Clever Clogs Montessori

Our closing down sale is up and running, everyone is welcome to drop in 😊 the more the merrier

We are having a Closing Down Sale on Saturday 7th Jan from 10am - 1pm.
We have a large selection of Montessori equipment, toys games, books, jigsaws, arts& crafts, dress up clothes, PE equipment, tables chairs shelving & more...
Come along for a bargain or just to say goodbye.

Thanks again for all your support over the years.
Linda, Ruth & Linda

2023 may be a new beginning for many but unfortunately it marks the end of an era for Clever Clogs Montessori.
Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had no choice but to close our service with immediate effect.
I want to say a huge thank you to all the children and their families that we have had the pleasure to work with over the past 23 years and of course a huge thank you to the fabulous Ruth Kiernan and Linda Flanagan.
Best wishes to everyone in 2023
We will miss you all # # #
Linda 😪

Please sign and share this petition to help protect the future of our small ECCE service 🤞🧡🤞 and if your free on Friday please join us at Leinster House @11:30 and wear orange to support all ECCE services 🧡

Sign the Petition Support Federation of Early Childhood Providers SAVE OUR EARLY YEARS SERVICES SOS

Looking forward to the new term starting on 5th September

Fiction: Our Minister has said there is no need for further funding for ECCE-Only services as DCEDIY already fund the full costs incurred by providers delivering the service.

Fact 1: We are funded for only 3 hours per day Capitation, 5 days per week over 38 weeks. They pay us just under 8 minutes extra per day PSP for non contact time (8 days x 3 hours for the whole year). That’s 15 hours and 40 minutes capitation per week over 38 weeks.

Fact 2: A lot of ECCE-only services are paying staff 20 to 25 hours per week for 41 weeks (including holiday pay) along with sometimes paying assistant managers and managers. We must also cover Employer’s PRSI payments for all staff.

Fact 3: ECCE-Only services must finance every cost for their services out of this Capitation over 52 weeks, costs which have risen massively over the 12 years of the ECCE scheme, with only a rise of 7% in Capitation 4 years ago.

Fact 4: The volume of paperwork providers and educators must complete to comply with Childcare Regulations and to be compliant with inspections by Pobal, Tusla, Department of Education, HSA and NERA, along with curriculum planning, parent meetings etc etc cannot possibly be completed within the 3 hours funded time, along with setting up and sanitising classrooms on a daily basis.

Fact 5: Most providers are paying up to €2000 per year to subsidise AIM assistant’s wages, holiday pay and PRSI payments, as the scheme is grossly underfunded.

Fact 6: As the figures above prove, under Core Funding, ECCE-only services will NOT be sustainable on any long term basis. Some will close this month, some will try to struggle on for another year as they don’t want to let down parents and children, but if the Core Funding scheme is not revised as a matter of urgency, there is no future for any of this fantastic cohort of Early Years Educators who have been the backbone of the industry for decades. It’s a sad sad time !!

We have a few places left for our Easter Camp this year 🐰 pm the page or contact Ruth for more info 🐣

Hi all, Perrystown Community Centre and Robert Emmett's GAA are doing a collection for Ukraine, please feel free to drop any items into us and we will make sure to pass them on ♥️

We had lots of fun in Clever Clogs today to celebrate the Early Years Sector