February 2022 Newsletter
Your Feedback Wanted:
Vision for Growth for Next Year's Program
As we look towards the 2022/23 preschool year, we are currently evaluating our programs and designing new programs that cater to children’s educational needs and families childcare needs. We are considering expanding our Advance Outdoor program for Kindergarten aged children and introducing an afternoon preschool program in our new purpose-built classroom in the Bayview Elementary School when seismic upgrades are complete.
Please complete our 5-minute survey! We value your feedback as we grow.
Mark The Dates
Family Day: Monday, February 21 (No School)
Enjoy, and have a beautiful day with your family
Registration for September 2022 preschool year opens: March 1, 12:30pm for our current Bayview Community Preschool Families (More information to come mid-February)
Spring Break: March 14 - 18 (1 week: no school for both Indoor Preschool at QEA and Nature School at Jericho.) Return to preschool on Monday, March 21
Registration for Summer Day Camps begins: April 4 for our current Bayview Community Preschool Families. Good news! We have expanded this popular program to include more spaces
Annual Preschool Camping Trip Weekend: Fri, June 3 - Sun, June 5 at Porpoise Bay Campground on The Sunshine Coast. Families are encouraged to book a site 2 months ahead through BC Discover Camping
Covid-19 Update
Thank you to all families for keeping your children home when they have covid-19 symptom(s) and thank you for your patience as we adapt to the pandemic changes.
Have a confirmed Covid-19 case in your home? Please do not send your child to Bayview Preschool for 5 Days.
In order to protect our educators, children and families we have decided to take an interim cautionary approach, as the Omicron variant is highlt transmissible and rampant in our community.
What we are up to
There is an in-depth animal project underway
Students at the Imagination Station are creating a Roller Coaster
Under the Microscope children view in detail leaves, hair, soil and more
Snow forts, mud, beaver lodges and dams keeping us curious at Jericho
Loose parts play and creations in the classroom are inspired by what children explore under rocks and logs outdoors, and now some are working on a roller coaster inspired by a trail at Jericho
From our Teachers' Bookshelf
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles- By the late Thich Nhat Hanh
Over and Under the Snow - By Kate Messner
Stella, queen of the snow - By Marie-Louise Gay
The World Needs More Purple People - By Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart
(These books can be found at our local Kidsbooks for curbside pickup)
Proposed Closure of Queen Elizabeth Annex
The children and families at Queen Elizabeth Annex are facing an uncertain future as the Vancouver School Board has proposed the schools closure at the end of June 2022.
Support the QEA PAC by signing this petition to put a stop to school closures until a transparent long term plan can show which school sites we need for the 30-year future and beyond.
New Bayview Preschool Website
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website! Thanks to the dedication and creativity of our very own talented graphic designer, Board Chair of the Fundraising Committee and Bayview Preschool parent Meghan Gillespie, we now have a dynamic, content-rich, and comprehensive website.
Bookmark bayviewpreschool.ca for updates, news, and registration this spring.
With spring in our hearts and mud on our boots,
Your Bayview Community Teachers
(604) 704-5625
4275 Crown Street
Vancouver, BC | V6S 2K3