About us
Thornton Educare is a Professional care provider partnering, trusting, caring and educating in an environment that becomes by design a second home. This is where children learn through playing which is the work of childhood. At Thornton Educare we strive to offer the highest quality of attention to detail when it comes to your loved ones to ensure a happy and stress free learning environment
We strive to develop our children holistically. Our children gain this all-inclusive progress from our qualified and experienced teachers, who have a passion for nurturing and shaping young minds.
The daycare centre is managed by the owner and principal Avril Harrison, who is a qualified teacher. She and all her staff are also trained and skilled with the most recent First Aid and Firefighting Certificates.
The daycare holds a team wealthy with knowledge and qualified experience in child care. Also part of the team is Anlike Mare of Little Lambs Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapist Mariaan Lubbe who are not only kind and patient, but passionate about nurturing a love of learning in each and every child.
We urge all parents to help support us in this journey of caring for your precious children so that together we can make this an amazing learning and growing experience for your children.
We offer a variety of activities to fully stimulate your child’s mental and physical qualities, while paying special attention to all your children’s individual needs. Our GROW Curriculum has been registered with the Department of Social Services as an approved Early Childhood Development Programme
(Registration Number: C2883)
We are also a member of SA Childcare Association (member nr. ASCR1855)
OUR AMAZING TEACHERS
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1 | Teacher YaYa Age: 0-2 months Caterpillars | Teacher Yaya is a qualified ECD teacher whose love is working with babies. She is first-aid trained and very patient. She is very passionate about the development of babies. |
2 | Teacher Delfina Age: 2-3 years Grasshoppers | Teacher Delfina: Qualified ECD teacher with ten years of experience which enhances her ability to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for young children. Her motto is “foster growth and help develop their learning skills through play” I collaborate with the therapists at our school to help the children in my care. |
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4 | Teacher Robyn and Teacher Sindi Age: 3-4 years Bumblebees | Teacher Robyn: A qualified ECD practitioner first aid trained who has the passion to nurture and inspire the children in her care. She is caring, loving, helpful, and patient towards others. She believes that children are born with wings and we as teachers are there to help them fly. Teacher Sindi: A qualified ECD teacher who has a love for children and is more interested in helping children overcome their barriers to learning and build self-confidence her motto is “Be proud of who you are and do your best “ |
5 | Teacher Celeste and Teacher Joyce Age: 4-5 Dragonflies | Teacher Celeste: Loves, care for, and inspire the young minds at our preschool. She uses a variety of teaching methods, educational play, and storytelling to teach our children while providing them with foundational life skills and preparing them for the next stage of their formal education. She is patient, compassionate, and successfully guides a class of young children, each of whom have different abilities and emotions. She has many years of experience and also guides and assists her colleagues with tasks. Teacher Joyce: Has more than 15 years of experience as an ECD teacher. Her philosophy is “giving love, is a strategy to help young ones overcome barriers to learning”. |
| 6 | Teacher Nathi Age: 4-5 Butterflies | Teacher Nati: Is a qualified ECD teacher who has a passion for teaching and her main focus is building close relationships with the children in her care. I love to stimulate the kids with stories so that they can develop an imagination. I love to stimulate their senses with messy play, like sand, water play and painting. I do a lot of dancing, moving, and outdoor play with my kids. |
7 | Avril Harrison | Principal and owner of the school, has a teaching background, and because she experienced children with barriers to learning she decided to open an ECD where young minds can be stimulated and make them ready for school. |
At a Thornton Educare we strive to develop our children holistically; physically, emotionally, imaginatively, socially and intellectually. Our children gain this holistic development from our qualified and experienced teachers, who are not only kind, loving and patient, but passionate about fostering a love of learning and exploration in each and every child.
All our teachers are first aid accredited; and we do training every two years.