April 29 to May 4, 2019 has been proclaimed as Early Childhood Educator Week (Week of the ECE). ECE week is a great opportunity for us to show our appreciation to the dedicated staff who care for our children each and every day. In previous years, Discovery’s Board of Directors...
The Board has recently approved our first Accessibility Policy. If you are interested in reviewing this policy you will find it on the Discovery website under Policies or click this link: Accessibility Policy
Discovery Children’s Centre will be closed on Monday, April 22, 2019 for staff professional development. This year the staff will be spending the day learning more about children’s mental health. Several staff will also be sharing information from workshops they attended on a variety of other topics; including feedback from...
A couple of weeks ago we were notified that the REMIND app would be discontinued. The staff at Discovery have come to rely on the app to get messages out to parents, either by texts or email. After researching different options we were informed today that the app will still...
To improve safety for children, parents and drivers we asking parents to park only in the stalls along the chain link fence if using the back lane as your access point to the Centre. Please refrain from parking in the stalls that are against our building, even at the end...
In the spirit of Christmas tradition, the Board of Discovery Children’s Centre will, once again, be accepting food donations and unwrapped gifts for a Christmas hamper. A collection box (wrapped in Christmas paper) will be located across the hall from the main office. Please feel free to drop canned goods,...
December temperatures require your child to wear boots during outside play. The safety surface (wood chips) is not yet covered in snow. Please check inside your child’s boots periodically for woodchips. If your child is complaining about his/her foot hurting, have them look inside to ensure something has not...
This year Discovery Children’s Centre has teamed with Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to preschool aged children. Louise Stuart (SLP from the St. James-Assiniboia School Division) has been hired to work closely with both staff and children at the Centre. As a part...
We (Board and Management) would like to inform all parents about a recent decision to increase the snack fees at Discovery by 25 cents per day as of January 14, 2019. For most parents that means you will be billed $25/child per billing period snack fee as opposed to the...
A few years ago, Discovery’s Board and a number of staff spent a couple of days developing a five year Strategic Plan. In working through this strategic plan, the group agreed one of the important goals to work towards is to enhance the quality of nutrition and health of children...