We offer a ‘Full Day Care’ as defined in the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016. These are the regulations that govern our service and we are inspected under these regulations by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
We cater for children aged 12 months to 5 years. We open daily from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m . Monday to Friday. We have capacity to cater for 50 children at any one time
It is the policy of this service to recruit and select the best candidate for any canact position within our service. all our staff are qualified and their qualifications are on display. our staff are one of the key resources we have in achieving aims and obbjectives of providing good quality care to the children in our service. All our staff are garda vetted and reference checked. W e are committed to training and development of staff in order to meet and exceed your expectations.
We are fully committed to being guided by the principles of Síolta and the national curriculum framework Aistear. We recognise how important high quality early childhood experience can be in children’s lives. This Curriculum aims to encourage active learning, problem solving, effective communication, creativity and socialisation. It aims to give children a good start which will benefit their long-term success in life. This service recognises the diversity of experiences and relationships that shape children’s lives.
Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework: Aistear is Ireland’s curriculum framework for children from birth to six years. It assists us plan for and provide challenging and enjoyable learning experiences that can enable all children to grow and develop as competent and confident learners in the context of loving relationships with others. Aistear describes the types of learning and development that is important for children in their early years and offers ideas and suggestions on how these might be nurtured. We use the Aistear guidelines to help plan our curriculum. We also encourage you as parents to research this curriculum framework and the benefits of play. The research is so clear about the benefits of play, so it is not surprising that play is central to the Irish early childhood curriculum framework. The Irish word ‘Aistear’ means ‘Journey’ and together we look forward to supporting your child’s learning journey in Cranford Crèche & Montessori.
We encourage learning through free play with a range of activities including imaginative play, books and storytelling, music activities, sand and water, arts and crafts and energetic play. We encourage messy play as we believe the benefits are enormous for children. We believe that the ‘process’ of making a piece of artwork is more important than the ‘end product’ so make sure you support your child when they present their masterpieces to you and remember it was created from their imagination and their wonderful skills.
All meals are made on-site by our chef. Meat is collected from local butchers and fresh fruit and veg is delivered weekly.
Please email your CV to info@cranfordcreche.ie