Report on Affordable and Quality Childcare
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children publishes its Report on Affordable and Quality Childcare. Download full report here.
Learner Fund 4 opens for applications on Monday 25th January 2016
Minister James Reilly has announced Learner Fund 4 to support expansion of the free pre-school programme. See available details here.
Winter Newsletter out now!
Our Winter Newsletter 2015 has now been distributed to all childcare services and primary schools across Limerick City and County. We have included articles of interest to parents and Early Years practitioners alike - Budget 2016 (childcare provisions), subsidised childcare, recognised qualifications, Aistear Síolta Practice Guide, and lots more! If you haven't managed to get a copy, please click here.
Extension of deadline for CCS expansion
The deadline for registrations under the recently announced expansion of CCS has been extended. In summary, the deadline extension is as follows: All CCS services already ‘in contract’ can continue to register eligible children in their service up until Friday 29th January 2016 ( childcare start date can only be between 2nd November 2015 and 25th January 2016). Expression of interest [...]
Nurturing and Extending Interaction
Nurturing and Extending Interactions is one of the pillars in the Aistear Síolta Practice Guide. "Aistear’s principle on relationships states, Children have a fundamental need to be with other people. They learn and develop through loving and nurturing relationships with adults and other children, and the quality of these interactions impacts on their learning and development (Principles and themes, 2009, [...]
Latest results from Growing Up in Ireland research
Launch of new report on non-parental childcare and children's cognitive outcomes On 3rd December Dr. James Reilly, TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs officially launched 'Non-Parental Childcare and Child Cognitive Outcomes at Age Five' - the latest in a series of reports from Growing Up in Ireland, the National Longitudinal Study of Children. Using data from a representative sample [...]