The Church of St. Jude (Wexford)

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A Child's Place Daycare Centre

History

A Child's Place Daycare Centre logo

A Child’s Place Daycare Centre was opened in 1976 as a private daycare in space rented from the

Anglican Church of St. Jude on Howarth Avenue in Scarborough.

In 1982, the Church took over the operation of the daycare and decided to run it as an outreach project.

Representatives of the Church met with Ministry of Community and Social Services staff and operation of the

daycare was transferred to The Church of St. Jude. Afterwards, the Church created a Board of Management,

consisting of parent and Church volunteers, to oversee the operation of the Centre.

Since that time, A Child’s Place has operated as a non-denominational, not-for-profit centre by the Church. St. Jude’s

continues to maintain the Centre as an outward and visible sign of its contribution to the community at large.

The Centre has five classrooms, a kitchen, laundry facilities, a staff lounge/storage room, an indoor play area,

an outside playground, and a supervisor’s office.

Why choose us?

Some of the reasons why parents choose A Child’s Place…

  • Open from 7 am to 6 pm throughout the year (the Centre doesn’t close for a summer vacation)

  • Good Food, plenty of it, including full Breakfast, Lunch and many snacks for all age groups

  • Staff accompany children to and from Wexford Public School and Precious Blood Separate School

  • Fully trained and qualified RECE teaching staff

  • Non-denominational

  • Wide variety of Trips during school vacations

  • Interesting and Educational Special Events

  • Good facilities with a Gym that is for the exclusive use of the Centre

  • Large well equipped Playground on Church property

  • Lots of educational materials

  • Competitive Prices

Mission

A Child’s Place Daycare Centre commits to providing the highest quality of early childhood

education and care for the children entrusted to it.

Philosophy

We operate the Centre according to the following principles:

  • We believe that each child is unique and thus has the right to experience activities that will ensure
    his/her full potential is challenged and developed.

  • We provide a warm, loving and secure environment staffed with trained childcare professionals that
    encourages each child’s development of a positive self-concept, positive socialization skills, self-help skills,
    and a feeling of trust in other human beings.

  • We provide an environment that encourages sound health, safety and nutritional practices.

  • We provide the age appropriate educational program and a variety of developmentally appropriate
    activities and materials that are selected to emphasize concrete experimental learning in the areas of reasoning,
    language, visual perception, and fine motor and gross motor skills.

  • We provide open communication with parents regarding their child’s daily activities, individual needs,
    and developmental progress.

  • We will perform developmental screenings to identify special developmental needs of individual children
    and make referrals for special services when appropriate.

  • We encourage creative expression and an appreciation for the arts.

  • We respect cultural diversity of children, parents and staff.

Hours Of Operation

A Child's Place Daycare Centre is open from
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.

We close the Centre on the following Ontario public holidays:

  • New Year’s Day

  • Family Day

  • Good Friday

  • Victoria Day

  • Canada Day

  • Labour Day

  • Thanksgiving Day

  • Christmas Day

  • Boxing Day

We also close the Centre on the Simcoe Day Civic Holiday (first Monday in August).
We close early on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when these days fall on weekdays.

Fee Policy

Parents may pay their fees

  • weekly

  • bi-weekly or

  • monthly

in advance.

We require fees to be paid by cheque or money order
made out to "A CHILD’S PLACE DAYCARE CENTRE".

We prefer payments to be made with post-dated cheques.

All weekly or biweekly fees are due on the first Monday of the period.
If the Centre is closed on Monday, then fees are due on Tuesday for that week.
Monthly fees are due on the first Monday of the month.

Fees

The Fees are, as follows:

Age Group

Age of Children

Weekly Fees

Junior

4 hours or less

30 months to 4 years

$26.00

(without lunch)

$30.00

(with lunch)

Junior

in All Day Daycare

30 months to 4 years

$265.00

Junior & Senior

in All Day Learning

30 months to 5 years

$190.00

School Age

6 years to 12 years old

$180.00

Updated Feb. 16, 2012

Contacts

 Rosemary Fagan - Supervisor
Telephone 416-755-6381

Madeleine Ironside - Chair
Art Hall - Treasurer

As of 2011, the Board of Management consists of the following members:

Rev. Greg Carpenter

Church Wardens

Vestry

and Parent Members

Art Hall

Lynn Hall

Madeleine Ironside

Sherry Bedford