A healthy nutritious diet for our children that
develops a broad range of tastes.

Frequently Asked Questions

All parents are given daily feedback on their child’s day at crèche.

We keep a diary for every child, what your child has eaten, how much they have slept and what activities they were engaged in are recorded daily.

We believe that the outdoor play area is a valuable learning environment for children and children go outside every day whatever the weather.

They wrap up warm in the winter and wear wellies to splash in the puddles and in the summer, the children wear hats, and we apply sunscreen so the children can enjoy lots of fun activities.

It is important for children’s health and well-being to enjoy outdoor play, so we plan lots of sports and activities to develop children’s gross motor skill and hand eye co-ordination.

At Tallaght Childcare Centre we work together with parents over a settling in period of a few days/weeks to ensure that your child is happy and comfortable in their new surroundings.

During this period, as your child settles in and establishes a bond with their key carer and gains confidence, we learn about your child’s daily routine, their mealtimes, sleeping patterns and all the other little things special to your child.

In our experience, each child is different, and not all children benefit from a creche environment therefore a trial period of six weeks is set in place to give parents and the child time to see if Tallaght Childcare Centre can provide you as a family with what you need.

All Tallaght Childcare Centre early years educators are qualified to a minimum of QQI Level 5, QQI Level 6 and Hons Degree status.

In addition, we operate an internal training programme delivered through our Continuous Professional Development to ensure that are staff are fully trained to support children at all stages of their development.

We also avail of external training opportunities with Early Childhood Ireland, Canavan & Byrne & Barnardos.

All staff members are Garda vetted, and written references are always checked and validated before any new staff member starts works at Tallaght Childcare Centre.

All Tallaght Childcare Centre staff have been trained in paediatric first aid, so we are equipped to respond correctly in any situation.  Refresher training takes place every two years.  Two staff members are also FAR (First Aid Responder) trained.