See our latest updates on the new Thembalitsha Foundation blog!

Thank you for being a loyal supporter and friend of Graceland Preschool and Thembalitsha Foundation! We have recently streamlined all of our blogs into a single website for all of the projects so you can keep up with all things Thembalitsha in one place: thembalitsha.blogspot.com. If you are interested in following our new combined stream, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your up-to-date e-mail address in the "Follow By E-mail" field. And if you still want to view project-specific content, you can choose a project from the drop-down menu at the top! All of our old posts from this blog have also migrated there as well in a full archives.

We hope that this new platform will be incredibly easy for you to use and also show you the full scope of the exciting happenings here at Thembalitsha! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at any time - we love hearing from our supporters.

We look forward to sharing more of this journey with you!

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Team Themba

Meet our little ones in 2015!

First things first: Meet our little ones! They just seem to get more gorgeous every year. We have 57 children registered this year, and we are very excited about what 2015 has in store for Graceland. 

 

The first week of school was filled with buckets and buckets of tears. However, by the second week of school, it was like the tears never happened. The reason for the quick adjustment to the school is still to be determined. Are the children becoming more adaptable or are the teachers just getting better at this? I think only three days of crying is our new record.

 

 

Congratulations to Elizabeth Solomons (4-5 year olds teacher) and Rosaline Fortuin (2-3 year olds teacher)! On 5 December 2014, Elizabeth graduated from her Level 5 Course and Rosaline graduated from her Level 4 Course, both in Early Childhood Development. We were told by the facilitator that the teachers from Graceland are her best students. Well done on your hard work! Graceland is proud to have you. As we equip ourselves, we are able to better understand the development of our children and to help our children at their level.

L-R: Rosaline Fortuin and Elizabeth Solomons

This year we are hoping to add an additional classroom to Graceland Pre-school. At the moment we have 3 classes, divided into the different age groups. A 2-3 year olds classroom, a 3-4 year olds classroom and a 4-5 year olds classroom. In order to achieve our goal this year we will need a new storage space. We are already getting a teacher ready to take the younger age group of 1-2 year olds, thanks to the Ulrike Merkel Trust. 

William Arthur Ward said,“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.” 

May this new year challenge you to make a difference in the world around you!