Welcome to the Spring Session at Out to Play! We're happy to share this vibrant season with you.

At Out to Play we're re-imagining what education can look like, with you. We're holding space for child-centred play and for inquiry and wonder through unhurried time on the land. 

Please Note:

Your registration is confirmed once you have completed this registration form, paid your fee in full and received a final confirmation email from us.

Out to Play Refund Policy:
If we are required to cancel the weeks of program due to Ministry of Health or Ottawa Public Health decisions we will offer you the option to have your account credited or be issued a refund. In the case you request to withdraw from the season-long program, your request will be honoured with a 2-week non-refundable fee to facilitate us filling the space through the waitlist. PD Day withdrawals are non-refundable. Extreme weather cancellations are nonrefundable. These details are all shared in the Fall-Winter Parent Handbook. 

This handbook can be linked to here: Parent Handbook

Out to Play programs will be following the Ministry of Health and Ottawa Public Health guidelines to maintain a safer program and lower the risk of COVID-19. We are outside almost every moment of our day! Frequent handwashing and sanitization, and physical distancing offers your family a comforting safer program. 

This form will ask you for information about your child and their trusted adults, and your selected program before transitioning you to payment through PayPal (debit or credit). Please choose Guest Account if you do not have an account through PayPal. 

Your agreement to the Assumption of Risks, COVID-19 Agreement and Medical Consent are required for registration. 

Your registration is complete once your payment is processed and your confirmation email is received. 

We're looking forward to another season on the land!

RISK ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Please read in full before consenting to the Assumption of Risk:

At Out to Play we support children in becoming confident, capable people who have a sound sense of their abilities and interests, and the ability to take age-appropriate responsibility for their own safety. Adult anxieties about children can lead adults to overprotect them. This makes it harder for children to learn the consequences of their actions and makes learning less engaging. Furthermore, educators, public health professionals, and child development experts are concerned that children today spend less time playing and learning outdoors, with damaging results for them and society. For this reason, unstructured outdoor play and learning are central to this program/experience. 

Out to Play takes reasonable steps to manage and balance risks, while at the same time allowing children to play freely. Program participants acknowledge its inherent risks of harm and personal injury. While minor injuries like bruises, bumps and scrapes are not uncommon, serious injuries are rare, and life-changing injuries and fatalities are unlikely in the extreme. Still, as with almost any activity, indoors or outdoors, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not happen. You are required to accept this as a condition of your child’s participation. 

Risks 

The variety of risks is more than can be listed here and will vary depending on the program. Out to Play educators are trained and experienced, and their role is to support children in learning and playing, while keeping the risks to an acceptable level. Below is a list of some of the more significant risks:

 

• Injuries from executing strenuous and demanding physical activities 

• Injuries resulting from matches or fire

• Injuries resulting from the presence of harmful plants, natural loose parts, wild animals, and/or ticks 

• Changing and inclement weather, including storms, high winds, and lightning

• The possibility that your child may not heed safety instructions or directions given to the group or delivered individually 

• Injuries arising from the actions of other children 

• Negligence on the part of other participants

• While the injuries sustained in outdoor activity are mostly minor, they can be severe, and on extremely rare occasions, even fatal 

• That all rules are designed to enhance the safety of your child and others and are to be followed at all times 

• That fire and open-fire cooking require special instructions and training from the facilitator 

• That your child’s risk of injury increases with fatigue

In unstructured, outdoor play, children freely choose which experiences and forms of play they are comfortable engaging in. Your child is under no obligation to participate in all experiences and may choose not to participate at any time during the program. 

 

Parent/Guardian Assumption of Risk

When I consent to the Assumption of Risk I am agreeing that:

I/We have read the Risk Assessment Summary for Out to Play.

I/We have reviewed the Risk Assessment Summary for Out to Play with my/our child and have instructed our child to listen to and follow the instructions provided pertaining to participation at Out to Play programs.

I/We are aware that participation at Out to Play involves many risks, dangers and hazards including but not limited to those referred to in the Risk Assessment Summary and freely and voluntarily assume the risks, dangers and hazards inherent in participating at Out to Play, including all those described in the Risk Assessment Summary and the possibility of personal injury or death of my child.

Being satisfied that Out to Play is suitable for my/our child, I/we give my/our permission and consent for him/her to participate

I will notify Out to Play ownership or employees if my child suffers from any medical or health condition that may cause injury to themselves or others, or may require emergency care during their participation.

Actively informing parents about COVID-19

The Out to Play program is required to actively inform you about COVID-19 and share the COVID-19 Safety Plan and the protocols we have put in place. Before starting program with us you will be provided:

• Our handbook

• A copy of our pandemic plan

The following Notice of Risk is included in the Ottawa Public Health Guidance document and is copied here as our notice of risk as well:

When children from multiple families attend a program there is a risk of the COVID-19 virus within the group. Children who are infected with the COVID-19 virus are more likely than adults to have very mild infections or to have no symptoms at all, but these children can still transmit the infection to other children, and to adults. This means children can bring home an infection and put other persons at risk.

Out to Play has a screening process to help detect infections when there are symptoms; however, the screening process will not detect infected children or adults who do not have symptoms at the time of screening.

Out to Play has adopted screening protocols and strategies aimed to minimize risks including cleaning protocols, sanitization, daily screening, temperature checks and a quick response to a child showing symptoms. 

Although Out to Play has used its best efforts to put in place screening protocols, policies and procedures based on advice and guidance from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ministry of Health and Ottawa Public Health, there is a risk that the Parent’s child(ren) will be exposed to COVID-19 or another disease and the Parent accepts the risk that their child(ren) may become ill with COVID-19 or another disease as a result of their child(ren) attending the program.

Medical Consent:

I consent to my child receiving any necessary medical treatment for any injury or illness during their participation at Out to Play, including for stings and allergic reactions (ie. Benedryl Spray for mild reactions and/or EpiPen and Children's Benedryl Liquid in the case of a life-threatening reaction), admission to hospital and necessary treatment therein, that may be deemed essential for their care and well-being. PARENTS/GUARDIANS WILL BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IF A NEED FOR SUCH CARE ARISES. Your consent is required for registration in Out to Play programs.

Photo Consent:

Out to Play programs use photos and video as a means of documenting learning to share with children and families in program, as well as for the purposes of promoting nature-based education in Canada, and Out to Play programs. Our partner organization, Learn on the Land, is an online educational resource sharing experiences and lessons about learning through play on the land. 

I hereby give Out to Play and Learn on the Land permission to use and reproduce the photographs and videos of my child taken during program. All stored versions of these photographs and videos, whether printed or electronic, will be owned by Out to Play. Out to Play will be the holder of the copyright unless agreed otherwise. 

That's everything! Thank you for taking the time to fill out our detailed registration. If you indicated you'd be paying by PayPal the form will transition you to PayPal, where you can pay through your account or as a guest.

We look forward to playing on the land together soon!