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Caheroyan, Athenry H65X211

(085)8622239
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Service Ref: 24GY0679
ECCE 2024 CALENDAR start date 28th August 2024
This Programme is open from 28/08/2024 to 20/06/2025.

19/08/2024 - 23/08/2024

26/08/2024 - 27/08/2024

28/10/2024 - 01/11/2024

23/12/2024 - 27/12/2024

30/12/2024 - 03/01/2025

03/02/2025

20/02/2025 - 21/02/2025

17/03/2025

14/04/2025 - 18/04/2025

21/04/2025 - 25/04/2025

05/05/2025

02/06/2025

Last day 20/06/2025

This Calendar has been registered on the EYP system

Ncs Calendar start date 02/09/2024

19/08/2024 - 23/08/2024

26/08/2024 - 30/08/2024

28/10/2024 - 01/11/2024

23/12/2024 - 27/12/2024

30/12/2024 - 03/01/2025

03/02/2025

20/02/2025 - 21/02/2025

17/03/2025

14/04/2025 - 18/04/2025

21/04/2025 - 25/04/2025

05/05/2025

02/06/2025

Last day 20/06/2025

Parent Statement for Approved Providers

1. Welcome to our Childcare Service

Little Angels Childcare, Caheroyan Athenry H65X211, is an Approved Service, working together with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and parents to deliver high quality, affordable, inclusive Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or School Age Childcare (SAC) services for children. This statement outlines some of the important things you can expect from us.

1.1 About Us

Here are some of the basic things to know about us:

A typical week for us is 08:00 to 13:00 Monday to Friday for 38 weeks per year.

At Little Angels Childcare we offer the following services to children and their families:

☒	Sessional Care for Early Learning & Care (ELC) excluding ECCE provision
☒	Sessional pre-school under ECCE (Free Pre-school)
☒	Full day care/part time care for Early Learning & Care (ELC)
☐	Term time School Age Childcare
☐	Out of term School Age Childcare

• Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE), Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme.

This Childcare Service is in contract to deliver the:

☒	National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
☒	Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme
☐	Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme

Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE)

ECCE provides for 15 hours per week of preschool provision over 38 weeks per year before children start primary school at no charge to parents.  A child is eligible to start ECCE in the September term once they have turned 2 years and 8 months of age on or prior to 31 August that year.

If you are availing of additional childcare, the balance of the childcare fees that you have to pay are the child's fees minus the 15 hours of ECCE per week your child is eligible for.  The 15 hours you are awarded is paid by the Department to Little Angels Childcare for your child. Any additional childcare hours you are using outside of ECCE are eligible for an NCS subsidy (see details below).

Little Angels Childcare must provide you with written details of how the balance of your childcare fees are calculated (that is, the fee we charge less your free 15 hours per week of preschool provision).

Nicola Rooney-McAllen will support you in registering your child for the ECCE programme in our service if your child meets the eligibility criteria. Further information about ECCE is available here - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2459ee-early-childhood-care-and-education-programme-ecce/

Please note: In the ECCE Programme you are not required or obliged to select or pay a deposit for any optional extras.

If you do avail of any optional extra, should you, at any time, wish to withdraw from any of the optional extras selected, you must provide Little Angels Childcare with 20 working days’ notice.

Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)

The goal of AIM is to create a more inclusive environment in pre-schools, so all children, regardless of ability, can benefit from quality early learning and care. The model achieves this by providing universal supports to pre-school settings, and targeted supports, which focus on the needs of the individual child, without requiring a diagnosis of disability.

Further information about AIM is available here - https://aim.gov.ie/

Optional:

This service also has an Inclusion Coordinator, Nicola Rooney-McAllen who has a special qualification focused on supporting the inclusion of all children in the service.

National Childcare Scheme (NCS)

NCS provides subsidies to parents and families to offset the costs of Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or

School Age Childcare (SAC).  There are two types of subsidies available to apply for under the NCS - the Universal or Income Assessed subsidy. Both subsidies are available to families with children between 24 weeks and 15 years of age.

This service welcomes children who wish to avail of the National Childcare Scheme, including children referred under the sponsorship programme.  Further information about the NCS, including how to apply for a subsidy, is available here - https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or contact the NCS Parent Support Centre on 01 906 8530 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm).

Your NCS award includes a unique CHICK (Childcare Identifier Code Key) and information on the maximum number of hours you can claim. To use your award, you must:

• Receive a CHICK by applying to https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or contacting the NCS Parent Support Centre.
• Bring the CHICK to Little Angels Childcare and register your NCS subsidised hours of care. The hours that you will agree should be based on the hours you need and what Little Angels Childcare can offer you.
• After Little Angels Childcare has registered your hours, you must confirm that these details are correct. These details must be confirmed at https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or in writing to National Childcare Scheme, PO Box 13105, Southside Delivery Office, Cork, depending on whether you originally applied online or by post to receive you award.
• Your NCS subsidy can only be paid once your CHICK has been registered by Little Angels Childcare and you have confirmed on the system that all details are correct.

The amount that you must pay to Little Angels Childcare is called the ‘co-payment’. The co-payment is  Little Angels Childcare’s fee for your child minus the NCS subsidy paid by the Department to Little Angels Childcare for your child.

