True North Vrygrond

11/06/2026

Take a look at what we've been up to over the past year. We hope you enjoy reading our annual report

Dear friends, We're pleased  to share our 2025 Annual Report with you. This past year was not without its challenges - yet the courage and dedication of principals, teachers, partner organisations, and True North staff remained unwavering. Despite the challenges real progress was made in children...

10/06/2026

What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Teachers' Play Day and to recognise the joy of engaging with our Early Childhood Development practitioners. Let us also remember the importance of maintaining an enjoyable and engaging approach to education. Thank you Dani Iñiguez

04/06/2026

Thank you Guttler Voortman for facilitating the Project Lucky workshop. It focused on how practitioners can integrate the project into the ECD programme, explore social and emotional learning, and identify ways to develop these essential skills with young children at the ECD centres.
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04/06/2026

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

The Vrygrond ECD Forum received educational resources from the ward councilor Cllr Mandy Marr, WARD 45 and distributed them in accordance with the needs of the schools. We are confident that this will have a significant positive impact to the preschool of Vrygrond and Overcome heights

21/05/2026

We are pleased to share details of the Little Stars training programme hosted by Wordworks. They provided valuable resources for practitioners and will continue to offer support both in person and online.

13/05/2026

“It takes a village to raise a child.” – African proverb

This African proverb reminds us that the well-being of our children is shaped by the people, services, and systems surrounding them every day.

Protecting children means strengthening the systems that support them – from healthcare and well-being to early learning, social services, safe communities, and caregivers in the home environment.

This , we are reminded that creating better outcomes for children is a shared responsibility. Supporting innovations, partnerships, and coordinated systems that strengthen care for children and caregivers is essential to helping every child learn, develop, and thrive.

13/05/2026

Removing barriers to compliance.

For many ECD practitioners, the path to becoming compliant has often felt too complicated, too costly, and too far out of reach. As a City, we are changing that.

ECD centres with 34 children or fewer in residential zones (R2) no longer need a land-use application, provided written neighbour consent is in place. This is about making compliance simpler, clearer, and more enabling - so that the people caring for our youngest children can focus on what matters most: creating safe, nurturing spaces where children can learn and grow.

05/05/2026

We had a highly enjoyable and productive team-building session with the principals of Vrygrond and Overcome Height at Acrobranch. The primary objective was to foster strong relationships and promote unity among the participants.