| The Globe & Mail’s series on child care in Canada includes six major articles, a number of supplementary articles and commentaries and an online poll asking ”Based on your experience, are you happy with the availability and cost of daycare in Canada?”Take the poll and check out the data using the poll’s interactive tools.
See below for the series articles to date: Better daycare for $7/day: One province’s solution for Canada by Erin Anderssen and Kim Mackrel Video: Lessons the rest of Canada should learn from PEI’s daycare overhaul The case for publicly funded child care in Canada by Erin Anderssen The evolution in public policy surrounding child care by Erin Anderssen We want children, but can’t afford daycare by Marina Adshade |
From October 2013
BC School System Workshop Oct 24 at NWPL
Cameray Centre November Programs
CAMERAY CENTRE IS OFFERING A 6-WEEKNobody’s Perfect Parenting Program™STARTING NOVEMBER 13th, AS WELL AS, A 4-WEEK Money Skills And Financial LiteracyGROUP STARTING NOVEMBER 7th.
CAMERAY CENTRE FAMILY PROGRAM CALENDAR AND REGISTRATION: Nov2013
How are New West Five -Year-Olds Growing?
The Human Early Learning Partnership at UBC has released the new EDI results for Wave 5. These maps and community summaries include data from over 42,000 EDI surveys completed by Kindergarten teachers across British Columbia in 2011-2013. EDI maps and community summaries are valuable tools that provide insights into children’s physical health and well-being, communication skills, language and cognitive skills, emotional maturity, and social competence.
The New Westminster School District (40) has participated in all 5 waves of EDI data collection. Wave 5 results were collected in 2011/12-2012/13 from 9 schools in 6 neighbourhood(s). A total of 452 kindergarten children participated in New Westminster in Wave 5. EDI results are mapped based on children’s neighbourhood of residence, not where they go to school.
Overall, New Westminster had a vulnerability rate of 33% compared to the provincial vulnerability rate of 32.5%.
District wide, vulnerability was highest on the Social Competence scale at: 16%. Child vulnerability was lowest on the Language & Cognitive Development scale at: 10%.
To read more, and to see mapped data…
New Westminster Community Summary:
http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/media/comsum/w5/sd40.pdf
New Westminster Wave 5 Map sets: http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/media/mapsets/w5/sd40_w5_edimaps.pdf
Interactive Map, showing EDI results over ten years:
http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/maps/edi/nh/sd40/
Ghostly Party and Other Halloween Happenings
Centennial Community Centre is throwing a Ghostly Halloween Party Oct 27th!
GHOSTLY HALLOWEEN PARTY
(2 – 8 years) Parent Participation
Don‛t be a scaredy cat and stop in for some spinetingling Halloween fun! There will be spooktacular crafts, pumpkin carving, ghouling games and batty bingo. Treat yourself to Mummy dogs, Owl Oreos and Haunted Hot chocolate. You won‛t want to miss out on this hair-raising event.
Centennial Community Centre 604.777.5100
Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
October 27
Registration Fee: $4.00 per child 130192
Pre-registration required.
For MORE Halloween Happenings, check out the New West PCR brochure here:
http://www.newwestpcr.ca/database/files/library/2013_Halloween_Happenings_Brochure.pdf
My Health My Community Survey-Improve Health in New West!
My Health My Community Survey – Help provide input to improve health in New Westminster!
Where you live, work and play affects your health. Many aspects of community influence our health and well-being, such as transportation, community services, green spaces, and strong social ties with family, friends and neighbours.
The My Health My Community survey will generate information about the health and well-being of New Westminster to inform policy and programs that could directly impact you and your family. For example:
Neighbourhood information on access to community resources such as child care can help community programs to provide more support for families.
Information on busy roads or nearby green spaces can help planners plot traffic patterns, parks or community facilities.
The My Health My Community Survey is a partnership between Fraser Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, and the eHealth Strategy Office at UBC. It hopes to learn how lifestyle, local environment, neighbourhood and daily interactions affect health over time.
While participants are asked for their names, confidentiality is a priority and the information is only used for the prize draws (iPads and gift certificates) and for potential follow up surveys in the future. Survey answers and identifying information will be kept on separate computer systems complete with data encryption.
If you are 18 yrs or older,
please take the survey at:
Your Voice For A Healthier Community
Homefront ESL Learning now in New West
Homefront Learning offers free English Language home instruction 2 hours per week, for students who can’t attend classes. Now available in New West! Details: Home front Learning – Student Brochure
Caring Neighbours at Christmas starts Oct 16th!
Adopt a Family/Senior at Christmas has a new name…Caring Neighbours at Christmas through FSGV is accepting requests for Christmas assistance starting Oct 16th.
Details: Caring Neighbours atChristmas-Information for Families-2013
ESL for Moms with kids under 6
Family Services of Greater Vancouver has a few spots left in their English Learners Group for Moms with kids under 6 years old. Details: Poster ESL Moms -Fall 2013
Parent’s Night Out Nov 6th Internet Safety
Parent’s Night Out presents Jesse Cochrane on Internet Safety Nov 6th, 7 to 9pm, at Glenbrook Middle School. Details: Parents’ night out 2013- 2014