Registration and placement
We work with a private waiting list. Here you will find a registration form that you can fill in. This will automatically be sent to 't Olefantje. Your child will then be placed on the waiting list. Only when a place becomes available for your child, we will contact you. For more information about the placement opportunity, we advise you to contact us yourself about three months before the desired placement date.
- Children can be placed when they go to the primary school Pieterskerkerkhof or the Aghata Snellen school.
- We strive to place as many children as possible on the desired placement date. However, this depends on the available places.
- We advise you to contact Kim van Swelm or Selma Hot well before your desired start date.
- Places are not kept open.
- Siblings and children of Day Care 't Olefantje have priority on the waiting list.
- Changes and extensions of days are handled before new applications.
- A placement is automatically terminated at the end of the school year in which the child reaches the age of 12.
- Premature termination must be in writing before the first of the month. This with due observance of a notice period of 1 calendar month.
Note: Generally speaking, there is less demand for Wednesday and Friday.
Because we have a notice period of one month, the exact planning of a certain month is only determined one month before.
Opening hours
The after-school care is open on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2.00 pm to 6.30 pm and on Wednesday and Friday from 12 pm to 6.30 pm. We are also open during all school holidays and on study days, whole days (from 08.15 am to 6.30 pm) with the exception of national holidays, 5 May and the day after Ascension. On these days we are closed.
The children are picked up from school during school weeks and walk with the teachers to the after-school care.
In the overview below, you can find the school and public holidays for the school year 2019/20.
School holidays and public holidays 2019/2020:
Autumn holidays from 19 Oct until 27 Oct 2019
Christmas holidays from 21 Dec until 5 Jan 2020
Spring holidays from 22 Feb until 1 Mar 2020
2nd Easter Day 13 April 2020
May holidays from 25 Apr until 10 May 2020
Ascension 21 May 2020
Whit Monday 1 June 2020
Summer holidays from 18 July until 30 August 2020
Study days and days off at Pieterskerkhof Public Dalton School:
Wednesday 11 Sept - study day
Monday 28 Oct - study day
Monday 9 Dec - study day
Thursday 19 Dec - off as of noon
Friday 20 Dec - off as of noon
Friday 21 Feb - study day
Friday 10 April - Good Friday
Tuesday 14 April - study day
Wednesday 20 May - study day
Friday 22 May - free day
Tuesday 2 June - study day
Friday 17 July - off as of noon
Study days and days off at Agatha Snellen School:
Thursday 10 Oct - off as of noon
Tuesday 5 Nov - study day
Thursday 5 Dec - off as of noon
Friday 20 Dec - off as of noon
Wednesday 15 Jan - study day
Tuesday 10 March - off as of noon
Friday 10 April - Good Friday
Friday 22 May – day off
Friday 19 July - off as of noon
Study days and days off at Primary School De Odyssee:
Friday 18 Oct - study day
Monday 10 Feb - study day
Monday 2 Mar - study day
Friday 10 April - Good Friday
Friday 22 May – day off
Thursday 18 June - study day
Friday 19 June - study day
Friday 17 July - study day
Each parent receives a secure key to the front door, which can only be used by authorised persons (parents and staff) to enter the premises. Parents can enter the building at any time when we are open. For each key, a deposit of EUR 10 is required.
For the parents
After-school care 't Olefantje has a Parents' Committee. You can discuss all kinds of things you might want to discuss with other parents. The Parents' Committee meets four times a year with the holder to discuss the policy and functioning of 't Olefantje
The first meeting of the PC took place on 3 January 2013. The PC was set up to look after the interests of parents and children in childcare. The Parents' Committee can advise the after-school care with regard to the quality of childcare. In addition, the PC organises parents' evenings and social activities. Ideas are welcome. The names of members can be found on the board in the corridor of the after-school care and are shown below.
If you have any suggestions and/or remarks, or if you are interested in joining the PC, please let us know (ocolefantjebso@gmail.com). The agendas and reports of the meetings can be found here. Click here for the Parents' Committee Regulations. In addition, you can address the members of the Parents' Committee personally:
- Ari J. van Vliet (chairman, father of Noud and Yinthe)
- Jan Willen van den Besselaar (secretary, father of Miep and Brecht)
- Kitty Paes (mother of Rosa and Valentijn)
- Peter Gerbrans (Father of Emma)
We want to do everything we can to ensure that parents and children are satisfied. So, feel free to express your concerns or any complaints to the care's management or the Parents' Committee. Here you will find more information about our Complaints Procedure.
Day Care 't Olefantje is affiliated with the Disputes Committee for Childcare. When parents have a dispute with 't Olefantje and cannot work it out with us, they can call on the help of this external and independent body. More information about this can be found at: www.degeschillencommissie.nl.
At least once a year, the teachers of all groups have 10-minute interviews with the parents of each child in their group. During these 10-minute interviews, they will talk about how your child is doing and how they are developing. Prior to the discussion, one of the teachers will observe your child extensively using observation forms. Specific areas of development, such as social/emotional skills, motor and cognitive development will then be examined and explained during the interview. You will also be able to discuss things you might not normally be able to do and there will be attention for your own parenting ideas. You will automatically be invited by the teachers to such an interview.
If you feel the need for a parent conversation apart from these 10-minute interviews, you can always make an appointment with Bart, Isabel, Hajar or Selma.
Payment and rates
It is a requirement that the payment for the child place has been arranged before the day care can start. Payment will be made by direct debit. The money due will be automatically debited from your account every month before the 1st of the month for which the allowance is to be paid.
The rate of 't Olefantje includes a limited number of extra days per year. Click here for the rates of 2021. These extra days can only be used when the group occupancy allows it. You can discuss this with the teachers of the group. In general, the group will be full, but the teachers know best when a child is absent. Also, when you want to switch days, you can discuss with the teachers whether this is possible.
Permits and reports
After-school care 't Olefantje Nieuwegracht has all the necessary permits.
The most recent inspection reports of the Municipal Health Service (GG&GD) can be found here:
After-school care Nieuwegracht 30:
After-school care Nieuwegracht 49:
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Privacy
Playgroup't Olefantje handles privacy information of parents, children and staff with care. In doing so, we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In our Privacy Statement , we explain how we collect and process your data.