Cheeky Cherubs Early Years Schools

24/07/2026

The Atelier room in Ballincollig started the day by engaging in their senses. First The children passed around the sunshine teddy following a song’s rhythm, using their listening skills. Then, the children dug into the tuff tray that was filled with gloop and ice. As the sea world is a great interest at the moment in Atelier, they filled it with jellyfish, sharks, shells, rocks, etc. They also had another tray with sand and shells. They could touch different textures, temperatures and shapes. The children then decided to grab some shovels and plates and explore the transporting schema and improving their hand eye coordination, balancing and measuring skills. “I see a jellyfish” “The big shark is eating the fish” “I’m making a different colour with the ice” Have a nice day! Bianka

What a fantastic exploration and way of engaging with our own senses.

08/07/2026

**Exciting Opportunity for those qualified in Early Care and Education and looking to do a couple of hours of work a day which may meet the demands of someone with children who need to be home before the school run **

Job Type: School Term Time - Aim Support Position
Hours- 15 hours a week during school terms, 9am-12 noon daily.

Cheeky Cherubs has an opportunity for you to join our award-winning team!

At Cheeky Cherubs we provide care and education to children from 1 years of age to school age. We are strengths focused for both our children and our educators and we are committed to continuous professional development, including non-contact teacher research time for all our educators.
We are looking for educators who are qualified in early care and education and who are dynamic, creative and have a passion for educating in the Early Years.
Employee benefits include but are not limited to;

*Annual leave including extra days for longevity
*Competitive salaries depending on qualification and experience
*Access to a pension scheme
*Access to ongoing training and professional development
*Support and mentoring from our existing knowledgeable educators
If you want to make a difference in young children’s lives and would like to join our team, please contact us at [email protected]

07/07/2026

🌿 Spaces have unexpectedly become available in our award winning outdoor –ECCE Programme for the 2026/2027 year! 🌿

These spaces are for our Morning ECCE programme from 9am to 12pm.

If you're interested in applying or would like more information, please email us at [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

08/06/2026

**Exciting Opportunity for those qualified in Early Care and Education**

Job Type: Permanent

Cheeky Cherubs has an opportunity for you to join our award-winning team!

At Cheeky Cherubs we provide care and education to children from 1 years of age to school age. We are strengths focused for both our children and our educators and we are committed to continuous professional development, including non-contact teacher research time for all our educators.
We are looking for educators who are qualified in early care and education and who are dynamic, creative and have a passion for educating in the Early Years.

Employee benefits include but are not limited to;
*Annual leave including extra days for longevity
*Competitive salaries depending on qualification and experience
*Access to a pension scheme
*Access to ongoing training and professional development
*Support and mentoring from our existing knowledgeable educators

If you want to make a difference in young children’s lives and would like to join our team, please contact us at [email protected]

13/05/2026

We were delighted to be invited up for the launce of 'My Little Library Book Bags' with Bishopstown Library and the Minister of State, Jerry Buttimer. A group of children from Cheeky Cherubs were delighted to get on the bus and travel to the library to get their bags. They also got to listen to some amazing stories being read and partook in some fun sing songs along with it before getting the bus back to Cheeky Cherubs.

My Little Library Bag is a free initiative for every child aged 4–6 across Ireland. Each bag contains books to help children prepare for starting school, along with supporting resources for parents.

We had a fabulous time and want to thank all involved for the invitation. Please see the news article attached for further information.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1UNapUzSKA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Thousands of children have benefitted from The My Little Library Bag initiative since its inception four years ago

12/05/2026

In recent weeks the children and team at Bishopstown were very busy working together to prepare our outdoor space for the summer months ahead. The children enthusiastically took part in a variety of gardening and outdoor activities, including planting flowers, watering plants , and tidying different areas of the garden to help create a bright and welcoming environment for everyone to enjoy.

The children worked together to prepare the sand pit, climbing frames, and hammocks, making sure all areas were ready for outdoor play and exploration during the summer months. The children showed great excitement and interest while carrying out different tasks, talking about summer, nature, and all the fun activities they look forward to enjoying outside. We also found some worms while we were preparing the areas and we made sure to return them to a safe place.

This hands-on experience provided many valuable learning opportunities. The gardening activities supported the children’s fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they scooped soil, carried watering cans, planted flowers, and carefully cared for the garden areas. The activity also encouraged creativity and imagination as the children explored the outdoor environment and shared ideas with one another as well as everything being super fun :).

12/05/2026

The children in the Explorers in Bishopstown thoroughly enjoyed a creative and engaging sensory play activity using toy cars and paint to create colourful tracks and patterns on large sheets of paper 🎨🫟. The children enthusiastically explored how the cars moved through the paint, observing the different marks and lines they could make while pretending they were travelling to a variety of familiar places. During the activity, many conversations took place about visiting the ice cream shop, the shoe shop , and going on exciting journeys with friends and family.

This experience provided valuable opportunities for imaginative and role play, allowing the children to express their ideas, recreate real-life experiences, and develop their creativity in a meaningful way. The activity also strongly supported communication and language development as the children engaged in discussions with one another, shared ideas, described where they were travelling to, and took turns during play.

The use of toy cars encouraged the development of fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as the children carefully pushed, rolled, and controlled the movement of the vehicles through the paint. They also explored cause and effect by noticing how different speeds and directions created varying patterns and tracks on the paper. Overall, this was a fun, stimulating, and enriching learning experience that promoted creativity, sensory exploration, problem-solving, and collaborative play in an enjoyable and meaningful environment

07/04/2026

On Friday we had a fantastic annual training day with our wonderful team 💛

We explored a range of inspiring topics with guest speakers such as Claire O' Neill from UCC who gave us a very informative talk on neurodiversity, Our very own Sarah Elizabeth who gave us a calming and insightful session on mindfulness and how to use mindfulness effectively with the children, and an engaging discussion By our own Sarah O'Leary touching on topics such as Reggio, Aistear and Cheeky Cherub's ethos. We followed on by coming together to reflect, and share our learning stories with one another which the team work so hard on each month to produce a snippet of what each child gets up to while they are here with us.

To top it all off, we finished the day with a fun and creative jewellery-making workshop which created lots of fun, laughter, creativity, and team bonding.

Days like these remind us how important it is to keep learning, growing, and supporting each other so we can provide the very best for the children in our care ✨