Parents will receive reports on their child’s progress by the end of this month. Some kids have grown steadily all year while others may have gotten slow start but took off and learned quickly once the activities were under way.

Hop for muscular Dystrophy: Date to be announced as we trying to get a fire fighter and fire truck on that day. We’ll be sending a pledge sheet home with the children

Snacks : we strongly recommend parents to put an ice pack in their snack bag. We put all the milk and meat products in the fridge but you still need ice packs for fruits, vegetables and juice.

Late fee: Please pay your monthly fee by the 5^th of the month, or $1 a day will be charged after 5^th .

Blankets: Please send a light blanket for the children as the weather is changing they don’t need heavy blankets and also it is hard to store heavy blankets.

Change of fee: from July new fees will be effective please check parents board / website for new fees.

Removing shoes: we strongly advice our parents to remove their shoes while entering the centre.

Victoria Day: The centre will be closed on May 21^st.

Music and movement with rainbow music: May 15^th and Yoga classes will be on May 2^nd and May 16^th.

Mothers Day celebration: we will be doing a mothers day tea on Thursday May 11^th at 5:00pm. . Hopefully we will have Partylite and Dot and Stella jewellery stall so that you can do some shopping for your moms.

Medication form : Parents please make sure whenever your child is on Medication, you need to spare couple of minutes in morning to fill the Form. According to Public health parents need to fill the form with little bit more detail which is important for the staff to know. This form is posted on our website so that you can fill this form from home and bring with you in the morning.

Spring cleaning: please clear your child cubby . We don’t need any snow pants or gloves any more. Also check their change of clothes and indoor shoes they might have out grown. Please send summer hats and their sun screens. Please donate any extra pants which you are ready to discard as we can use them for extra change of clothes in case children don’t have any in their cubbies.

After school care: please update your child’s school information whether he/she is in morning or afternoon Kindergarten. Children who are graduating from Kindergarten this year, we wish them all the best in their future studies. If you need any help or recommendation for after school care please come and talk to us.

Children who are leaving this summer please give us written Notice by the end of May

Parents, as you may have noticed, we do quite a few activities at an additional cost with the help of outside groups/agencies to further enrich our programs. We’d be interested in your feed back or suggestion on this. Also, give us suggestions for fieldtrips and also how many field trips we should arrange for this summer. Please provide us your feedback through emails. Keep checking our website for any updates or pictures from fieldtrip and special occasions.

April Newsletter 2012

It’s April, and there’s a cloudburst of creative ideas in the air. This month we will reassess each child so that we have current information on their progress. The Easter Rabbit comes to call this month with many learning opportunities. In reading, we are emphasizing sentences and focusing upon children’s literature with related activities. Children will be busy making Easter Baskets, egg hunt and etc. John Janzen field trip pictures will shortly be on our website.

Workshop for Staff & Parent: we will be holding a workshop for parents on April 11^th 5:45 – 6:45 on Growth and development: what to expect at different ages and kindergarten readiness

Easter Party:We will be having a Easter party on April 5th. The children are welcome to bring treats for the other children for the party. Please send two boiled eggs for egg decoration on April 5^th.

Visit to Senior Center:children will be visiting the seniors on May 2^nd, the activities will be based on spring.

Rainbow music will be visiting on the following dates -April 17^th , May 15^th and June 26^th for next 3 months

Yoga: Yoga classes will be on 11 and 25^th April. Parents please pay $5 for yoga for this month. Some parents have outstanding Yoga fee from last month too.

Sign In/Out: there are still some parents who are not signing their child in/out . This is a reminder that unless you sign your child in, he or she is not legally at the Centre. There are some parents that signing in other children’s boxes.

Late pick up policy:Our Centre close sharp at 5:45 pm. With this in mind andout of respect for the long day your child and his/her caregiver have had, you must pick up your child before this time.A late fee of $10 for first 5 minutes and $1 a minute thereafter will be levied against parent who are late in picking up their child.

