Studies show these devices are less accurate on darker skin tones because the melanin-rich skin absorbs the green light, causing them to miss heart rate and blood oxygen readings.
Reclaim Lost Time
Precision Biology · Tāmaki Makaurau · Aotearoa
The Circadian Clinic brings the Foundation’s mission to life: ending medical data bias, restoring performance for professionals, fueling equity through every reset.
T H E C H A L L E N G E
Your sleep test is lying to you.
Most wearables (e.g. smart watches, pulse oximeters, and consumer fitness trackers using green-light PPG sensors) are built for white skin.
0
%
industry fixes for melanin-based data bias
20
%
performance drop from misread body clocks
13
b
annual cost of declining Kiwi brain health
S C I E N C E T E L L S U S
You are not one brain.
You are trillions of living things, all talking to each other. School only ever taught one. We teach the rest.
R.School
We restore the biological OS for brain health — for kids whose learning has stalled and their parents who never stopped fighting for change.
Days 2-28
Residency
A residential programme including grow-lab meals (urban mushroom farm), elder circles, no screens after dark, contrast therapy, quiet naps. Sleep/wakes synced to sun.
• Gut‑Led Nutrition
• Science You Can Eat
• Whānau Table
Day 30
Outcome
• Circadian Reset
• Science‑Led Recovery
• Return to Te Ao Mārama
T H E D I F F E R E N C E
Schools teach neck-up.
We start in the gut.
We replace cognitive-based learning with a systems-based model that adapts to human biology; shifting education from corporate efficiency to cultural and generational resilience.
Specialist Schools
They fill the tank
- Timetable: One fixed schedule
- Cohorts: Age/sex-based cohorts
- Method: Tutor-driven learning
- Goals: Teach-to-the-test
R.School
We fix the engine
- Timetable: Flexible timescales
- Cohorts: Chronotype-matched
- Method: Peer-based learning
- Goals: Brain-body resilience
Founder Statement
My students couldn’t sit still. We gave it fancy names and managed it. We never asked why. I started looking at the gut. Then sleep. Then daylight. The body had been trying to tell us something for years. So I built a school that knows how to listen.
Grant Munro
Founder at The Circadian Foundation
T H E E V I D E N C E
The Munro Gut Brain Index (MGBI) has been tested across 100,000 digital learners, with real‑world validation now underway.
Inclusive
94%
accuracy across all skin tones
Clinical
92%
gold-standard sleep correlation
Reliable
83%+
less data drift vs. wrist devices
R.School is free to every child 
every whānau, every day 
What follows are supported programmes for those who want to go deeper 
and every dollar funds access for someone who can’t 
Why we’re unique
Your data is yours.
We use soil, food, light, and community to rewild brains. And everything you learn, you own. Forever.
Jacob Morena
Who owns what we learn here?
Remedy Bank
You do. It lives in the Remedy Bank.
Jacob Morena
Forever?
Remedy Bank
Forever.
Fungi Farm
Circadian Reset Lounge
AI Language Lab
Community Kitchen
Who we are
R.School is made possible by The Circadian Foundation
The Circadian Foundation
R.School is operated under The Circadian Foundation, a charitable trust founded by Grant Munro, with a public‑benefit mandate, Te Tiriti‑aligned data governance, and independent trustee oversight. All surplus is reinvested into research and community access. The Trust is securing a flagship site in Auckland’s learning precinct, returning a heritage building to civic use through a low‑cost pilot aligned with the precinct’s educational mission.
The school is free. Always. For those who want to go deeper, we offer three supported programmes.
Community
For kids or adults needing a quick lift. One week of morning rhythm clears fog, steadies sleep, and jump‑starts gut–brain balance.
Free
Plan Includes:
- Morning block (7:30–1pm)
- Daily TipTrack sync
- Retinal quick‑scan
- Grow‑lab breakfast
- Light‑therapy pod + nap
- End‑week rhythm plan
- Elder session
Residency
30 Days
For families wanting a full clinical reset. A supported 30-day programme that cross-subsidises free access for everyone else.
Call us
Plan Includes:
- Baseline scans + gut test
- 28 days living in rhythm
- Grow‑lab meals
- No screens after dark
- Light therapy + naps
- Sleep synced to sun
- Day‑30 outcome scan
- Take‑home plan
- Elder circles
Annual Programme
For families wanting lasting stability. A full year of daily rhythm builds biological literacy, calmer brains, and a predictable, healthy baseline.
Call us
Plan Includes:
- Daily morning block
- Grow‑lab food learning
- Elders teaching rangi cycles
- Light‑therapy pods
- Seasonal rhythm reviews
- Quarterly gut–brain scans
- Priority residency access