What’s on this week!

Please contact us, whether it’s for information, guidance, an appointment, a listening ear or a chat, we are here.

Our doors are still open for essential services including:
• Childcare Services
• Counselling services
• Printing, Photocopying and secretarial services to job seekers, people working remotely or students.
• Food Cloud Service
• 1-1 online IT supports
• Welfare rights and Information service
• 1-1 family support

Watch out for future posts as we extend or restrict our services based on public health guidelines .We will continue to provide services to our community during this we will be in house and remotely monitoring & returning emails/calls Mon-Fri as below:

Family Support: 087 360 5595
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Youth Services: 087 360 559
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Childcare: 0871719320
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REaD Courses: 0870985706
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CE Scheme: 0852569680
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General Queries: 0852569680 / 0876594460
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Welfare Queries: 0852569680 / 0876594460



Playschool

 

Playschool

Playschool provides care and early education for up to 22 children ages from 3 ½ to 5 years. Children attending this room can avail of the Free Pre School Scheme from 9.30 am-12.30 am (Free) or from 9.00am-1.30 pm for €4.50. Children can also stay from 1.30 – 2.00pm at a cost of €2.50 in order to match with school collection. There are 3 childcare staff in this room. 

 

Early Learning Curriculum in Playschool 

In Playschool, we believe that play is the most powerful medium through which young children learn. All children in playschool are encouraged to actively participate in a range of age appropriate play and learning activities in both structured and unstructured settings including free play, circle time, story time, song time  and outside play time.

 

Activities include;

Home Corner                   Hospital/hairdressers/Office, Dressing up clothes.

Creative Area                   Painting on table, easel, junk modelling, clay, dough, collage, cutting, glueing

Sand /Water Play           Buckets, spades, bottles, water wheels, jugs, funnels. – feeding our gold fish !

Book Area                          Story time, puppets, story tapes.

Construction Play          Duplo, lego, stickle blocks, large floor blocks.

Small World Pay            Dolls house/farm set, garage, play people.

Music Area                        Songs, musical instruments, dancing and moving to music.

Quiet Area/Table           Puzzles, threading, sorting.

Outdoors                           Pedalling bikes, climbing frames, ball games, gardening activities, nature walks around the grounds.

 

Siolta

We follow the Siolta guidelines. These are a national set of standards for early childhood education. They support and guide staff in enhancing the quality of early childhood experiences.

 

Aistear

We follow Aistear, the curriculum framework for children from birth to six years in Ireland. It provides information for adults to help them plan for and provide enjoyable and challenging learning experiences, so that all children can grow and develop as competent and confident learners.

 

Fun Camps for Children

As Playschool  is only open for 38 weeks a year, camps are run during Halloween and Easter Term in Playschool room to facilitate parents.

 

 

 

 

 

SWWFRC is compliant with the Charities Governance Code 2020

Registered Charity Number : 20027087
CHY Number: CHY10553
Company Number : 178048
Telephone +353 (0) 51 389 418
Facsimilie +353 (0) 51 389 254
Email reception@swwfrc.ie
SOUTH WEST WEXFORD FAMILY RESOURE CENTRE
The Ramsgrange Centre, Ramsgrange
New Ross, Wexford
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