Dates to remember

We are closed April 6^th for good Friday and April 9^th for Easter Monday

We are closed Monday May 21^st for Victoria Day.

March Newsletter 2012

January and February were busy months, Our Children celebrated, Chinese New Year and valentines day. Children really enjoyed their visit to the Seniors Centre at Riverbend lifestyle, they had a story and craft time with them. Our next visit will be in March.

Kindergarten 2012-13:

If your child is starting kindergarten in September, please inform us which school they will attend and whether they’ll enrol in the morning or afternoon program.

School supplies:please check your child’s pencil box, he/s he might need some more supplies like eraser, pencils or sharpener.

Fee:please provide us with six month post dated cheques, after 5^th of each month late fee will apply. Tax receipts are ready.

Field trip:

we are going on a field trip to John Janzen Centre on Friday March 16th, .Please return the permission slips. Children need to wear yellow Fieldtrip t-shirts on that day.

Yoga:

On every second Wednesday we will be holding yoga classes with a yoga instructor Ashinta De Silva. For this month it will be is March 7^th and 22^{nd .}

Music and Movement:

Next music class is on Tuesday, March 20^th.

Extra Clothes

. Please send some extra clothes with your child in case of any accident

Workshops for parents:

we are planning a workshops for parents “ If your child is ready for Kindergarten”. We want to know how many families will be interested in this.

Some Reminders

Just a reminder, if your child is well enough to come to the Centre your child is well enough to participate in all activities during the day – this includes going outside! Please consider all of the other children and staff, your child will meet when making the decision to send your child to school. We will call you and ask you to pick your child up, if we feel he/she is unable to cope with our busy days. If your child has fever, diarrhoea or vomiting they need to stay home for 24 hours after their symptoms are gone without the aid of medication. If your child does require medicine while at the centre, please be reminded to fill in the necessary forms everyday! An exact time for medicine to be given is required (cannot be as needed) and all medicine MUST come in original packaging with the entire doctor’s information. . Thank you for your understanding!

Scholastic Book orders are due by March 15^th.

January & February newsletter

January is a good month to re-establish routines, and to review and reinforce what has been learned so far. The reading, math, and other special areas offer a variety of review activities . We’ll also turn the spotlight on winter with its snowflakes, sports, animal hibernation, and general “blizzard” of winter day experiences for our young learners.

2012-2013 School year

Currently, we are getting organized for the 2012-2013 school year. If your child is starting kindergarten in September, please inform us which school they will attend and whether they’ll enrol in the morning or afternoon program. We will be serving Esther Starkman School and William Irvin and Earl Buxton school this year. But nothing will be finalized until spring. At that point the schools can provide us all the information on whether children are enrolled in am or pm programs. For G.H Luck we will still be doing the afternoon session for kindergarten.

Chinese New Year

This year Chinese New Year falls on Jan23rd. We will be celebrating Chinese New Year and children are encouraged to wear their traditional clothes on that day. Children will be learning about China the whole week, so please help us to enrich our resources on the topic if you have anything related to China or Chinese culture.

Valentine’s Party

The children’s valentine party will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb 14^th .You are welcome to bring treats such as cheese and cracker, fruits, squares, candies, etc. Please make sure that the food you bring is nut free. At this time children can also exchange their valentine cards. Children can bring 10 cards with only their name on it, this will eliminate confusion of ensuring that specific cards get to specific children.

Family Day

The center will close on Monday Feb 20^th for Family Day. We hope all of you can spend time with your family.

Payment of fees

We would like to remind all parents that 6 months of post-dated cheques are required for day care fees. Late fees will be charged after the 5^th of each month.

Email address

Please provide us with your email address if you want to receive news letters electronically as it is more environmental friendly so we can save some paper.

November Newsletter

October was busy month with lots of fun activities. We started our month with nature walk, going to Senior homes ,Diwali celebration And of course Halloween Party at the End.

