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21/09/2026

🌟 TURN YOUR PASSION FOR CHILDREN INTO A RECOGNISED CAREER! 🌟

Enrolments are now open for the Thuto Teach Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner.

📅 Enrol during September
🚀 The next group starts in October
🎓 QCTO-accredited occupational qualification
💻 Flexible distance learning in your own time

Study without putting your life on hold

Our distance-learning programme gives you the flexibility to work through your course material in your own time. You will also have access to dedicated facilitators who will guide, encourage and support you throughout your learning journey.

Gain knowledge you can use in the classroom

This qualification combines essential ECD knowledge with hands-on practical application. You will learn how to:

✅ Support the holistic development of young children
✅ Plan meaningful, age-appropriate learning experiences
✅ Create safe, stimulating and inclusive learning environments
✅ Observe and respond to each child’s developmental needs
✅ Encourage children to explore, discover and grow
✅ Use play as a powerful tool for teaching and learning

Why choose Thuto Teach?

At Thuto Teach, you are more than a student number. We understand the demands faced by working practitioners, teachers, assistants and caregivers.

You will receive:

🤝 Support from dedicated facilitators
📚 Structured learning materials
💻 Access to our online learning platform
🏫 Practical workplace experience
📝 Assessment guidance and constructive feedback
❤️ Support from a caring learning community

A QCTO-accredited qualification means that you are working towards a nationally recognised occupational qualification aligned with South African training and workplace standards.

Help children develop through meaningful, hands-on learning—and discover how to teach and learn through play.

🚨 Enrol now during September. Our next group starts in October!

🌐 Register through our website:
www.thutoteach.co.za

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17/09/2026

ECD MANAGEMENT TIP: Don’t Wait Until December to Think About Next Year’s Enrolment!

As we move towards the end of the year, ECD centres are often focused on concerts, graduation, reports and simply getting through a very busy final term.

But this is also one of the most important times to focus on parent retention.

Parents don't only decide whether to return because of fees or facilities. Their everyday experience of your centre matters too. Do they feel informed? Do they see their child's progress? Do they feel welcomed? Do they believe their child is known, cared for and developing?

Here are a few practical things you can start doing now:

Show parents their child's progress. Don't wait for the final report. Share a little achievement, photograph, observation or milestone. Help parents see the learning behind the play.
Communicate about next year early. Send re-enrolment information, fees, class arrangements, important dates and requirements well before year-end. Give current families a clear opportunity to secure their child's place.
Ask parents about their experience. A simple five-question parent survey can reveal small problems you still have time to fix.
Make every collection time count. A warm greeting and a 30-second positive update about a child can build enormous trust over time.
Celebrate the year. Show families how much their children have grown. Create portfolios, displays, photo memories or a simple "Look how much we've learned!" celebration.
Prepare for transitions. Tell parents what the next age group or class will look like and how you are preparing their child. Uncertainty can make parents look elsewhere.
Deal with concerns before year-end. Don't allow unresolved complaints, account queries or communication problems to follow families into December.
Start January before December arrives. Confirm returning children, update enrolment information, plan staff and classrooms, order resources and identify the spaces you still need to fill.

💡 A useful question for every ECD manager to ask this month:

"If I were a parent at my school, what have I experienced this year that would make me excited to come back next year?"

Retention isn't something that happens when you send out a re-enrolment form.

It is built through the experience you give children and their families throughout the year.