Grit & gratitude 2019 has been a full year at Trinity Children’s Centre, and since our last newsletter the fourth term has come and gone... Read More

We often use the line “bright futures begin here” because it expresses many of the things that matter to us: “bright”, because we see great... Read More

Two well known psychologists wrote about the ‘planning fallacy’ – the tendency most of us have to underestimate how long it will take to complete... Read More

Thanks On behalf of everyone at Trinity Children’s Centre, we want to thank everyone who contributed to the TCC Soccer Challenge – the pro players,... Read More

Flashback We had a visit recently from the local office of the Wärtsilä company as a part of their 185th birthday celebration. They brought party... Read More

Back to school Starting the school year in a building we know with no boxes to unpack has made for a much smoother start than... Read More

“To be gritty is to keep putting one foot in front of the other… to hold fast to an interesting and purposeful goal… to invest, day... Read More

In the last few months there has been a dramatic increase in gun violence in the community we serve. We often hear the gunfire at... Read More

  “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be... Read More

“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” ― Maya Angelou We believe that children on... Read More

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”... Read More

“There is nothing wrong with change if it is in the right direction.” Winston Churchill It has been said that there are two kinds of... Read More

 “Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or... Read More

In our last newsletter we announced that TCC will be moving to a new campus. This is a huge step in the life of the... Read More

“There is an ocean between saying and doing” – Riaan Manser I owe a big thank you to Lead SA for encouraging active citizenry in... Read More

“True leadership starts with a purpose, not a plan.” Albert Mohler If you have been following our news, you will know that we are bursting... Read More

“I think that playing dress up begins at age five and never truly ends.” Kate Spade To celebrate World Book Day we invited our students to... Read More

“We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.” – Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield writes as an author to other authors about “The Resistance”... Read More

  Change & Continuity Has 2017 brought a wave of change to your life? It has come with a number of changes here at Trinity... Read More

  Five Years Old Can you remember turning five? Since most of our students start school at TCC at four, we have many fifth birthday... Read More

  What are you thankful for? A historical debate emerged last week between a few of our older students. They have been at TCC since... Read More

    “Watching a great teacher at work can feel like watching a magic show.” – Dana Goldstein, journalist and author This month we had... Read More

  “There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of... Read More

  “I am interested in teachers’ way of being with their students. Though it might strike you as strange, I believe that it is this... Read More

  “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really... Read More

  “When you stop and look, you are faced with your smallness, your weakness, and your limits. But don’t get discouraged and don’t panic; reality... Read More

  “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” – James Comer Two and a half weeks ago we were all but overrun by the... Read More

Ready or not… Grade 2 is coming How do you know what something is worth? Often we state something’s worth in terms of the price... Read More

    “Christian schools should be known as communities of grace – places where visitors clearly see God at work in the way relationships are... Read More

Trinity Circus 2015 It has become a tradition at Trinity Children’s Centre to host a circus once a year. It could be argued that we... Read More

“Why is it that we, the elder, are spared to the world, except to train up and instruct the young? …God has committed to us... Read More

  “…it is easy to ask trivial questions… It is also easy to ask impossibly difficult questions. The trick is to find the medium questions... Read More

  “Experiential Learning” is how everybody learns until taught to do otherwise! (Amy Imbody, Lorien Wood School) With Google, YouTube and Instagram at our fingertips... Read More

“Your student is not a mere brain-on-a-stick” Steve Kaufmann, Professor of Education It is easy to think that education is all about books and blackboards... Read More

  “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere” (Chinese proverb) We are well into the second school term of 2015 and our... Read More

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour … a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” This... Read More