Current Families
Prospective Families
Little Steps Emergency Childcare
*NOW WITH EARLIER START TIMES*
Victoria West Community Association is now accepting applications for temporary emergency spaces in our Licensed Daycare (3-5 Years) and Licensed School-Aged Camp (K-Grade 5) for essential service worker families that have had disruption to their childcare services due to COVID-19. Care is available beginning April 1, 2020 at the Victoria West Community Centre location at 521 Craigflower Road.
Please contact us by phone (250)590-8922 for more information or to receive a registration package.
Childcare Fees:
| Little Steps Licensed Daycare (3-5 Years) – 6:30am-5:00pm | |
| Monthly Rate | $850 |
** if your family requires part-time daycare, please contact us directly at 250-590-8922 to confirm availability.
| Licensed Group Childcare (Day Camp) K-Grade 5 – 7:00am-5:00pm | |
| 5-Day Week | $175 |
| 4-Day Week (statutory holiday week) | $140 |
Please note: As part of the Emergency Agreement, VWCA must ensure that childcare spaces are protected/reserved for our internal families once the pandemic passes, and, as such, these temporary childcare spaces will only be available to Essential Service Families for the duration of the Emergency Funding Program. Registration priority will be given to internal families.
Emergency Funding Parent Handbook – Day Camp Emergency Funding Parent Handbook – Daycare
Little Steps Daycare & Preschool
Victoria West Community Association offers Licensed Daycare and Preschool Programs to meet your family’s needs. The Little Steps program is child-directed and play-based. This emphasizes the value of unstructured learning that allows children to make choices, experiment, and use hands-on exploration with materials in the preschool and daycare environment. The toys and activities are developmentally appropriate to support your child’s emotional, physical, social and cognitive needs. It is our philosophy that children learn best when the information provided to them is easily relatable to their lives, so most of the programming revolves around topics that they can find within their community.
Our outdoor Nature Preschool, which runs 9:00AM to 12:00PM Monday to Friday, gives little ones a chance to learn and explore in beautiful Banfield Park. Children learn about native and edible plants, science, and wildlife. They also participate in growing food outdoors in our community gardens.
Little Steps strives to provide a safe, welcoming environment for children to learn about their world as well as how
to navigate in it. Emphasis on cooperation, using words to solve conflicts and build self-confidence is a large part of the program. We strive to allow children to make their own choices and explore in an environment that is physically safe, cognitively challenging and emotionally nurturing.
For ages 3-5, children must be toilet trained.
Daycare & Preschool Parent Handbook 2020 VWCA Preschool & Daycare Application Form
Our intake period for Fall 2020 is now closed, please contact our Front Office at (250)-590-8922 for more information on program availability and registering your child. We do not keep a waitlist.
For more information contact Preschool Manager Beth Hume, ECE: Phone: 250-590-8922 Email: childcarewaitlist@victoriawest.ca
| Daycare Fees (8:00 AM – 5:00PM) – September 2020 | |||
| Monthly Rate (Daily Rate) | CCFRI Funding | Total Owing | |
| 5 days/week | $1000 (45.45) | $100 | $900 |
| 4 days/week | $835 (47.45) | $80 | $755 |
| 3 days/week | $655 (49.62) | $60 | $595 |
| 2 days/week | $455 (51.62) | $40 | $415 |
| Nature Preschool Fees – September 2020 (9:00am-12:00pm) | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $370 |
| 4 days/week | $315 |
| 3 days/week | $255 |
| 2 days/week | $180 |
Out of School Care
The Victoria West Community Association offers a Licensed Out of School Care Program for those enrolled at Vic West Elementary. Our program aims at a balanced combination of structured and unstructured program time. Activities are developmentally appropriate to support your child’s emotional, physical, social and cognitive needs. It is our philosophy that children learn best when the information provided to them is easily relatable to their lives, so most of the programming revolves around topics that they can find within their community.
The VWCA strives to provide a safe, welcoming environment for children to learn about their world as well as how to navigate in it. Emphasis on cooperation, using words to solve conflicts and build self-confidence is a large part of the program. We strive to allow children to make their own choices and explore in an environment that is physically safe, cognitively challenging and emotionally nurturing.
Important Information Registration commences in March for Fall intake. Children must be between the ages of 5 & 12 years old and enrolled at Vic West Elementary School. Priority is given first to internal families, then external families wanting both before and after school care, and then all other families.
Daycare Parent Handbook 2020 VWCA Out of School Care Application Form
Our intake period for Fall 2020 is now closed, please contact our Front Office at (250)-590-8922 for more information on program availability and registering your child. We do not keep a waitlist.
For more information contact Out of School Care Manager, Asha Willis: Phone: 250-590-8922 Email: outofschoolcare@victoriawest.ca
| Out-of-School Care Fees – September 2020 Before & After School Care | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $420 |
| 4 days/week | $390 |
| 3 days/week | $330 |
| 2 days/week | $245 |
| Out-of-School Care Fees – September 2020 – After School Care Only | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $315 |
| 4 days/week | $270 |
| 3 days/week | $235 |
| 2 days/week | $185 |
| Out-of-School Care Fees – September 2020 – Before School Care Only | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $140 |
| 4 days/week | $120 |
| 3 days/week | $105 |