We have been busy here at St. Gabriel Child Care Centre! We’d like to take a moment to first thank all our families that submitted the Parent Satisfaction Survey and/or attended our Parent Engagement Sessions.
We value your input and appreciate your feedback as this assists us in ensuring that we are meeting our families’ needs. The Survey Results and actions plans will be shared in the coming month with you all.
Summer renovation at St.Gabriel Child Care Centre
We are very excited to inform our families that St. Gabriel Child Care, at 91 Fiori Drive will be undergoing a makeover this summer!
Our child care rooms will receive a facelift. We will be peeling off our dead floors and adding new sport flooring and cabinetry to our three rooms. Room 2 will undergo the most transformation with the addition of office space for our growing team. Programs will continue during this time in the kindergarten rooms at the school.
Parents will be entering the school through the kindergarten room doors as the child care will not be available to us from July 3rd up to August 13th, 2018. More details will be shared as we get closer to our renovation date.
This June we’ll be sharing a Family Fun Night with our families.
Save the date, June 7th, 2018.
Take a look at some other event dates:
May 8 – Brings Pony Rides for our toddlers and preschoolers
May 23 – Brings Traveling Stage Animal and Nature Yoga
May 30 – Preschoolers graduate and the child care will be performing for our families
June – Hands On Exotics will be visiting the Child Care.
Engineering for Kids has visited each after school site to demonstrate the STEM program and they are interested in offering at our programs once a week for six weeks. If you are interested in this amazing program for your before and after school child(ren), please ensure to return the interest letter available with your child’s teacher. Should we receive interest of a minimum of 18 children, this program will run for once a week for six weeks in May and June. Don’t Delay!
Marie will be joining our After School Programs for dance instruction in May and June and this experience will culminate in an end of year performance for the families.
Summer Registration is now open.
You can download our package in the links below:
Brochure for Summer Camp Activities
Summer Camp Form (to be filled out in full – 2 pages)
Are you returning to our Before and After School Program next year?
Have you registered for September?
We will be committing to new families as of May 1st, so please do not delay to secure your spot.
Download your forms here
Calling out to all Green Thumbs or Wanna Be Green Thumbs!
Join us in planting for our flower beds. Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested in helping us plant our planters this season.
Reading Up on the Earth
Do you have any family activities planned for Earth Day this Sunday? What about reading up on the subject in celebration. We’ve compiled a suggested reading list of children’s books that highlight Mother Earth, recycling, planting trees, and all things green!
1. The Earth Book by Todd Parr
2. One Tree by Green Start
3. Curious George Plants a Tree by Margret and H.A. Rey
4. The Earth and I by Frank Asch
5. The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
6. Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals
7. Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf by Olivia Bouler
8. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
9. Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel
10. The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole