to start a conversation.