Our Flutterby Village
Flutterby Child Care Centre
Flutterby Child Care Centre was officially opened in 2005 and it is a registered child care centre that caters for boys and girls aged 2 years to 4 years. The Centre is also registered with the Free Child Care Scheme so that working parents can avail themselves of this scheme.
At Flutterby, we aim to provide a safe, stimulating and challenging place for your child to begin his or her early years’ education. This is a big step for most young children and we aim to help each child develop to their full potential as an individual and as a member of a larger group.
Children are grouped according to age and 2 year old groups are in groups of up to 6 children while 3 year old are in groups of up to 15 children. Since young children learn by first-hand experience through carefully structured play activities, we believe that these first years in their educational journey should focus on learning through play. To this effect, we are proud to offer spacious indoor and outdoor settings for our tiny tots. With the help of qualified, caring and responsible Educarers, the children utilize all spaces throughout the day so as to offer varied stimulating and engaging forms of play
The aims of the Centre are:
· to help children develop their mental, emotional and social skills and to foster team spirit through play;
· to value all children as individuals; and,
· to provide a homely environment where children feel safe and secure.
To this effect, children are exposed to both structured and free play, cooking activities, sand and water play, puppet shows, role play and dressing-up activities, amongst others. Outings for parents and children are organized every month and a concert as well as a marathon and sports’ day are organized annually for our tiny ones.
The hours of operation of our Centre are as follows:
Basic Hours – 8:30 to 12:30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Extended Hours – 7:30am to 1:45pm (Monday to Friday)
After School Programme – 2 pm to 3:30 pm (children stay at School after the extended hours and join the after school programme at 2pm).
Flutterby Child Care Centre strongly believes in the co-operation with parents. For many children, this will be their first experience of moving away from mummy and daddy and as such, the transition has to be done delicately and with a lot of support from the School and the parents. As such, parents are an important chain in this link and are valued immensely by the School and communication is kept ongoing with the parents.
