On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, the Department of Early Childhood Development received the new cohort of first-year students on our beautiful Groenkloof Campus. The HOD Prof Azwi Muthivhi, Dr Susan Thuketana, Dr Nadia Swanepoel and Mrs Nita Pieterse welcomed the students and introduced them to some of the lecturers whose classes they will be attending during their four years of study towards obtaining a BEd degree in Early Childhood Education and Foundation Phase.

A handful of final-year students served as orientation tutors and assisted the first-year students with working out their timetables. Welcoming firstyear students to the Department for Early Childhood Education was an enjoyable experience and we would like to thank the following members of staff who were part of the Orientation Programme: Dr Joyce West, Dr Makwalete Malatjie, Mrs Francinah Masola and Ms Matshediso Lekgetho.

The orientation tutors proved to be a wonderful asset. Thank you Karlien Kriel, Chantonic Prinsloo, Carla Janse van Vuuren, Rafeea Mangera, Lerato Lepheane, Fikile Pangwa and Cara Swart for your work behind the scenes and for making ECE shine brightly!