THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
Child Care Family Update
Our Y Educators and Staff have been busy preparing to welcome children back in a safe and supportive manner. Even if your child isn't returning right away, we want to ensure you are informed about our enhanced health and safety measures in all of our YMCA Child Care Centres.
Here are a few things that have changed recently:
- Physical spaces and the layout of our centre will look a little different to support physical distancing measures.
- We have re-evaluated some of the materials and items in classrooms to ensure they exceed health and safety guidelines.
- There will be reduced ratios in classrooms (even more support than before for your child).
- Extra time for drop off and pick up is necessary to maintain social distancing. Please allow for additional time at drop off to include a health check and enhanced COVID-19 screening for both the parent and the child.
Some things may have changed, but a lot (and it’s all good) still remains:
- Our commitment to supporting your children’s needs through quality care, curriculum, and small group practices.
- Our best health practices such as hand washing and disinfecting.
- Our daily schedule for play, snacks, meals, and rest time.
- Our supportive, educated, and caring staff.
- Our passion for what we do!
Lastly, we are asking that all parents/guardians thoroughly read the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario COVID-19 Policy at the link below.
This document gives specific details including, but not limited to; cleaning and disinfecting in our Child Care Centres, maximum cohort size and ratio, screening processes, process for children/staff displaying COVID-19 symptoms, and a list of online COVID-19 resources.
Please know, we will be reaching out very soon to all our families with more information about your child’s care.
COVID-19 Resources