Stickyfingers

Our Ethos 

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At Stickyfingers our Ethos and practice values diversity and promotes equality. 

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We aim to select friendly, dependable and professional staff through our rigourous recruitment and selection policy. 

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To ensure that the development, educational, emotional and social needs of each child are met daily. 

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The voice of the child is heard, respected and contributes to our programme. 

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We aim to deliver a quality curriculum based on a number of philosophical approaches including High Scope and Montessori. Our curriculum addresses children's well-being, identity and belonging, communication and exploring & thinking, along with the principles of Aistear; the Early Curriculum Framework. 

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We aim to make Stickyfingers accessible to all members of the community, regardless of race, gender, family status, age, disability, or religious belief. 

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We aim to work with Siolta the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education, by following its 12 principles of quality and 16 standards within its framework. 

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We operate within the Childcare (Pre-school services) (No2) Requlations 2006 and the National Standards for Pre-schools. 

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The environment is planned and well organised in a way that suits the different needs of individual children, while keeping in mind the importance of Safety and Hygiene. 

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Parents are actively welcomed at Stickyfingers at all times. We endeavor to share information and communicate with parents directly, in order to give feedback at the end of each day and to ensure that they are made aware of on-going developments in policies and procedures. 

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Stickyfingers wishes to promote a positive atmosphere where children, staff and parents are treated with respect.