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Two special offers while stocks last.
As you are aware, under the Childcare Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations:
Continue reading The ‘3 in 1’ Flexible Attendance & Sign-in Book – Special Offers!
It is important that employers issue the correct type of contract of employment to employees. Sometimes employers make a mistake and issue a permanent contract where it should be a Specific Purpose Contract and this can cause unwanted HR issues.
Are you familiar with the new Employment (Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 2018, which came in to effect in March 2019? This new legislation requires employers to issue employees with a core statement of employment within five days of their commencement of employment and a full contract of employment within 4 weeks. If an employer issues the employee with a contract/statement of terms and conditions prior to or within five days of the employee’s commencement, then core statement is not required.
Continue reading Avoid Big Fines Under New Employment Legislation by Ensuring Compliance
Music and movement are truly essential parts of children’s early years education. Let’s take a moment to think about this!
Continue reading Working with Movement is Essential for the Children in Your Early Years Service
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
We’re happy to offer a free pack of our very popular Aistear stickers with any purchase of 5 or more A Child’s Learning Journey scrapbooks. This offer is only until the end of March so avail of it today!
We are delighted to announce that Marie Rice McCourt of the Redeemer Creche & Playgroup, Dundalk is the winner of our December competition. Here she is pictured in the Redeemer Creche with one of the Happy Birthday buntings and the giant BIC colours pack. We would like to thank everyone for sharing the post about our popular Inspection Essentials bundles.
Continue reading Early Years Shop Prizewinner in our December Facebook Share Competition
Plan now for your Graduation Day
You can pre-order your Graduation Gown Sets now for delivery later just in time for the special day. We have introduced a low-cost deposit system that will guarantee delivery at a date of your choosing.
We have great news! We are offering a free “Where I Live” journal with every 10 individual child My Learning Journey orders for the rest of the month of January only. This is from our “Documentation Made Simple Series” and is one of our most popular products due to the fact that Community Involvement is an element of evaluation included in the DES (Department of Education & Skills) inspection.
Why not use our Newsletter Development tool to communicate with parents? A professionally produced newsletter gives you the edge and ensures parents are kept informed of developments. It can also be used to educate parents and create an awareness about curriculum and child development. Communication with parents is an important element of the DES inspection. Available here
Continue reading Partnership with Parents: The Regular Newsletter
Do you know we have a whole range of medical care plan templates on our shop and if you have a child with an illness/condition not covered we will develop one for you? Medical and Health Forms on the Early Years Shop
Continue reading Emergency Medicine and Care Plans: Thursday Tip
TUSLA at present mainly carry out two types of inspection, the focused inspection or fit for purpose inspection (for newcomers) and both concentrate on three main themes under the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016
Continue reading New Cost-Effective Way to Prepare for TUSLA Inspections
At the Early Years Shop, we are celebrating Black Friday Week this year! Our one-week special starting Black Friday (November 23) is for a FREE pack of our very popular Aistear Stickers (20 sheets, 480 stickers total) and 25 Aistear/Montessori Observation Sheets. For every order over €100 on the shop, we will include this special pack for free and with no charge for delivery! Your free products total €25 in value.