Birthday celebrations: Parents are allowed to bring cake, cupcakes or other ‘party’ food to share with all the other children. The food bought into the centre to celebrate these special occasions should be bought at a store approved and inspected by the local Health Authority. No home made food will be served.. According to Health regulations many institutional outbreaks of Food Poisoning or gastrointestinal illness have been linked to eating home -prepared foods. This policy will help all the children from Food borne illnesses.

Salsa class: Our next Salsa classes will be on Nov 4^th and 25^th. please pay $10 for two classes.

Music and movement: Music and movement with Rainbow music will be on 22^nd Nov. Most of the parents had already paid for this program, but if you didn’t pay yet please pay $30 for 10 classes.

Remembrance Day: Centre will be closed on Nov 11^th for Remembrance Day

Food bank: In December, we would like the children at our Centre to experience helping others who are less fortunate. We invite families to donate non-perishable foods.

Winter is here!  -  Please dress your child according to the weather, so that they can participate in outdoor activities. Please label all winter mitts, hats, boots, etc. We suggest that you check the Lost & Found box regularly.

Holiday Hours: The Centre will be closed during the Christmas holidays: from Dec 26 to 30 and will re-open on Jan 3rd, 2011.

September was busy month with new children and kindergarten starting at school. We are glad to announce that October is going to be a month of joyous festival. We celebrated Eid in the month of August, and look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving and finishing off month with Halloween. Program focus: Our curriculum focus will be Thanksgiving and Autumn foliage.

Thanksgiving:We will be closed on October 10^th for Thanksgiving.

Picture Day: We will have our picture day on October 11^th.

Seniors Center visit: Our Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten children will be visiting with our seniors next door on Oct. 5^h . While it is fun for the children, the seniors get as much out of these visits as evidenced by the pictures.

Halloween party: Halloween party will be held on Oct. 31st, we might be going for Trick or Treating. Children can dress up for that day and are welcome to bring treats for their friends.

Sign in and out:please remember to sign your child in and out. This is very important for the safety of your child(ren).

For school-aged children:If your child goes to school, please inform us a week in advance if there is no school or if there is a PD day. Also, if there is any change in your pick up or drop off time on any particular day (e.g, field trips, parents picking up early, etc.), please inform us ahead of time.

Food Restriction: We follow Canada’s Food Guidelines to prepare our food but do not serve any pork at our Centre. If you have any other food restriction like vegetarian, halal meat, you need to provide your own food for lunch.

Music and movement classes for 2011 and 2012

Sept -27,2011
Oct -25,2011
Nov -22,2011
Dec -20,2011
Jan -24,2012
Feb -21,2012
Mar -20,2012
April -17,2012
May- 15,2012
June -26,2012

September 2011Newsletter

Labour Day :Centre will be closed on Monday, September 5thBack to school:Summer went by so fast, and it is already that time of the year so please update your child’s information if there is any changes. According to new regulations we need the your address if it is different from child and also an emergency contact’s name, telephone number, and home address. The address provide must be for the contact‘s primary residence and telephone number must allow us to reach the emergency contact during the time child is attendance at the our program. An emergency contact also must be able to reach the child’s parent(s) or arrange for the child to be picked up from the program when a parent cannot be reached. Also if you changed your job or mobile please provide us the new information.

Parents with children in school are required to complete the Transport Authorization form. We will not transport your child without this form. As kindergarten students have staggered entry please let us know about the first regular school day, as you will be going with your child on the first day. Please inform us one week in advance of change in pick up or drop off time due to field trips or any other events.

School supplies:

Two interlined notebooks( 4 years old and up)A box of colouring pencils/crayons and a pack of HB pencils

A couple of erasers and pencil sharpener

A box of Kleenex

Please label every thing .

House keeping & labelling: please clean out your child’s cubby regularly and check the spare clothes and shoes for proper sizing and labelling. Please label blankets shoes jackets hats etc. Please send your child’s blanket in a cloth bag.Salsa class :

our next salsa classes will be on Sept. 2, 16, and 30^th. Please pay $15 for the month of Sept.

