Prospective Families
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 it. Emphasis on cooperation, using words to solve conflicts and build self-confidence is a large part of the program. Our children explore in an environment that is physically safe, cognitively challenging and emotionally nurturing.
For ages 3-5, children must be toilet trained. This includes being able to use the toilet unassisted and to use the toilet without prompting.
Child Care Parent Handbook VWCA-Child-Care-Application-Form-2022
For more information Please contact our Childcare Manager, Jack Tharp at childcaremanager@victoriawest.ca for more information on current program availability and the application process. We do not keep a waitlist.
Application Process
1. Submit a completed application form to the front office of the Vic West Community Centre including all required documents (registration form, Immunization records, two recent photos of your child, legal copy of custody restrictions (if applicable), government subsidy authorization (if applicable), direct debit form). Incomplete application forms will not be processed and you will be contacted to provide the missing information.
2. At the time of application a $125 admin fee will be owed as well. This can be paid at https://www.cogran.io/index.html?victoriawest or at the front office of the community centre. If the Victoria West Community Association is not able to provide you with a spot in one of our child care programs, the full $125 admin fee will be refunded back to you.
3. Once you have completed the registration forms and paid the admin fee. A mandatory on-site tour will be scheduled to ensure our program is the right fit for you and your child.
4. Once the following steps are completed and should your application be successful, written confirmation of your acceptance will be mailed to the address provided. If you have not received written confirmation through the mail, you are not yet part of the program.
Application Information – September 2022 Intake
Families that are currently enrolled in one of our Childcare programs (Daycare, Preschool & Out-of-School Care) will be able to drop off applications for the September 2022 start of those programs as of Tuesday, February 1st, 2022. Current families will have the month of February to submit their applications before intake opens to new families. All current families must complete an application package for September 2022 if they intend to return to one of our Childcare programs.
Applications for our Childcare programs for the September 2022 program start will open to potential new families on Tuesday, March 1st.
Families will receive notification on whether they have gotten a spot in our programs by Wednesday, June 1st, 2022.
| Daycare Fees 2022/2023 – Runs Year-Round (8:00 AM – 5:00PM) | |||
| Monthly Rate | CCFRI Funding | Total Owing | |
| 5 days/week | $1048 ($47.64/day) | $100 | $948 |
| 3* days/week | $686 ($51.97/day) | $60 | $626 |
| 2* days/week | $476 ($54.09/day) | $40 | $436 |
* 3 Days a Week is Monday, Wednesday and Friday
* 2 Days a Week is Tuesday and Thursday
| Nature Preschool Fees 2022/2023 – Runs from Sept – June (9:00am-12:00pm) | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $388 ($17.64/day) |
| 3* days/week | $267 ($20.23/day) |
| 2* days/week | $189 ($21.48/day) |
* 3 Days a Week is Monday, Wednesday and Friday
* 2 Days a Week is Tuesday and Thursday
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 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.
Child Care Parent Handbook VWCA-Child-Care-Application-Form-2022
For more information contact Out of School Care Manager, Asha Willis: Phone: 250-590-8922 Email: outofschoolcare@victoriawest.ca
Application Process
1. Submit a completed application form to the front office of the Vic West Community Centre including all required documents (registration form, immunization records, two recent photos of your child, legal copy of custody restrictions (if applicable), government subsidy authorization (if applicable), direct debit form). Incomplete application forms will not be processed and you will be contacted to provide the missing information.
2. If there is space in our program, you will be asked to pay an admin deposit. This can be paid at https://www.cogran.io/index.html?victoriawest or at the front office of the community centre.
3. Once you have completed the registration forms and paid the admin deposit. A mandatory on-site tour will be scheduled to ensure our program is the right fit for you and your child.
4. Once the following steps are completed and should your application be successful, written confirmation of your acceptance will be mailed to the address provided. If you have not received written confirmation through the mail, you are not yet part of the program.
Application Information – September 2022 Intake
Families that are currently enrolled in one of our Childcare programs (Daycare, Preschool & Out-of-School Care) will be able to drop off applications for the September 2022 start of those programs as of Tuesday, February 1st, 2022. Current families will have the month of February to submit their applications before intake opens to new families. All current families must complete an application package for September 2022 if they intend to return to one of our Childcare programs.
Applications for our Childcare programs for the September 2022 program start will open to potential new families on Tuesday, March 1st.
Families will receive notification on whether they have gotten a spot in our programs by Wednesday, June 1st, 2022.
| Out-of-School Care Fees 2022/2023 – Before & After School Care | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $441 ($20.05/day) |
| 3* days/week | $346 ($26.21/day) |
| 2* days/week | $257 ($29.20/day) |
| Out-of-School Care Fees 2022/2023 – After School Care Only | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $330 ($15.00/day) |
| 3* days/week | $246 ($18.64/day) |
| 2* days/week | $194 ($22.05/day) |
| Out-of-School Care Fees 2022/2023 – Before School Care Only | Monthly Rate |
| 5 days/week | $147 ($6.68/day) |
| 3* days/week | $110 ($8.33/day) |
| 2* days/week | $89 ($10.11/day) |
* 3 Days a Week is Monday, Wednesday and Friday
* 2 Days a Week is Tuesday and Thursday