Our latest news & events

Grovelands Childcare offers state of the art purpose built locations, with lots of outdoor play space for all age groups. We regularly hold events in our centres and you can keep up to date with our latest news here.

14Jun 2020

We're Reopening on June 29th

Grovelands delighted to officially announce we will reopen on the 29th of June This is the post that we have been waiting to write for the last month! We are happy to officially announce that Grovelands is reopening on June 29th. The following centres will reopen: IDA Business Park, Athlone Corran Riada, Monksland, Athlone IDA 
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10Jun 2020

Fun, Creative & Safe Way to Welcome Children Back

We’ve been busy preparing for the reopening on the 29th June by putting in place a new, fun creative and safe way for children to enter our centres. With the current restrictions around social distancing and concerns about the idea of taking children from cars, our Director of Operations, Dee Frampton
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26May 2020

ECCE Places Now Bookable Online for September 2020

This year our enrolment process is a bit different than normal.  Because our centres are currently closed due to Covid 19 restrictions and ‘calling in’ is not an option, we have made it easy for parents to reserve your child’s place and pay a refundable booking deposit online here. In order
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17Apr 2020
Noticeboard with memo reading keep in touch

Keep In Touch On Facebook

As this closure continues we are asking our families to keep in touch on Facebook. You can find a link to our Facebook page here Between Monday and Friday we have daily updates. These updates are mostly videos from the staff to your children. Earlier videos were recorded pre lockdown. Therefore, 
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18Mar 2020
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Explain Covid 19 to Young Children

This is a difficult time for all of us. It is particularly difficult to explain it to young children without scaring them. The document below provide great child friendly information to help you to discuss the virus with them. Coronavirus childrens ebook.pdf It is useful to revert to the HSE website for
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13Mar 2020
update

Covid - 19 Update

Dear Parents, We are acutely aware that parents have many questions in relation to provision of service and fees at this time. The government issued a directive at 11.30am yesterday morning to close from 6pm that evening and we adhered to that directive. There are however, many issues which need to be
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