Steps Academy has a few summer options for children who will be completing kindergarten by June, 2024.
If your child is in kindergarten this year, these are the only summer care options with Steps Academy after June 30, 2024.
If you need care with Steps Academy and do not register for either of these options, your child will not have summer care with us.
Please see below for the breakdown of options being offered at each centre.
Option #1 FSA Summer Care
Best option for full time care & only offered at FSA
If you chose this option, you must register your child for:
a) ALL of July OR
b) ALL of July & August together
There are NO August only options.
Location: Castle Classroom at FSA (Kinders only)
Schedule: 5 day or 4 day (M-Th or Tu-F) options only
Hours: 8am - 5pm (No early drop-offs/pick-ups available)
Includes: Materials, 2 snacks and lunch
Payment: Withdrawn by FSA monthly at the beginning of each month
Cost:
$823/month for 5 day schedule
$554/month for 4 day schedule
This option qualifies for the Affordability Grant ($626 already removed from above pricing).
If you qualify for subsidy that would be a further reduction to the above fees and dependent on your family's qualification for this reduction, and based on government criteria.
What your child's day will look like:
Kinder Summer Care at FSA will be full days from 8am - 5pm and include a large variety of child-led activities, exploration, imagination & adventure!!
Some activities include:
- Messy, sensory play, gardening & more!
- Exploration of local schools, playgrounds, nature walks, scavenger hunts
Edible playdough, build your own snacks, cooking/baking skills and lots of tasty treats!
- Dramatic play, art, fort building, Lego, crafts, and loose parts
- Parachute play, dancing, Giant Games Experiments to explore math, science, technology and engineering (S.T.E.M.)
- Kinders will also be spending tons of time outdoors visiting community parks & playgrounds, playing games & having fun in the water, as well as going on monthly field trips (details to come!!)
Lunch, snacks, extra water and all equipment will be provided and brought with the children when off-site. This includes our emergency backback and any fun equipment for the day.
We ask that you please ensure that your child comes prepared every day with swim suits, towels, sunscreen, hats, water bottles, change of clothes and anything else you would like them to have to stay safe.
Option #2 BSA Summer Care
Best option for part-time care & only offered at BSA
This option will allow you to book as many or as few weekly camps as you choose.
Location: BSA in Cougar Ridge - Kinder & Out of School Care (OSC) combined
Schedule: 5 day options only except on 4 day weeks with a stat holiday
Hours: 8am - 5pm (No early drop-offs/pick-ups available)
Includes: Materials, 2 snacks and lunch
Payment: Amount for all weeks to be paid at the time of registration
Cost:
$325 for 5 day week
$300 for 4 day week (due to stat closure)
To keep things as affordable for our families as we can with rising costs, we have decided not to raise our camp fees this year but we will not be offering any early bird or multi-camp discounts. This will allow us to continue to offer the high-quality camps we have always offered the community, without increasing your fees.
What your child's day will look like:
FIELD TRIPS & COMMUNITY WALKS
Every Wednesday the children will go on a field trip to Bowness Park where they will get to enjoy a wide variety of activities, such as the splash park, play grounds and lots of games and exploration.
Lunch, snacks, extra water and all equipment will be provided and brought with the children on the bus by BSA staff. This includes our emergency backback and any fun equipment for the day.
Throughout each week, the staff will also invite the children to go for walks around some of the interesting areas of our community.
Waivers are required for each child for all off-site activities and will be provided to you prior to your camp start date.
WATER PLAY
BSA loves to set up their sprinklers & giant slip n' slide throughout the week, weather permitting, so the children can get lots of time to splash around too!
We ask that if you would like your child to participate in these activities, to ensure they are well prepared with swim suits, towels, sunscreen, hats and anything else you would like them to have to stay safe.