What makes Ashvale Creche special…

Ashvale crèche has been open since spring 2005. As a parent to 3 small children at the time I was looking for an excellent quality crèche that my children could feel safe and loved in. In response to this request I set up my own crèche, determined to provide high quality care in a homely environment.

Ashvale crèche is a spacious, bright building equipped with a vast array of equipment to facilitate learning and playing.
We have a variety of outdoor play area equipped for various age groups and needs. The children spend a lot of time in the outdoor environment – playing, gardening, planting bulbs and much more.

My own background has always been family and child focused. I started my career as a nurse and midwife. Then I qualified as a Montessori teacher and worked with children with special needs for a number of years. As my own family arrived I decided to set up Ashvale crèche, I now have 4 children of my own all enjoying dedicated childcare in Ashvale crèche that exceeds even my own expectations.

Food in the crèche:

In Ashvale crèche we understand the importance of highly nutritious, good quality meals. This is important for health and development and also to stimulate taste bubs and develop social skills involving eating and sharing.
Breakfast is provided each morning, followed at 10am by fresh fruit snack.

Lunch is provided at midday and this may be hot food or salads. Early afternoon snack is smoothies, scones or yogurts. The main meal of the day – a hot dinner is provided every evening.

An outside catering company- Creative Chef- operated by Master Chef Rory Redmond provides the hot food.
Creative Chef is dedicated to providing the highest quality foods, which is especially prepared for children. All food is free of artificial additives, colourings and no extra salt is added.

We chose this method of providing food as the company has an excellent reputation in quality and hygiene.
It allows us to provide a varied menu and suit special dietary requirements.

A weekly menu is displayed on the notice board in the front hall.
We encourage healthy eating at all times and provide a cheerful, relaxed atmosphere at meal times.

Outdoor play:

In Ashvale crèche we are very conscious of our beautiful environment. We strive at all times to get the children out into the fresh air and promote outdoor play and activities.

We have different outdoor areas to facilitate different activities.

2 large grassy gardens are used mainly by the older children; these areas are used  for digging, cycling trikes, climbing and balance beams, a trampoline, and much more. We have an astro turf garden for the babies and smaller children; with a playhouse, crawling frames and small slides.

We also have a large tarmacadam area for bikes, pretend play and outdoor meals.
The children enjoy exploring the grounds around the crèche and are always supervised in the outdoors.