Wondering about Full Day Kindergarten and Strong Start Prog?

Angels 6 · by **Angels 6** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:24 pm

I'm wondering, with the full day Kindergarten starting in Sept at most schools, what will happen to the Strong Start programs? I'm thinking they'll need the rooms? Any one know?

Annikki · by **Annikki** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:28 pm

Strong Start is a Ministry (almost wrote misery) of Education intiative. I don't see them going anywhere unless they had very low attendees!

Lochside Mom · by **Lochside Mom** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:10 pm

We got Full Day kindie and we will be keeping our Strong Start as well :-D

FairyElf · by **FairyElf** on Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:14 am

Our school will have full day and is keeping strong start. I find the majority of the kids ages ranges from nb to 3 ish. I very rarely see a 4-5 year old.

Ours is over crowded most days too and havent been going due to this.

Angels 6 · by **Angels 6** on Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:42 am

FairyElf wrote:Our school will have full day and is keeping strong start. I find the majority of the kids ages ranges from nb to 3 ish. I very rarely see a 4-5 year old.

Ours is over crowded most days too and havent been going due to this.

E, you should come to the Colwood one, it's rarely busy when I go. :-D

chanterelle · by **chanterelle** on Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:55 pm

I was talking to Donna-Lynn, the ECE at the Tillicum Elementary StrongStart about this this morning. In Tillicum's case, the SS classroom will be taken over by a full day kindie class, and she will move to share space with the before and after school care program, since their hours don't overlap.

It won't be ideal, as the two groups are focussed on different ages / stages of kids, but it will have to do, I suppose! Tillicum El. is bursting at the seams, but it will be good for the neighbourhood to have full day kindie, I think.

by **Guest** on Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:29 pm

chanterelle wrote:I was talking to Donna-Lynn, the ECE at the Tillicum Elementary StrongStart about this this morning. In Tillicum's case, the SS classroom will be taken over by a full day kindie class, and she will move to share space with the before and after school care program, since their hours don't overlap.

It won't be ideal, as the two groups are focussed on different ages / stages of kids, but it will have to do, I suppose! Tillicum El. is bursting at the seams, but it will be good for the neighbourhood to have full day kindie, I think.

Wow, they always have that huge empty classroom beside the washroom everytime I have gone there. I thought they had lots of space due to declining enrollment.

I am shocked that she will have to move.

FairyElf · by **FairyElf** on Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:10 pm

Angels 6 wrote:
FairyElf wrote:Our school will have full day and is keeping strong start. I find the majority of the kids ages ranges from nb to 3 ish. I very rarely see a 4-5 year old.

Ours is over crowded most days too and havent been going due to this.

E, you should come to the Colwood one, it's rarely busy when I go.

Oh thank you! Ill definitely come and check it out sometime

Do you happen to know if we need to register there? Im not sure if its an individual program to register for or it applies to all of them? Thks!

Angels 6 · by **Angels 6** on Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:25 pm

FairyElf wrote:
Angels 6 wrote:
FairyElf wrote:Our school will have full day and is keeping strong start. I find the majority of the kids ages ranges from nb to 3 ish. I very rarely see a 4-5 year old.

Ours is over crowded most days too and havent been going due to this.

E, you should come to the Colwood one, it's rarely busy when I go.

Oh thank you! Ill definitely come and check it out sometime

Do you happen to know if we need to register there? Im not sure if its an individual program to register for or it applies to all of them? Thks!

You can just drop in & then register when you get there, sorry, not sure if you have to register at each individual place or if it includes all.