Welcome to the Early Years Childcare & Education Strand
All the information you need is below including curriculum and policy information. For further information please contact early.years@familibase.ie.
Who We Are
The Early Years team provide high quality, affordable child care and educational services to support children and parents in the local area. We are registered with TUSLA and a member of Early Childhood Ireland
Our early years practitioners are trained, motivated and friendly staff and are the cornerstone of our service.
We aim to provide a quality service and a stimulating environment for children to develop their social, personal and educational skills and learn through a planned and child lead curriculum.
Your child’s welfare and your peace of mind is most important to us. We provide a warm, loving, home-from-home environment, where each child is treated with respect and will develop and learn as individuals while feeling safe and secure.
The 4 programme areas of this strand are outlined below;
1) Early Years positions – Full Time and Part Time
We operate an open door policy for all parents and offer a full time care service for 50 weeks of the year 5 days a week.
2) ECCE
- ECCE will run 38 weeks of the year, 5 days a week.
3) Early Years Drop In Service
- This support is available to the children of parents attending in-house Familibase programmes.
4) School Age Care
- Coming soon.
Here at FamiliBase we provide a play based emergent curriculum that is guided and influenced by Aistear, our national Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. Our qualified team implement the curriculum in a way that is dedicated to the holistic development of each child.
We recognise each child as an individual and strive to include children in the planning and delivering of our curriculum.
Our play based emergent curriculum permits learning that arises from children’s interests.
These interests are then guided by our practitioner’s intentional teaching to create educational and fun learning experiences.
We have three rooms/routines: The Garden Room, The Jungle Room and Under the Sea.
Research shows that the first five years of a child’s life are fundamentally important. They are the foundation that shapes children’s future health, happiness, growth, development, learning achievements and create a sense of belonging in the family, the community, and in life in general.
Our curriculum allows each child to become a strong and independent learner and with our high quality of early education and care we are giving each child the opportunity to develop and thrive in their early years.
Policies and Procedures
We operate every aspect of our Early Years Facility with extensive attention to detail. Click a policy or procedure below to view it.
Funding and Further Information
The national childcare scheme is a new, national scheme of financial support for parents towards the cost of childcare.
It is the pathway to accessible, affordable quality early learning and care.
Visit ncs.gov.ie for more information
Fees 2022/2023
Curriculum
Here at FamiliBase we provide a play based emergent curriculum that is guided and influenced by Aistear, our national Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. Our qualified team implement the curriculum in a way that is dedicated to the holistic development of each child.
We recognise each child as an individual and strive to include children in the planning and delivering of our curriculum. Our play based emergent curriculum permits learning that arises from children’s interests.
These interests are then guided by our practitioner’s intentional teaching to create educational and fun learning experiences.
Research shows that the first five years of a child’s life are fundamentally important. They are the foundation that shapes children’s future health, happiness, growth, development, learning achievements and create a sense of belonging in the family, the community, and in life in general.
Our curriculum allows each child to become a strong and independent learner and with our high quality of early education and care we are giving each child the opportunity to develop and thrive in their early years.
Aistear
To provide challenging and enjoyable experiences so that all children can grow and develop as competent and confident learners within loving and nurturing relationships with others.
Aistear is the early childhood curriculum framework. Aistear promotes an image of children as competent and confident learners . Aistear framework provides information and practical ideas to help practitioners plan and build a curriculum that supports children to develop positive dispositions, skills, attitudes and values, as well as knowledge and understanding. Aistear includes principles, themes and guidelines for good practice.
Síolta
To improve the overall quality of early childhood settings for children and families.
Síolta is the national quality framework for early childhood education. It encompasses all aspects of quality in early childhood settings for children from birth to six years. The framework includes principles, standards and components
