• Review all the sections of this Registration Package in its entirety including the Parent Handbook
• Self-assess your child’s toilet training readiness and contact us if there are any concerns.   
• Review Pickup and Dropoff times
• If you need the pickup time extended up to 4:30pm or require pickup/dropoff from an affiliated daycare, complete the Enrollment Form
• Bookmark the Parent Portal on your desktop and add it as an app on your phone (just google how to add a website as an app on your phone)
• Ensure the full registration form for your child is updated via the Parent Portal (search ‘Jumpstart Registration Form’ in your email to see if you have already completed it. The email confirmation should include a student ID in it)
• When you receive the invite, download and sign up to our Classroom App called Brightwheel
  • Review the ‘Brightwheel App’ section for more information
  • Setup your payment method in the Brightwheel app.
  • (monthly payments incur a small processing fee for credit card payments, but are free with bank payments)

Items for Class:

• • Family photo (4X6) – each child needs to bring in a family photo. Either bring a copy in or send it to us via the Classroom App 
  • A pair of labelled indoor shoes that will be kept in class. Ensure that your child can put them on by themselves or a little help (velcro or slip on)
  • Backpack (labelled)- large enough to fit a duotang (8.5 x 11)
  • Change of clothes in a labelled Ziploc bag, in case of accidents at school (kept in child’s backpack)
  • Spill-proof water bottle (labelled)
  • Snack bag with snack (refer to the Parent Handbook for suggestions and more info about snack time)

• • • Review all the sections of this Registration Package in its entirety including the Parent Handbook
    • Self-assess your child’s toilet training readiness and contact us if there are any concerns.   
    • Review Pickup and Dropoff times
    • Bookmark the Parent Portal on your desktop and add it as an app on your phone (just google how to add a website as an app on your phone)
    • Ensure the full registration form for your child is updated via the Parent Portal (search ‘Jumpstart Registration Form’ in your email to see if you have already completed it. The email confirmation should include a student ID in it)
    • When you receive the invite, download and sign up to our Classroom App called Brightwheel
      • Review the ‘Brightwheel App’ section for more information
      • Setup your payment method in the Brightwheel app.
      • (monthly payments incur a small processing fee for credit card payments, but are free with bank payments)

Items For Class

• A pair of labelled indoor shoes that your child can put on by themselves (velcro or slip on) – these are to be kept in your child’s backpack
• Backpack – large enough to fit a duotang (8.5 x 11)
• Change of clothes in a labelled Ziploc bag, in case of accidents at school (kept in child’s backpack)
• Spill-proof water bottle (labelled)
• Snack bag with snack (refer to the Parent Handbook for suggestions and more info about snack time)

• Review all the sections of this Registration Package in its entirety including the Parent Handbook
• Review Pickup and Dropoff times
• Bookmark the Parent Portal on your desktop and add it as an app on your phone (just google how to add a website as an app on your phone)
• Ensure the full registration form for your child is updated via the Parent Portal (search ‘Jumpstart Registration Form’ in your email to see if you have already completed it. The email confirmation should include a student ID in it)
• When you receive the invite, download and sign up to our Classroom App called Brightwheel
  • Review the ‘Brightwheel App’ section for more information
  • Setup your payment method in the Brightwheel app.
  • (monthly payments incur a small processing fee for credit card payments, but are free with bank payments)

• Items for Class:

• • The one adult with the child can be in socks, or bring a pair of indoor shoes as well.
  • Backpack for the child is optional.  A backpack adds more to your child’s school experience, but you can use any carrier. It will be used to keep a snack or water bottle in it.  There will also be school materials to take home that you can use it for.
  • Change of clothes in case of accidents at school (kept in child’s backpack)
  • Spill-proof water bottle (labelled)

Thank you for choosing to spend your summer with us! Your little learner is set to have a ton of fun with loads of learning.   

Please review all sections below even if you are a returning family.  Subsidy information on the last page.

Summer Program Information

Dear Parent/Guardians,

Thank you for choosing to spend your summer with us! Your little learner is set to have a ton of fun with loads of learning.   

Please review all 12 sections below even if you are a returning family.

1. Contact Info

If you need to reach us, email us @  info@jumpstartlearning.ca OR via our Classroom App (see section 10)

Or call (587) 524- 1065

From the Main Menu: ext 1 for the admin office,

From the Main Menu, dial 2 for the Classroom Menu: ext 1 for Ambleside, ext 2 for Windermere, ext 3 for Chappelle, ext 4 for Edgemont

For location info, see our website @ www.jumpstartlearning.ca/locations

For class start and end dates, see our website @ www.jumpstartlearning.ca/summer-program.  Just contact us if you need to make any changes and we can try to accommodate your situation.

