Childcare Development Officer Vacancy
We are recruiting a Childcare Development Officer. The role includes: - Providing support, advice and information to childcare services - Promoting quality childcare throughout the sector - Supporting the implementation of the national childcare programmes - Helping to build capacity and sustainability in the sector The post will be based at the offices of Limerick Childcare Committee in Croom Mills, [...]
Paper chains, more than just a decoration!
Paper chains offer rich opportunities for S.T.E.A.M. learning. Why make a paper chain? Hands on activity supporting dexterity and motor skills. Co-operative – easier with two or more people. Group activity – everyone in the group can add a link. Sustainable – recycle magazines, wrapping paper, printed pages, etc. Mathematizing Positional language (over, under, inside, outside, through, up, down, etc.) [...]
Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare 2022-2028
Minister O'Gorman today launched Nurturing Skills - The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare 2022-2028 Nurturing Skills sets out an ambitious yet achievable direction for the Early Learning and Care & School-Age Childcare workforce in Ireland. The targets outlined in Nurturing Skills will be supported by the development of a new Core Funding Model for the [...]
A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare
Minister O'Gorman today announced major reforms to the funding model for early learning and childcare services. The changes will see services increasingly publicly funded and publicly managed, delivering a service for the public good, through a partnership between the State and providers. The reforms are on foot of an Expert Group report, which was approved by Government and published earlier [...]
Christmas Competition
Each day from the 6th to the 10th December, we are giving away a fantastic prize to one lucky childcare service/childminder in Limerick. Check your emails each day for details on how to enter. Good luck!
Memo to Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) Providers, including Childminders
The DCEDIY issued this memo to the sector regarding the wearing of face masks by children in their settings.