FEES
The following are the fees for Fatima Childrens Day Care Centre:
- Full-time - €60.00 per week.
- Part-time - €30.00 per week.
HISTORY
Fatima Childrens Day Care Centre was originally set up in 1994 as part of a community development initiative. The women working on the CE project had no childcare support and eventually two of them set up a child-minding service to address this need.
In 1997 Fatima Groups United (FGU) inherited the responsibility for the running of the Crèche; they set up a sub-committee to manage the new service. A flat was secured from Dublin Corporation and funding for professional staff the Government’s Equal Opportunities Childcare (EOCP) Pilot Programme operated by Area Development Management (ADM).
The new refurbished Fatima Day Care Centre was officially launched in 1999.
Present
Currently we are located out side of the original Fatima Mansions Complex, as we are in the process of having a purpose built centre built as part of the regeneration of Fatima.
We provide a service to 30 children ages ranging between 2 and 5 years.
Future
Our plans for the future include: a new purpose built building, built as part of Fatima regeneration we will have the capacity to have 75 Full-time children. Services we intend to offer include:
Baby, toddler, preschool & afternoon places Drop in centre Parent & toddler programme Parent activities
GOOD CHILDCARE PRACTICE
Fatima Children’s Day Care Centre will ensure that all staff and management have a good working knowledge of the:
Fatima Childrens Day Care Centre are continually inspected and are in appliance with al pre-school regulations
THE ENVIRONMENT
Here in the centre we strive to provide a warm, responsive, nurturing environment, which includes a clean, safe and healthy indoor and outdoor area. Children are encouraged on a daily basis (weather permitting) to play both indoors and outdoors.
ACTIVITIES
A variety of equipment, toys and learning materials, such as sand, water, play dough, books, blocks, jigsaws, climbing house, construction, and art equipment that your child will find interesting and which will contribute to their overall learning growth and development can be found at all times within the centre.
MEALS
Children do not need to bring any food to the centre with them, as four meals a day are provided.
All children will receive a minimum of one nutritionally balanced meal each day depending on which session they attend. The following meals are supplied with each session:
Full-time – Breakfast, Dinner Tea and an Afternoon Snack. Morning Part-time – Breakfast and Dinner. Afternoon Part-time – Tea and an Afternoon Snack.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Here in the day care centre we see the involvement of parents as vital to the effectiveness of the centre. In order to maximize parents’ involvement, it is intended to always have parents on the Management Committee of the centre. This allows parents to take ownership of the project.
Other ways in which parents have been involved in the past include trips with the staff and children, helping out with raffles and preparing food for different occasions.
Parents are constantly consulted and given regular information on the progress of their child. This is done both informally on a daily basis by staff and formally through meetings between parents and the manager.
Parents are always welcome in the centre, even just for a cuppa and a chat!!
BEHAVIOUR MANAGMENT
Pre-school children model their language and behaviour on that of the adults around them. Therefore, slapping or cursing will not be allowed on the premises of the Day Care Centre by staff, parents, children or visitors.
Positive behaviour management and conflict resolution are used to help manage children’s behaviour within the centre. Additional information will be given on this at a later date.
OTHER AGENCY
The staff of the centre enjoy strong relationships with a number of other agencies. As a result there are regular visits from the Speech Therapist, the Public Health Nurse.. As childcare providers and workers we have a legal obligation to report concerns to the health board if we feel the child is at risk of danger.
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