2. Reporting Absences

Please report absences by messaging the classroom teacher through our classroom app. Use the ‘Staff and Admin’ option to send messages. If you use the ‘Admin only’ option, the teachers will not see the message.  (see section 10 for info about our classroom app)

3.  Sunscreen and Bug Spray

• Please sunscreen and bug spray your child each day before class.
• This will ensure they are ready for the outdoors!
• Each day, we will be outside for no more than 30 minutes (weather permitting).
• If a hat is provided, it will be worn while we are playing and learning

4. Pickup/Dropoff

• Drop off up to 5 minutes before class between 8:55-9:00AM or 12:55-1:00PM
• Pickup up to 5 minutes after class ends between 12:00-12:05PM or 4:00-4:05PM
• Late pickups will incur a late fee of $1/minute
• Parents will enter the facility with their child and accompany them to the classroom door and return to pick them up at the classroom door.
• The door to the facility will automatically unlock 10 minutes prior to class start time. You can come into the front lobby, remove outdoor footwear, and then wait for the classroom door to open 5 minutes prior to class start time.

5. Items to bring to school everyday

• A Backpack
• Refillable Water Bottle (preferably filled with water please)
• A nut free snack for snack time
• Extra Change of Clothes in backpack
• Weather appropriate clothes including hats
• A pair of indoor shoes (these will be left in the classroom at the end of each day) Please clearly label all of your child’s belongings, as sometimes they can get mixed up!

6. Snacks

• We will set aside 10-15 minutes during class for your child to eat their snack. If you do not want your child to participate, simply do not provide a snack, but message your child’s teacher through the app to let them know they will not have a snack.
• Students not participating in snack time will be participating in extra centre time and will be kept away from students eating snacks.

Snack Guidelines:

• Snacks must be nut free / stay away from liquid foods that can spill like juice boxes or yogurt tubes/pouches
• Students can access snacks independently without assistance
• Please unpackage foods and put them in a Tupperware that your child can open without assistance. This guideline is in place to eliminate the risk of staff members potentially transmitting anything by touching the food and/or packaging of multiple children especially after they have already had a bite of something.
• Snack must be small so they can finish it in less than 10 minutes

Snack Suggestions:

• Dairy: Yogurt in container, Cottage Cheese, Cheese Strings, Yogurt Tubes, Cream Cheese on Crackers, Cheese Sandwiches, Babybel Cheese
• Baked Goods: Cookies, Bagels, Squares, Muffins, Granola Bars, Cheese Buns, Popcorn, Rice Cakes, Pretzels, Nut Free, Banana Bread
• Vegetables: Carrot Sticks, Cucumber Slices, Cherry Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Celery, Peppers
• Fruits: Apple Slices, Bananas, Grapes, Mandarin Oranges, Pineapple, Kiwi, Strawberries, Fruit Cocktail, Applesauce, Dried Fruit, Watermelon, Avocado

7. Extra pair of clothes in your child’s backpack

• Don’t forget to pack an extra pair of clothes in your child’s backpack in case of a potty accident or other mess from classroom activities
• If change of clothes are not provided, you will be called to immediately collect your Please note that a bowel movement accident will require a call home as well.

8. Medications/Epi-Pen

• If your child requires medication or an Epi-Pen to be administered in an emergency situation, please make sure you have completed the medical consent form and let the teacher know that the medicine is in the backup.

9. Health screening

• The province has removed health restrictions like mandatory isolation, but we will still be health screening and will ask children exhibiting symptoms to stay home until they feel better.
• Please refer to the Illness Policy in our Parent Handbook located here: jumpstartlearning.ca/registrationpackage/parent-handbook

10. Classroom App

• Prior to the start date, please wait for the email and/or text invitation to sign up for our classroom app, Brightwheel.
• If you have used the Brightwheel app in the past, you will not receive another invitation, no action will be required.
• The app will be used to communicate with the classroom teacher, send out announcements, and most importantly track attendance for licensing regulations.
• Teachers will give it their best effort to send some group photos to the entire class, but anything individualized will likely not occur. The summer program is a very hands-on program with lots of things going in a condensed period of time. 
• Please note that you may be used to receiving daily photo updates during our regular program, these daily updates will be more limited during our Summer Program due to the longer class times.
• It is also the first time many kiddos are in school so the classroom teacher’s priority will be giving attention to all the kiddos as much as possible and not be distracted by the classroom device. Teachers will still be checking for messages.
• Another major difference about the summer program is that each class is extended by half an hour, the regular program allows a little more time for the daily updates.

11. Daycare Pickup/Dropoff

• If your child is attending a daycare within walking distance, pickup/dropff may be available. In this case, you would need to add our staff to your child’s authorized pickup list at the daycare if we are picking them up.  If the daycare staff is picking them up from us,  please provide us with the names of the daycare staff to add to our authorized pick up list.  Contact your child’s teacher through the Brightwheel app to arrange this.

• You can contact the classroom through our Classroom app to report absences and ask anything. (use the ‘staff/admin’ when sending messages.
• Schedule a parent/teacher meeting from the Parent Portal (in-person or virtual)
• Phone or email 

587-524-1065  then use option 2 for the location menu:

EXT 1 – Ambleside

amb.redroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

amb.blueroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

EXT 2 – Windermere

win.redroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

win.blueroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

EXT 3 – Chappelle

chp.redroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

chp.blueoom@jumpstartlearning.ca

EXT 4 – Edgemont

edg.redroom@jumpstartlearning.ca

edg.blueroom@jumpstartlearning.ca