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Is the care centre open all year round?

Day care and after-school care are open all year round, except for public holidays and KinderRijk seminar days. During holiday weeks and school closing days, after-school care is open all day. Preschool care is only open during school weeks. KinderRijk’s locations will close at 5.30pm on Tuesday 24 and Tuesday 31 December 2024.

The collective care-location closing days are:

Date	Reason of closing
Wednesday 25 December 2024	Christmas Day
Thursday 26 December 2024	Boxing Day
Wednesday 1 January 2025	New Year’s Day
Tuesday 25 March 2025 *	Seminar day for MKC Mio Mondo
Monday 7 April 2025	KinderRijk annual seminar day
Monday 21 April 2025	Easter Monday
Monday 5 May 2025	Liberation Day
Thursday 29 May 2025	Ascension Day
Monday 9 June 2025	Whit Monday
Tuesday 7 October 2025 **	KinderRijk cluster 1 seminar afternoon
Tuesday 14 October 2025 **	KinderRijk cluster 2 seminar afternoon
Tuesday 11 November **	KinderRijk cluster 3 seminar afternoon
Tuesday 18 November **	KinderRijk cluster 4 seminar afternoon
Thursday 25 December 2025	Christmas Day
Friday 26 December 2025	Boxing Day

* This seminar day applies only to the MKC Mio Mondo location. All other locations will be open on that day.
** Besides the annual KinderRijk seminar day in April, we will be organising a seminar afternoon for our educational professionals. These will be conducted in October and November. Each location will be assigned to 1 of these afternoons.
Cluster 1: Brink, Asserring, Orion, Noorddammerweg, Linde, Sportlaan, Jane Addamslaan, Horizon
Cluster 2: Nicolaas Tulplaan, Maalderij, Wimbledonpark, Schweitzerlaan, Pandora, Alsemlaan, Populierenlaan, De Zwaluw
Cluster 3: Laan Rozenburg MdR, Mio Mondo, Aalberselaan, Piet Hein
Cluster 4: Boechorststraat, MacGillavrylaan, Mauritskade, Thula, King
*** In the old agreements for 51 weeks (which we no longer actively offer), there is no childcare during the days between Christmas and New Year’s.