Little Angels Childcare must provide you with details of how your co-payment amount is calculated (our fee less your NCS subsidy).  We will always notify you within 20 working days if and when your co-payment amount changes, including details on how it has been calculated.

Calendars

Little Angels Childcare will provide you with a separate letter indicating the days our service is closed over the programme year.  We will provide you with a minimum of 20 working days written notice period of our intention to change this.

3. Fees Policies

As an Approved Provider, we operate a Fees Policy that is transparent and understandable to our parents. Please do not hesitate to contact Nicola Rooney-McAllen who will provide additional clarification as required.

3.1 Donations - We will not request or accept any donations, voluntary or otherwise from parents/guardians, in respect of the ELC/SAC services being provided.

3.2 Deposits - We will not charge any non-refundable deposits[1] to parents/guardians in the respect of their ELC/SAC service where the parent/guardian takes up the service for which the deposit was paid. Additionally, if applicable we will return all ECCE or CCSP Saver programme deposits once your child’s registration is approved on the EYP.

3.3 Discounts - Any discount relevant to you will be applied to your normal fee.

3.4 Optional Extras - The term ‘Optional Extra’ is only applicable to any extra services or activities we offer under the ECCE/CCSP Saver Programmes which are not funded by the Programmes but which are voluntary with optional charges to you. These optional extras are very limited in nature and there is a copy of the DCEDIY-approved optional extras list available in Appendix 1 of the ECCE programme rules, which are also available on the Early Years Hive. 

3.5 Additional Service - Is when something additional to a service type/fee option is offered to parents/guardians. For example a service provider may offer school collection services in addition to their SAC Service Types, or a service providing ECCE only may offer 2 weeks of camp during Easter, these would be charged for additionally.

3.6 Fee Tables

3.6.1     - Section A:  Fee Tables

Programme Year: 2024/2025

Fee                   Type Name

Age Rang e

Schoo l Age / Early Years

ECCE Available ?

Sessio n Start Time

Sessio n Finish Time

Secon d Sessio n Start Time

Secon d Sessio n Finish Time

Incorporate d Services?

Choose Incorporate d Service

Additional Informatio n

Hrs per Day

Days per Week

Hrs per Week

Full Fee

Fee (with ECCE deductio n for 3 free hours)

Effective From

Effective To

Ecce plus 30 mins extra 8.20am to 11.50am per day

2y - 6y

ELC

Yes

08:20

11:50

No

3.5

5

17.5

€84.5

€20

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

Ecce session only

2y 8m - 6y

ELC

Yes

08:50

11:50

No

3

5

15

€0

€0

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

part time 8:20 to 1pm

2y - 6y

ELC

Yes

08:20

13:00

No

4.6 7

5

23.3 5

€117

€52.5

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

part time 8:50 to 1pm

2y - 6y

ELC

No

08:50

13:00

No

4.1 7

5

20.8 5

€102

€37.5

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

part time 8am to 1pm

2y - 6y

ELC

Yes

08:00

13:00

No

5

5

25

€129. 5

€65

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

Playschoo l session

2y - 3y

ELC

No

08:50

11:50

No

3

5

15

€70

€

26/08/202 4

22/06/202 5

 

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3.6.2       - Section B: Fee Extras: Deposit / Discount / Optional Extras* / Additional Services

Type	Extras	Amount	Description	Additional Detail / Conditions	Effective From	Effective To
Deposit		€75	€75 deposit required to secure booking which will be refunded to you once your child's registration is approved		26/08/2024	22/06/2025
Discount		€	We do not offer discount		26/08/2024	22/06/2025

 

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3.6.3     - Section C – Other Additional Information

* These are entirely optional to parents

Queries -If you have any queries or wish to discuss any of the above, please contact Nicola RooneyMcAllen. Alternatively, you could address queries to your local City/County Childcare Committee

(CCC).  A list of CCC contact details is available from www.myccc.ie

 

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Little Angels Childcare will display this Parent Statement at all times in an area accessible to parents/guardians as well as on any online platform maintained by the Little Angels Childcare for the purpose of advertising its service or providing information to parents/guardians. Little Angels Childcare will print and co-sign a Parent Statement for each family. A copy signed by Little Angels Childcare and the parent/guardian will be retained on file. Any changes to Fee Policies will require that an updated Parent Statement is displayed and Little Angels Childcare will issue updated Parent Statements by email to our parents/guardians and retain proof of the associated email. 

Include here a list of children enrolled at the service:

Use BLOCK CAPITALS:

Child first name	Child family name

This Parent Statement, which is an agreement solely between the parent/guardian and the provider, sets out what is on offer at Little Angels Childcare and the applicable fees. If these terms conflict with the terms of any other agreement between Little Angels Childcare and the parents/guardians then this takes priority, however any parts of any existing agreement that do not conflict remain in force and are not affected by this Parent Statement.

Programme Year:	2024/2025
Signed on behalf of:	Little Angels Childcare
	24GY0679
Signed – Parent/Guardian:
Parent/Guardian name in BLOCK CAPITALS:
Date:

 

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[1] Non-refundable deposits include administration/registration fees or other such charges.