Parents who paid fees in respect of childcare services for their children who were below the age of twelve years for the year 2016 are entitled for every child to a deduction against their income equivalent to the lower of €2,000 or the fees actually paid during the year. The fees that are to be reported for this deduction are those paid by the parents and should exclude the free childcare provided by the Education Department. Those who want to apply for this tax rebate are to send a Private Message on this Facebook Page with the following details by the end of this week (19th February 2017):

1. the name and surname of the parent paying the fee and is claiming the tax deduction;
2. his/her taxpayer reference (ID card no.);
3. the name and surname of the child;
4. the date of birth of the child;
5. the amount of fees paid during the year 2016 (in euro).
   
   

Thanks for your cooperation.

Dear Magic Steps Followers, kindly note that:

• We have 10 places to fill for the child care centre for the month of April. Applications' deadline 8th March. 
• We have 2 places to fill for 3 to 4 summer school class.
• We have 3 places to fill for 5 to 6 summer school class (we succeeded to join the whole room near the former class and hence now the class is bigger enough to accommodate more children).
• There will be no After Schools Programme for Semester 3.
• We are taking birthday party bookings for March, April, May and June. No party bookings are being taken for July.

 

Magic Steps Summer School Teachers:

• Ms. Britanny Haber
• Ms. Annalise Bonello
• Mr. Aron Buttigieg

Together we will provide our summer young clients a magical experience!

Very busy working on the crafts' planner for the period of April - September 2017...Very interesting themes and activities being prepared based on the Emergent Curriculum which means that we focus on the children's likes and interests before themes and crafts are planned. We also focus on the developmental milestones for each age group - not every group should have the same crafts since children's abilities are different at different ages...and also young children are not able to do things that 4yr olds do! The qualified staff at Magic Steps do take all these things into consideration when planning the crafts since we believe that the crafts are to be done by the children themselves and not by the carers...we are not here to impress parents - our focus is the children's holistic development.

Following the success of the summer school applications for which the demand was extremely good (and we are almost fully booked), we are asking those who are interested to bring their children 3+ at Magic Steps for the weeks between 26 June and 7 July, 18 Sept and 29 Sept. You have to understand that children who are 3+ cannot be mixed with those under 3. Hence I am willing to make arrangements for those who are interested to form a class for these children in the Summer School area. The rate to be charged will depend on those children who are going to attend. My aim is to make it the cheapest possible but there are the teacher's wage and the running costs. Hence those who are interested please send me a private message at your earliest. Thanks.