Category FAQ’s

Parents are welcome to put children’s name on a waiting list during pregnancy or after. To secure an available place in the centre, you must pay the appropriate deposit and fill out the registration form.  This deposit is refunded in the final month’s fees. We require 60 days’ notice of a cancellation or the fee

We are open 51 weeks of the year and operate from 8.00 – 6.00 daily.  We are closed on all bank holidays, Good Friday, Christmas Eve and the week between Christmas and New Year. You’re always welcome to visit us, we operate an open door policy and encourage parents and guardians to drop in at

Leaving a child can be a traumatic and upsetting experience for parents, and we will do everything possible to ensure a smooth transition for both you and your child. We work together with parents over a settling in period (this could take 2 weeks), to ensure that your child is happy and secure in their

We run our Centre adhering strictly to the 2016 Childcare Regulations.  We follow the ratios that are included in this Act. Babies (under 1) 3:1 staff member Babies (1–2)       5:1 Children (2–3)    6:1 Over 3                  8:1 Sessional preschool (Montessori), the regulation is 1:11.

At Heronswood, we have a full equipped kitchen and qualified chefs who prepare freshly cooked lunch and evening meals for full daycare and afterschool children. We post Menus in the foyer. We use only fresh meat and vegetables in all our dishes and we do not add any salt, artificial flavourings, or colouring, to the

When your child is ready for toilet training, we expect that this will be started at home and our staff will do everything to assist in this procedure. Our toilets and washbasins are all child sized and your child is encouraged throughout the day in this process. We work closely with parents and ask that you