Welcome to

Model Farm Road Childcare

About Us

Model Farm Road Childcare was established in September 2006. The 8,500 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 12 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 40 qualified Early Years Educators.

Afterschool

A safe space for Primary school children to play and learn. Meet new friends. Quiet time & space to engage in homework will be provided. Collection from school to service available.

Our facility currently provides:

2 x Wobbler Rooms

Both of our Wobbler Rooms cater for children aged between 12 months & 24 months. Wobbler Room 1a is a cosy room that can cater for 10 children, typically the youngest of our Wobblers, with 2 qualified Early Years Educators. Our second Wobbler room, Wobbler 1b Room caters for 15 children, with 3 qualified Early Years Educators present. [Adult to Child ratio is 1:5]

Toddler Room

Our Toddler Room is a large room that can cater for 15 children aged 18 months to 24/30 months, with 3 qualified Early Years Educators. [Adult to Child ratio is 1:5 for children under 2 years. Adult to Child ratio is 1:6 for children aged 2 - 3 years]

2 x Playschool Rooms

Both of our Playschool Rooms cater for children aged between 2 years & 3 years old. Our Playschool Jr. Room is a spacious room that can cater for 22 children, typically the youngest of our Playschoolers, with 3 - 4 qualified Early Years Educators. Our Playschool 1 Room is also quite spacious & can accommodate up to 18 children, with 3 qualified Early Years Educators present. [Adult to Child ratio is 1:6]

6 x ECCE Rooms

Montessori Room 1a, Pre-school Room 1, Pre-school Room 2 & the Cabin each accommodate 22 children, typically aged between 3 years & 5½ years old, with 2 qualified Early Years Educators in each room. Our Montessori Room 1b is a smaller room, which can accommodate 11 children, with 1 qualified Early Years Educator. Our Pre-school 3 Room is a cosy room, which typically accommodates 12 of the youngest children who qualify for the ECCE programme (2 years & months old), with 2 Early Years Educators present. 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.