{"id":334,"date":"2025-05-13T20:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:39:11","slug":"3-5-room-admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/3-5-room-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"3-5 Room Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rainbow Room can accommodate up to 48 children aged 3-5 years old. The playroom is currently, staffed by 6 early years education and childcare officers and 2 Early Years Support Assistants.<\/p>\n<p>Children aged 3-5 years are entitled to 1140 hours of early learning and childcare (ELC).<\/p>\n<p>Our main model of delivering your child\u2019s ELC entitlement is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Model 1 place which consists of Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 3pm over 38 weeks per year (term-time).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can also deliver your child\u2019s entitlement using the following approaches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blended approach with a childminder and a nursery.<\/li>\n<li>With a funded provider (Private \/ voluntary \/ independent nursery) that meets the new national standards set by the Scottish Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>How to apply for a 3-5 year-old place<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>An application form must be completed and submitted to your first choice establishment.\u00a0 You will also need to provide proof of your residing address in the form of a council tax letter and proof of your child\u2019s date of birth in the form of your child&#8217;s birth certificate.\u00a0 We cannot\u00a0 accept your application form if you do not produce this information when submitting your form.<\/p>\n<p>Places are allocated in line with Inverclyde Council\u2019s Admissions Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The application window for applications opens on 6th January and closes on 17th January.\u00a0 Applications will be presented at the Annual Admissions Panel.<\/p>\n<p>Applications received from 18th January to 4th April will be presented at the Post Admissions Panel.<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found on the Inverclyde Council website<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverclyde.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/early-years\/3-5-yr-old-places\">3 &#8211; 5 Year Old Places &#8211; Inverclyde Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rainbow Room can accommodate up to 48 children aged 3-5 years old. The playroom is currently, staffed by 6 early years education and childcare officers and 2 Early Years Support Assistants. Children aged 3-5 years are entitled to 1140 hours of early learning and childcare (ELC). Our main model of delivering your child\u2019s ELC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/3-5-room-admissions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3-5 Room Admissions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3089,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/334\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/gibshillchildrenscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}