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Week Two Binbrook Trip cancelled (tomorrow Wednesday July 10th <- correct date)

Attention Week 2 Camp Waterdown Families! We are truly sorry but with a heavy rainfall warning from Environment and Climate Change Canada spanning tomorrow and Thursday (predicting up to 60mm of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl coming our way), we’ve had to cancel our trip plans to Binbrook for tomorrow, July 10th (corrected date). Instead of Binbrook, we will be staying at

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2017 Summer Camp Waterdown

Space for GR 1 – 8 child under 13 in Week 3 July 15 – 18 and Week 6 August 6 – 9 Only – Summer Camp 2024

As of late Tuesday June 18 we have available: WEEK 3 July 15 – 19:  FOUR (4) spaces for Senior age children  (entering Kindergarten in September  to 12 years old)  WEEK 6 August 6 – 9: ONE (1) spaces (1) for a Senior age children (entering Kindergarten in September to 12 years old)   Available on a “First to Request” basis: Send an email to

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UPDATED Mar 18 (Wait List Open to All Families) SEPTEMBER 2024 – JUNE 2025 Before / After School Program Registrations

Our 2024/2025 Before & After School Wait List Registration has been launched for all families. Please note that we are already at or near full capacity for most of our locations and programs dues to increased demand from currently registered families. Due to limited demand, in consultation with the HWDSB, we will be unable to offer a program at FLAMBOROUGH CENTRE this year. Please

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Update regarding 2024 Holiday Closures for B&A and ELCC Programs

Although Christmas Break 2024 is very far away, we wanted to inform you of our new closure schedule during that time so that you can make your vacation plans accordingly. For this year, our Board of Directors have decided to close our Early Learning and Childcare program (ELCC) and will not be offering a Winter Break School Holiday Program this year, for the two

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2023 Child Care Tax Receipts have all been sent out by email or are on your Family Registration page

All annual tax receipts for child care in 2023 have now been emailed to our families. You will receive one receipt per child, per program, so the total of receipts received (unless you received a repeat by accident) is your total. Please check your Spam Folder first if you did not receive them. Then your Family Registration page 2023 Tax Receipt Tab: https://www.campwaterdown.com/registration/#fndtn-tabpane-0-3 Receipts

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Reminder: Winter Holiday Closures

2023 – Early 2024 Holiday Closures Before and After School Programs: Closed December 25 – January 5. All Before and After programs are closed due to the winter school break closure. A Winter Break Program for January 2-5 has been announced by email and on your Family Registration Page and operated at our Guy B Brown location. Capacity is limited. ELCC Programs: Closed December

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Before & After In-School Care Availability: Guy B. Brown and Mary Hopkins

This year we received high demand for space at our in-school Before and After School program and unfortunately we continue to have limited availability. Since June we have also been able to offer lower child care rates for ALL families due to government subsidy programs (CWELCC and the Hamilton Affordability Plan). We have reached out to many families on our current wait list in

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Before and After School 2023 -2024 Registration Update

Before and After School orientation emails have gone out to currently registered families. If you didn’t get one, please check your junk mail, and a copy of the orientations for each school will be posted to the web site. The Orientation’s went out without mention that we DO provide a simple afternoon snack with individually packaged peanut free, tree nut and sesame seed free

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Camp Waterdown 2022 - 2023 Calendar

2023 – 2024 Program Closures and Holiday Programs

With some changes to the child care and HWDSB calendars, we’d like to let our families know of upcoming planned programs and upcoming Holiday closures. We are planning to provide school holiday programs this coming school year.  Please watch our web site for Holiday Program Registration Announcements. School Age Programs (Before & After School, PA Days, Winter Holidays, PA Days, March Break, Summer Camp)

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WAITING LIST: 2023-2024 Before and After School Registration

Wait List Registration for the 2023 – 2024 B&A program is open to all families, starting here: September 2023 B&A Registration Info (We do not know at this time whether we will be able to expand our capacity to allow further enrolments before September.  An announcement will be made on the web site and to existing Wait List participants at that time.) Some notable

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Before and After School Early Childhood Educator Position Available

We are looking for an enthusiastic  Before and After School Early Childhood Educator to complement our diverse and growing team!

Our before school programs begin at 7:00 am and typically run until 9:00am.  Our After-School programs begin at the after school bell around 2:30pm and run until 6:00pm. Reporting to the Program Supervisor, the Before and After School Educator will develop and implement a variety of activities, designed to stimulate all areas of development, and based on the observed interests of children.

This position will be at our one of our in-school programs and working 27.5 hours per week in a split shift capacity and will begin in the late Summer 2022.

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Update on Extension of the Before and After School Program Affordability Grant

Dear School Age Before and After School Families, Good News! We have confirmed that the City of Hamilton has now extended the Schoolage Before and After School Affordability Grant through to the end of December 2024 (originally ended June 30, 2024). This program was in place during the 2023 – 2024 school year affording our families a reduction in care fees. Children aged 6

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ELCC Toddler / Preschool Wait Listers – Check Your Email!

We have sent an email out to all of the families with a toddler/preschool wait list pre-registration asking to help us by confirming (or requesting removal) from our Wait List (which has grown exponentially). This will help us to drop those families that have found alternate care during their wait and expedite offers of care as space comes available for September placements. As we

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Winter Holiday January 2 – 5 Full Day Program – Sold Out

We are currently sold out and no longer taking Wait List requests. All new registrants are first placed on our Wait List and an offer will be made if a space still exists. School Holiday Programs emphasize STEM crafts and learning, active group outdoor / indoor games. Frozen science experiments, Make your own rock candy, Melting snowmen, Gingerbread house friendly competition and More! Blue

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