Baby Room (6-14 months, ratio 3:1)

• Location: Hazelwood Lodge
• Maximum of 6 babies per room.
• This room is bright and cheery with south facing views onto our playground.
• Our room is a self-contained unit where babies and staff have all requirements close to hand.
• The sleep room is separate and adjacent with individual cots for each child (we monitor sleeping children constantly!)
• We follow the individual child's routine not our own!

Kits Room (14-24 months, ratio 5:1)

• Location: Hazelwood Lodge
• Maximum of 12 children per room
• We transition children from Baby room to Kits with care and consideration for each individual child and in consultation with parents.
• Children take their naps on individual cot beds with teachers in attendance at all times.
• We begin to introduce routine with meals, snacks, sleeping, planned activities etc.
• We create play based curricula weekly which are displayed for parents right outside the classrooms.

Pups Room (2-3 years, ratio 6:1)

• Location: Hazelwood Lodge
• Maximum of 15 children per class.
• Children must be able to manage stairs at this point.
• Children are encouraged to further explore and build concentration skills and relationships.
• Working with parents, children will usually be potty-trained while in this area
• We continue to create curricula weekly based on play and children's interests which are displayed for parents right outside the classroom

Pre-School (3-5 years, ratio 8:1)

• Location: Hazelwood Lodge and Rockfield Dundrum
• Following Froebel and Highscope the daily routine is designed to do the following:
  • Provide child led active learning opportunities throughout a busy, fun filled day
  • Provide children a plan-do-review experience
  • To give children a sense of control over what happens next and a stable and secure psychological environment
  • Provide for interactions in small and large groups, adult to child, child to child
  • Provide times for play and learning inside, outside and on local trips

After-school services at Aslan's Afterschool (4-12 years, ratio 10:1)

• Location: Rockfield Dundrum
• We offer safe pick-ups from local schools and nutritious hot meals and snacks for our afterschoolers.
• Children are offered the opportunity to do their homework with our supervision. However, they are not forced to do it, nor is it completed for them.
• Afternoons are spent on activities such as group games, free play, outdoor play, P.E, arts and crafts, drama, card and board games, competitions, and relaxing with friends. We facilitate optional 'extra-curricular' activities like swimming and music classes.

Fees are based on a child attending 12 months of the year, 1 - 6 pm or 3 - 6pm, during term time and full days during normal school holidays, on their days of normal attendance. Any child who attends only for term time/10 months of the year will be charged extra for morning attendance during school holidays.

More Afterschool Details

Currently we offer school collections from Ballinteer Educate Together, Taney Parish National School, Saint Olaf's National School. This list can and does change from year to year based on demand and school opening hours.

Places in Afterschool are offered based on availability of space in our company vehicles that collect from the schools. These vehicles are all insured to carry children, driven by our fully licensed drivers and appropriate booster seats and belts are always used. As part of their afternoon with Narnia, children will be offered a freshly cooked hot meal and sandwiches and drinks will be available.

Children are encouraged to do their homework whilst with us and are supervised and assisted in this. We do not force them to do homework or complete it for them. Homework runs from 13:45 to 16:30 only. If parents request we can encourage children to do homework before other activities but we have found having time to relax after coming in from school is beneficial to children.

Parents must give notice of places required for children moving from Pre-school to After-school.

Summer Camps and Easter Camps

As well as our usual term time attendance, we offer Easter and Summer camps. The camps are primarily intended for those children already attending Narnia but our Rockfield camps are open to any other children who may need a week or two of organized activities.