Category: Early Times Weekly

March 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 183 A Message From Our CEO, Garda Vetting and EYES Updates   Early Times Weekly Vol 182 Important Update on National Conference Weekend, Report Card 2020 and Save the Date PJ Day!   Early Times Weekly Vol 181 International Woman’s Day, COVID-19 (coronavirus) Update Including Employment Considerations and Capital Grants…   _______________________________

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April 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 188 On Your Behalf, Eyes Update and Let’s Play Ireland   Early Times Weekly Vol 187 Working On Your Behalf, EYES Update on WSCS and Scéalta Blog   Early Times Weekly Vol 186 Survey of Members on Childcare Provision for Frontline Workers, EYES Update & Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme   Early

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May 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 192 Member Research Project, CPD Preparation for Reopening   Early Times Weekly Vol 191 Reopening Survey Results, EYES Update & Scéalta Blog   Early Times Weekly Vol 190 Update Reopening Your Setting and The Future of DCYA   Early Times Weekly Vol 189 Member Consultation, Insurance Update and Let’s Play Ireland

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June 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 197 Welcome Back, Reopening Together Webinar 3, EYES Update   Early Times Weekly Vol 196 Free Plan to Work Safely Training & Update on Special Committee on Covid-19 Response   Early Times Weekly Vol 195 Reopening Webinar Series, Programme for Government, Lets Get Ready Resources   Early Times Weekly Vol 194

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July 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 201 Reopening Stories, Scéalta Blog – We Were Ready, EYES Update   Early Times Weekly Vol 200 Ministerial Profile, Empowering Leadership Webinars, Insurance Update   Early Times Weekly Vol 199 Empowering Leadership Webinar, EYES Update & Child poverty in Ireland   Early Times Weekly Vol 198 EYES Update, Children’s Rights and Webinar

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January 2020

Early Times Weekly Vol 176 National Early Years Research Day 2020, Reform of the ECCE Programme, New Scéalta Blog…   Early Times Weekly Vol 175 Annual Conference Weekend 2020, EYES Update, Regional Member Meetings…   Early Times Weekly Vol 174 National Annual Awards 2020, EYES Update, New Scéalta Blog…   _______________________________   Subscribe to our

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Getting ready for the New National Standards for Pre-School Services

1.    What are the National Standards for Pre-School Services? The current National Standards for Pre-school Services 2010 are a list of 20 standards on good practice which directly relate to the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006. There are new standards due to be launched this year and are set to replace the current Explanatory Guide

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Members Queries June 2014

  1. Do need to get a license to show DVD’s to the children and does it cost about €3.45 per child? Is this true or a scam? What can I do about it?” Yes it is true and not a scam. Under the Copyright Act you need to have a license to show DVD’s

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Celebrating Endings in your Setting

As we approach the close of yet another year, we are mindful that for many children, the end of an era looms and a bright, exciting, possibly scary, new beginning in ‘big’ school lies in wait. The children will have spent up to five years of their lives attending your setting on a daily basis,

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Working with Aistear in Co. Limerick

On the 10th April 2014, 50 learners from fourteen Early Years services in Co Limerick showcased their learning from engaging in an Early Childhood Ireland Programme from November 2013 to March 2014 titled ‘Working with Aistear’. This was a non- accredited professional development programme based on the current needs of services in the locality and

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