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Contact Us On:
General enquiries: info@childsplaycreche.ie
Newbridge:
Email: newbridge@childsplaycreche.ie
Phone: 045448400
Kildare:
Email: info@childsplaycreche.ie
Phone: 0874042957

We believe that expertise is grounded in knowledge and research, therefore, we are a degree led centre, where the owner, our managers and room leaders have a minimum of a degree in Early Childhood. We also conduct and are actively involved in research to ensure that are pedagogies and practices are current and based on research.

We believe …

  • that every child is a confident and competent active learner.
  • that nurturing equality and diversity is important.
  • that children have rights and their voices should be heard.
  • that developing a collegial, open and honest partnership with parents is essential to children’s well-being.
  • in active learning through play and hands-on experiences.
  • that children learn through doing things themselves.
  • in creating relevant and meaningful play experiences for children.
  • that observation and documentation are important tools that enable us to recognise emergent interests and learning with the children.
  • by creating time and space to reflect on our practice enables us to create an emergent play-based environment for the children in our learning environments.

National Childcare Scheme:

The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) is a funding system for parents to reduce their childcare fees.   Applying for the NCS is easy and can be done by clicking here. A how to video is available here to offer you some advice on how to apply.

There are two types of subsidies available for children aged between 24 weeks and 15 years of age:

  • A universal subsidy which is not means tested and provides €2.14 per hour for a maximum of 45 hours per week;
  • An income-assessed subsidy which is means tested and will be calculated based on your family’s individual circumstances. Rates will vary depending on your level of family income, your child’s age and educational stage, and the number of children in your family.

You should apply for whichever subsidy is of the greatest benefit to you and your family. A subsidy calculator is available here which will help you estimate how much you may be eligible for before you apply.

ECCE Scheme

We offer the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE) which is a FREE, universal two-year preschool programme which is available to all children within the eligible age range: 2 years and 8 months of age on or before August 31st of the relevant programme year and no older than 5 years and 6 months by June 30th of the end of the school year. This is a FREE 3 hour per day, 5 day a week programme for 38 weeks of the school year. This will support your child has the best opportunity to learn and development using the Aistear curriculum, make friends and support their transition to Primary School.

Core Funding

We subscribe to the core funding model, which means that we can avail of every funding available to reduce parents/guardians fees for their children. This also ensures that we subscribe to quality assurance and ensure we abide by best practice.

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