After a couple conversations with parents I just wanted to send a quick note to explain our policy about outside play time:
- while as a day-camp operating only 6 weeks out of the school year we are not bound to provincial legislation to anywhere near the same degree as daycares or schools, nevertheless for the sake of our campers we endeavour to heed the current rules applied to such daycare providers
- under the previous Day Nurseries Act (repealed Aug 31, 2015) childcare providers were mandated to keep children inside once the outdoor temperature reached 26 degrees celsius or higher (the act that replaced that one, the Child Care & Early Years Act, inexplicably does not specify an outdoor temperature). That being the case, while we really love playing outside when we can, for the most part this summer we have done our group activities inside and not out-of-doors due to the heat
- the exception to the above is the second Wednesday of our program, Wild Water Wednesday, on which we take the kids up the splash pad behind the Ancaster Library to play in the water. Being careful to keep them hydrated and covered in sunscreen, we are confident that the water keeps them from getting overheated.
If you have any further questions or concerns, however, please don't hesitate to come and talk with me; I'd be happy to chat.
Happy Tuesday!
Mr. Ben
Program Director, Jitterbugs
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