Snacks: To new families joining us, please be aware that our Centre is a nut free zone. Please do not send anything with nuts in it. Please send ice pack in your child’s snack pack. We won’t accept any food in polythene bags. We encourage our parents to send healthy snacks, at least two food groups, for example; fruits/vegetables and yogurt/cheese.

Sign in and out: please remember to sign in /out your child. This is very important for your child’s safety . If you failed to sign in your child we don’t have any proof that your child is at the Centre. In the event of an evacuation we use in/out sheet to do our head counts.This will also help us to maintain our records of daily attendance of each child including arrival and departure times.

Indoor and outdoor shoes please send labelled indoor and outdoor pair of shoes

Toy Policy. No toys are allowed at the Centre from home, except for show and tell. If you let your child bring a toy from home, please don’t expect staff to help you find it at the end of the day.

Late pick up policy:Our Centre close sharp at 5:45 pm. With this in mind and out of respect for the long day your child and his/her caregiver have had, you must pick up your child before this time.A late fee of $10 for first 5 minutes and $1 a minute thereafter will be levied against parent who are late in picking up their child.

Arts and craft : please donate any scrape paper at your home or office . We will also appreciate donation of books and toys that your child has outgrown.

September 2011Newsletter

Labour Day :Centre will be closed on Monday, September 5thBack to school:Summer went by so fast, and it is already that time of the year so please update your child’s information if there is any changes. According to new regulations we need the your address if it is different from child and also an emergency contact’s name, telephone number, and home address. The address provide must be for the contact‘s primary residence and telephone number must allow us to reach the emergency contact during the time child is attendance at the our program. An emergency contact also must be able to reach the child’s parent(s) or arrange for the child to be picked up from the program when a parent cannot be reached. Also if you changed your job or mobile please provide us the new information.

Parents with children in school are required to complete the Transport Authorization form. We will not transport your child without this form. As kindergarten students have staggered entry please let us know about the first regular school day, as you will be going with your child on the first day. Please inform us one week in advance of change in pick up or drop off time due to field trips or any other events.

School supplies

Two interlined notebooks( 4 years old and up)A box of colouring pencils/crayons and a pack of HB pencils

A couple of erasers and pencil sharpener

A box of Kleenex

Please label every thing .

House keeping & labelling: please clean out your child’s cubby regularly and check the spare clothes and shoes for proper sizing and labelling. Please label blankets shoes jackets hats etc. Please send your child’s blanket in a cloth bag.

Salsa class :our next salsa classes will be on Sept. 2, 16, and 30^th. Please pay $15 for the month of Sept.

Snacks: To new families joining us, please be aware that our Centre is a nut free zone. Please do not send anything with nuts in it. Please send ice pack in your child’s snack pack. We won’t accept any food in polythene bags. We encourage our parents to send healthy snacks, at least two food groups, for example; fruits/vegetables and yogurt/cheese.

Sign in and out: please remember to sign in /out your child. This is very important for your child’s safety . If you failed to sign in your child we don’t have any proof that your child is at the Centre. In the event of an evacuation we use in/out sheet to do our head counts.This will also help us to maintain our records of daily attendance of each child including arrival and departure times.

Indoor and outdoor shoes please send labelled indoor and outdoor pair of shoes

Toy Policy. No toys are allowed at the Centre from home, except for show and tell. If you let your child bring a toy from home, please don’t expect staff to help you find it at the end of the day.

Late pick up policyOur Centre close sharp at 5:45 pm. With this in mind and out of respect for the long day your child and his/her caregiver have had, you must pick up your child before this time.A late fee of $10 for first 5 minutes and $1 a minute thereafter will be levied against parent who are late in picking up their child.

Arts and craft :   please donate any scrape paper at your home or office . We will also appreciate donation of books and toys that your child has outgrown.

Change of fee: from July new fees will be effective please check parents board / website for new fees.

Medication form : Parents please make sure when ever your child is on Medication you need to spare couple of minutes in morning to fill the Form. According to Public health parents need to fill the form with little bit more detail which is important for the staff to know. We will be posting this form on our website so that you can fill this form from home.