Welcome to
Shanakiel Childcare
About Us
Shanakiel Childcare was established in September 2014. The 7,500 sq ft crèche has been designed to very high standards and this is reflected in the building, equipment, play area and team employed.
Services We Offer
Full Day Care
Catering for children aged 12 months to 6 years. 7.30am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks of the year. Most meals included. Sleeping facilities available.
ECCE Preschool
Government funded programme for children aged 2 years 8 months to 5 years. Learn through planned activities based on Aistear and Síolta based curriculums. 9am – 12pm, Monday – Friday. Our team consists of over 25 qualified Early Years Educators.
Our facility currently provides:
2 x Wobbler Rooms
Both of our Wobbler Rooms cater for children aged between 12 months & 20 months. Wobbler Room 1a is a cosy room that can cater for 5 children, typically the youngest of our Wobblers, with 1 qualified Early Years Educator. Our Wobbler 1b Room caters for 10 children, with 2 qualified Early Years Educators present.
Toddler Room
Our Toddler Room can cater for 15 children, aged 18 months to 24 months.
2 x Playschool Rooms
Both of our Playschool Rooms cater for children aged between 2 years & 3 years old. Playschool 1 Room is a cosy room that can cater for 12 children, typically the youngest of our Playschoolers, with 2 qualified Early Years Educator. Our Playschool 2 Room is slightly larger & can accommodate up to 18 children, with 3 qualified Early Years Educators present.
3 x ECCE Rooms
Our Montessori Room, Pre-school Room 1 & Pre-school Room 2 each accommodate 22 children, typically aged between 2 years 8 months & 5½ years old, with 2 qualified Early Years Educators in each room. All of these rooms are used for full time day care in the afternoons (after ECCE) with a ratio of 1 Early Year Educator to 8 children.
Afterschool (MFRC²)
Our After-school facility at Model Farm Road Childcare is better known as MFRC² & is conveniently located in a separate, adjacent premises to our Early Years building. Our After-school building is comprised of 5 rooms, which can accommodate up to 84 children in total. Two of the rooms can each cater for 12 children with 1 staff member while the other three rooms can accommodate 24 children, with 2 staff members present in each.
Childcare Funded Programmes
There are currently 2 Government funded childcare support schemes in operation for parents & families.
Childcare services enter into a contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth to receive funding to deliver childcare through the support schemes.
Parents must apply for NCS through the Early Years Hive https://earlyyearshive.ncs.gov.ie/ & for the ECCE scheme through the service.
Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE)
The Early Years Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) Scheme is a government funded initiative that provides up to 2 FREE academic years of preschool to children who have turned 2 years 8 months before the beginning of September of the upcoming academic year
The National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) provides financial support to help with your childcare costs. There are two types of childcare subsidy for children aged between 24 weeks and 15 years of age: A universal subsidy which is not means tested and an income-assessed subsidy which is means tested.