Cork City Childcare

31/07/2026

📢 The new Let's Talk Childminding website is now live!

Have your say in the Review of the Initial Implementation of the Childminding Services Regulation by completing the public survey.

🗓️ The survey is open until 7 September and is available in both English and Irish.

Your feedback is important and will help inform the ongoing development of childminding regulation.

Find out more and take part here: https://www.letstalkchildminding.ie/


https://www.letstalkchildminding.ie/

Let’s talk childminding,make your voice heard! Childminders play an important role in the lives of children and families across Ireland. New regulations introduced in 2024 are designed to reflect the home setting in which childminders work, while supporting quality and safeguarding children. The r...

31/07/2026

National Child Safeguarding Programme: Parents Information Leaflet

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a3a88c58a0ecd75a130995/68b57af3dcaa8695e8b3fe39_Safeguarding%20Children%20in%20Early%20Years%20Services%20poster.pdf

31/07/2026

Something special is coming...

A new documentary, Shaping the Future, shines a light on the incredible impact of pre-school education in Ireland through the experiences of children, families and early years educators.

This is a story about learning, belonging and the people helping to shape the future, one child at a time.

📺 Watch on Virgin Media Television
🗓️ 29 August 2026
⏰ 12.00pm

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/4v7v7ats

31/07/2026

30/07/2026

**Childminder Pre-Registration Training**
This training will support you to understand the new childminding regulations and will provide you with all the information required to registering with Tusla. This is a FREE training course and takes approx. 6 hours to complete. For more information contact [email protected]

Date: Tues 4th, 11th &18th Aug 10am-12pm
Date: Tues 1st, 8th, & 15th Sept 7pm-9pm

Booking link:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=EFTv2kkg30-MYueTJ6VVUeXLMAOFAQVGoRFpYKvKeW9UMDVKNFlYQUJDOUxGMlpIQ0E4OTA4N0dNMi4u&route=shorturl

28/07/2026

🌿Make Self-Care Part of Your Routine 🌿
Don't Forget this fab FREE webinar TOMORROW supporting self-care and wellbeing.

🌿 An Introduction to Self-Care 🌿
📅 Wednesday, 29 July 2026
🕙 10.00am – 11.00am

Participants will:
✨ Increase their understanding of what self-care means
✨ Recognise common barriers to self-care
✨ Learn how sleep and nutrition impact wellbeing
✨ Discover positive self-care strategies and ways to build resilience

👉 Please register via the Enthuse link below.
https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/JulyFreeTasterAnIntrotoSelfCare

27/07/2026

Please see a revised Bi-weekly Hive Snapshot 27-07-2026.

This was posted on the Early Years Hive.

27/07/2026

Registration is now open for Aistear in Practice.

Join Better Start for a series of online mentoring sessions.

🌐 Register here: https://www.betterstart.ie/training-events/aistear-in-practice-online-mentoring-sessions/

27/07/2026

🌿 Make Self-Care Part of Your Routine 🌿

Following on from our recent post about the importance of self-care, why not take the next step and join this FREE Self-Care Webinar, brought to you through our Employee Assistance Programme with Lena.

Cork City Childcare is pleased to share details of this FREE webinar supporting self-care and wellbeing.

🌿 An Introduction to Self-Care 🌿

📅 Wednesday, 29 July 2026
🕙 10.00am – 11.00am

Self-care is the active practice of prioritising and looking after your health. This informative webinar explores the 5 Steps to Wellbeing and offers practical, achievable ways to improve and maintain your health and wellbeing.

Participants will:
✨ Increase their understanding of what self-care means
✨ Recognise common barriers to self-care
✨ Learn how sleep and nutrition impact wellbeing
✨ Discover positive self-care strategies and ways to build resilience

🎟️ Free to attend – maximum of 500 places available, so early registration is encouraged.

👉 Please register via the Enthuse link below.
https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/JulyFreeTasterAnIntrotoSelfCare

We encourage anyone interested in supporting their own wellbeing to take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

27/07/2026

Aistear in Practice has been developed to support reflection on practice linked to Aistear, with a focus on quality inclusive experiences for all children.

As part of the wider implementation of the updated Aistear resources, these sessions provide an additional opportunity for educators to reflect on key ideas in a practice-focused context and consider how they may be meaningfully supported within their own setting.

The sessions complement the broader implementation supports available through the National Aistear Síolta Initiative (NASI), webinars and City and County Childcare Committee workshops.

The series will invite reflection on:

Aistear in Practice: The Key Person Approach
Aistear in Practice: Babies, Toddlers and Young Children’s Schemas
Aistear in Practice: Emergent and Inquiry-Based Curriculum

Registration is now open for Aistear in Practice.

Join Better Start for a series of online mentoring sessions.

🌐 Register here: https://www.betterstart.ie/training-events/aistear-in-practice-online-mentoring-sessions/