Croía Pre-School & Montessori

Croía Pre-School & Montessori Owned & Run by Tina Hayde (B/A Hons, Montessori Teaching Dip
21 years exp
Level 8- Early Childhood Ed
Open during term & out of term time 9am-2pm

🎉 Cheers to 7 Years!🎉Today we celebrate 7 years in business!💛Thank you to all our wonderful families for your continued ...
01/09/2026

🎉 Cheers to 7 Years!🎉

Today we celebrate 7 years in business!
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Thank you to all our wonderful families for your continued support. Here’s to many more years of fun, learning & memories! 🌈✨

💛 YEAR 8 OF CROÍA PRESCHOOL!💛Tomorrow we begin another very special year at Croía Preschool! 🥰This year is a little diff...
30/08/2026

💛 YEAR 8 OF CROÍA PRESCHOOL!💛

Tomorrow we begin another very special year at Croía Preschool! 🥰

This year is a little different — I’ll be focusing on preschool only during term time. After-school care will be available out of term, with limited places.

A huge thank you to all our families for your support over the years. It means so much! ❤️

Here’s to another wonderful year of learning, playing and making memories! 🎨🌈

See you tomorrow! 🥰

✨ That’s a wrap on summer! ☀️What better way to finish off an amazing summer than with a Glow Party!💡✨ We had so much fu...
28/08/2026

✨ That’s a wrap on summer! ☀️

What better way to finish off an amazing summer than with a Glow Party!💡✨ We had so much fun with glow-in-the-dark fun, candy floss 🍭, a cinema experience in our pyjamas 🥰🎬 and, of course, our favourite popcorn! 🍿

A huge thank you to everyone for making this summer so special. We’ve had the best time creating memories together! 💛

Now it’s time to say goodbye to summer… for now! 👋☀️

🎃 See you all at Halloween! 👻🕷️

As I finish up my last day with SAC, I’ve been reflecting on the past 22 years in the sector, including 7 years of runni...
28/08/2026

As I finish up my last day with SAC, I’ve been reflecting on the past 22 years in the sector, including 7 years of running my own business.

You don’t always realise the impact you have on children and families until you receive feedback like this. ❤️

This week, I received three cards, including one from a child who had only been with us for just over 8 weeks. The words honestly blew me away.

It’s moments like these that remind me why I chose this profession. I’m so grateful for the memories, the relationships and the privilege of being part of so many little lives. ❤️

What a way to finish. 🥹

Whilst I won't see you guys for after-school Monday, I will see you guys at Halloween! 🎃👻

25/08/2026

A very special good luck to our 8 graduates - Alfie, Bobby, Dean, Freya, Freddie, Kiara, JJ & Lev who are taking the big step into Big School this week! 🥹🎒

Some of you are starting tomorrow and the rest will be starting throughout the week, and I just want to wish each and every one of you the very best of luck! 🌟

I have watched you grow, learn, laugh and make so many wonderful memories, and I am so incredibly proud of the little people you have become. ❤️

I hope you have the most amazing time in your new schools. Be brave, be kind, have fun and always remember how special you are! 🥰

📸 I would absolutely love to see my little graduates looking so grown up on their first big adventure! 🎒✨

Good luck, my little graduates — you’ve got this! 💙🎓

Love, Tina ❤️

🌸✨ What a busy and wonderful week we had!✨🌸Last week was packed full of fun, creativity and lots of lovely moments toget...
24/08/2026

🌸✨ What a busy and wonderful week we had!✨🌸

Last week was packed full of fun, creativity and lots of lovely moments together! 💕

We started our week with a wonderfully relaxing spa day 🧖‍♀️💆‍♀️, followed by our Rose of Tina’s celebration 🌹. A huge congratulations to our company Rose, Áine, who was crowned the winner! 👑🌹

We also had lots of fun making delicious chocolate biscuit cake 🍫🍰, playing Fruit Salad 🍎🍓, and getting creative by designing our names using beautiful fresh flowers 🌺🌼.

To finish off our busy week, we enjoyed some lovely colourful painting 🎨, letting our creativity flow!

What a fantastic week filled with laughter, friendship, creativity and plenty of smiles!

24/08/2026

🌹✨ The Rose of Tina’s… better late than never! 😂🌹

Last week, right after the Rose of Tralee, we held our very own Rose of Tina’s — and what a morning it was! 👑🌹

Unfortunately, our fabulous video decided it wasn’t ready for Facebook fame and REFUSED to upload after multiple attempts last week… 🙈😂 So instead, we have some of the children’s absolutely brilliant interviews to share! 🎤😂

We had Suits & Dresses, with Tina as Catherine and Rían as Dáithí keeping the whole show running! 🎬🌹

The interviews were absolutely priceless — the confidence, the questions and the answers had us all in stitches! ❤️😂

A huge well done to all our little Roses and everyone who took part. You were all absolutely fabulous! 🌹👏

And finally, wishing the Westmeath Rose the very best of luck on her well deserved win! 💚🌹

UPDATE: These spaces have now been filled, and we are currently full. Thank you for your interest!🌈 2 PART-TIME SPACES A...
17/08/2026

UPDATE: These spaces have now been filled, and we are currently full. Thank you for your interest!
🌈 2 PART-TIME SPACES AVAILABLE!🌈

Croía Preschool & After-School 💕
👧 Places from 2 years of age
🕘 9am–2pm
🎓 Covered under ECCE & NCS
🌱 Interest-based curriculum
👩‍🏫 20+ years’ experience | Level 7 & 8 qualified educators

📧 mailto:[email protected]

Please share with anyone who may be interested! 💛

☀️ What a fantastic week of summer fun! 🍦💦We started the week with Electronic Day and ended it with cake! 🎂 In between, ...
14/08/2026

☀️ What a fantastic week of summer fun! 🍦💦

We started the week with Electronic Day and ended it with cake! 🎂 In between, we’ve been busy making squishies, enjoying a slip ’n’ slide, making ice pops, having water balloon fun, playing balloon games, taking a trip to the woods, celebrating Hanna’s birthday, and getting creative with some face painting! 🎨

So many smiles, laughs and wonderful memories made this week. 💕 What a way to enjoy summer! 🌞🌈

🦋🎨 A fun-filled week of creativity and imagination! The children enjoyed butterfly paintings, a Silent Night game, some ...
09/08/2026

🦋🎨 A fun-filled week of creativity and imagination! The children enjoyed butterfly paintings, a Silent Night game, some role-play, and designing their own paper drinks glasses. ✨

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23 Greenview Ballyragget Co Kilkenny
Co Kilkenny

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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+353851607864

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