Local Briefing Sessions on New Childcare Regulations
To assist childcare providers' understanding of the new revised regulations, Tusla are undertaking briefings on the new regulations throughout the country. There will be 2 sessions in Limerick on Wednesday 1st June in the South Court Hotel with attendance by ticket only. Bookings for the briefing sessions can now be made here. At the briefings, Tusla intend covering the following [...]
New childcare regulations published
On the 4th May 2016 Dr. James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, signed new Child Care Regulations (the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016) which will come into effect on a phased basis from 30th June 2016. The new Regulations provide for pre-school services, that is, those services catering for children under the age of 6 [...]
Communicating – Kilfinane Community Play School
“The theme of communicating is about children sharing their experiences, thoughts, ideas, and feelings with others with growing confidence and competence in a variety of ways and for a variety of purposes”. (Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework) The post box activity originated as a means of providing a storage cubby hole for the children. It then developed as a craft idea [...]
Summer Training Calendar Out Now!
Our Summer Training Calendar has been posted to all childcare services in Limerick. Workshops are being provided in city and county locations for early years professionals working in Limerick childcare services. See here for full details.
Community Childcare Subvention Programme now available in private childcare services
Limerick has been given an allocation of 121 subsidised childcare places in private childcare services. These places are spread across the city and county in services which have opted in to the CCSP Programme. Please contact our office directly for details of where it is available, as services are still joining this programme. Further details regarding eligibility for CCSP here.
A Guide to Early-Years Education-focused Inspection (EYEI) in Early-Years Settings Participating in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme (2016) was published on 11 April 2016.
The published Guide sets out the practices and procedures involved in the EYEI process which are effective from 11 April 2016. Early-years education-focused inspection (EYEI) evaluates the nature, range and appropriateness of the early educational experiences for children participating in the ECCE Programme. Early-years Education-focused Inspections are conducted by the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Skills. EYEIs are [...]