Forest Grove Childcare Centre

CENTRE CLOSED AS FOLLOWS :

FRIDAY 4^TH SEPTEMBER 2020        - LABOUR DAY

AND

MONDAY 7^TH SEPTEMBER  2020    - PRO-D DAY

  (REOPENS TUESDAY 8^TH SEPTEMBER 2020)

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Welcome to children ILYAD and FREYA and families who are joining us. We are sure you will have an excellent time at the Centre and please do not hesitate to ask us any questions.

Please let GULZAR know of your plans during the coming months so that we may plan accordingly.

This time of the year remember to apply sunscreen to your child BEFORE coming to the Centre , bring a hat and appropriate footwear for walking to and playing at the surrounding parks. We will be taking optimum advantage of the good weather we get and if all goes well we will endeavour to have a WATER DAY  whenever possible so please leave some appropriate extra clothing at Centre for your child.

Latest  Public Health GUIDELINES re COVID

Daily health checks help make sure nobody comes to school sick. Before sending a child to school, parents and caregivers are responsible for assessing their child for symptoms of illness, like fever, chills, cough, a runny nose or sore throat.

 If your child has any symptoms, they must not go to Centre. . An up-to-date list of symptoms is available at http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19/symptoms.
 
Extra health and safety measures like health checks, and increased cleaning will reduce the spread of COVID-19 and help keep us safe.
 
Learn more: http://backtoschool.gov.bc.ca/

 COVID 19: Public Health Guidance for Childcare Settings

http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/COVID19_PublicHealthGuidanceChildcareFacilities.pdf

If you’re ill – stay at home.

 Within childcare settings, children and staff will often have influenza or other respiratory viruses with symptoms similar to COVID-19 (i.e., influenza). For this reason, all children and staff who are ill with fever, have cold, influenza or infectious respiratory symptoms of any kind need to stay home. If children and staff have symptoms, self-isolate for a minimum of 10 days from the onset of symptoms and until symptoms have completely resolved.  Please bring a DOCTOR’S NOTE  when the child comes back to the Centre.

 If you are at all unsure of your status, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s online assessment tool can help you assess whether you should stay home or not.

Please encourage your child to practice the following:

 Six steps to proper handwashing

1. Wet hands with warm running water.

2. Apply a small amount of liquid soap. Antibacterial soap is not required.

3. Rub hands together for at least 20 seconds (sing the ABC’s). Rub palms, backs of hands, between fingers and  under nails and creating a lather.

 4. Rinse off all soap with running water.

5. Dry hands with a clean, disposable towel.

6. Discard the used towel in the waste container.

Children should wash their hands…

• When they arrive at the centre and before they go home

• Before eating and drinking

• After a diaper change, using the toilet

• After playing outside or handling pets

• After sneezing or coughing into hands

• Whenever hands are visibly dirty.

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Infant Toddler AND  Daycare Montessorri    

 In September we will continue the theme we started in August of Nature and Art  with a focus on THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY

 Nature inspires and  helps children with creative play, concentration,  and to develop problem solving skills.  Exploring, discovering and experiencing nature also helps children to boost their gross motor and fine motor skills.  Children will have the opportunities to learn through their senses by using their limitless imagination to engage with each other and to the natural materials available, to explore, discover and experience them in the process.  We will also bring art material such as paint, collage, paper, pencils,  etc to use them with the natural material for the childrens’ expression and creativity.  Connecting with nature is one of the best ways to help children learn and build relationship with nature and to promote social skills.  It will  help children to develop team work and cooperation in a calming environment. Nature and art theme is planned to engage children with their mind, body and spirit which in turn helps children  with a wholesome experience.

Please send them with appropriate dressing and footwear in order to have a safe and rewarding experience.

We will continue to talk about  Stay Safe and Healthy :

• We will be encouraging children to stay safe and healthy doing various indoor and outdoor activities during the day.
• We will also continue to work on the six steps of hand washing as suggested by the Ministry.
• Please encourage children to bring healthy and nutritious lunch and snacks at the Centre. We will also have an outdoor picnic lunch whenever possible.
• We will also encourage children to drink water throughout the day.
• Feel free to talk to Gulzar if you have any questions.

NOTE : REMINDERS TO ALL OUR PARENTS:

1. Please ensure your child has indoor shoes which they change into when they arrive at the Centre and which stay at the Centre when leaving.
2. Please have a change of clothes at the Centre , in case they are needed.
3. Please label all you food containers and let us know if any food needs to be heated (note also: as you are aware, ours is a ‘NUT-FREE’ Centre.)
4. PLEASE LET US KNOW YOUR PICK UP AND DROP OFF TIME SO AS TO AVOID TOO MANY PARENTS AT ANY  ONE GIVEN TIME  .  ALSO WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO FOLLOW THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.    STAFF WILL KEEP CHILDREN READY FOR PICK UP.
5. Please inform us immediately if there are any changes eg address, telephone, contacts.
6. Please ensure you have all your child’s belongings when you are leaving and take home their work etc.
7. Please inform us as early as possible (by 9am – would be great) if your child is not attending the Centre that day.
8. May we also suggest that you drop-off your child and leave soon thereafter. This makes the transition much easier and  conducive to a good start to the day, both for the staff and the children.
9. We are not warming up food at the Centre currently. Please send sandwiches and non warm-up food items for snack and lunch.