Safety

I will admit that I constantly think about safety at preschool. We are responsible for the health and well being of preschool aged children and we take that very seriously. We are Early Childhood Educators which means we have the training and experience to deal with children in a positive, appropriate and meaningful way. We have up to date first aid training. We are a licensed preschool which means we are inspected and monitored by Fraser Health Authority. There are regulations we follow in order to keep the children safe and provide the best possible care. There are always two teachers with each class and we keep our class sizes small.

We are always outside in the community! We teach the children how to safely cross the street as a group, look for hazards at the playgrounds and stay close to the class. We practice fire and safety drills with the children. The children wear whistles to preschool and we teach them to hug a tree and blow a whistle if they ever find themselves not able to see the teachers. We have emergency plans in place in case we ever come across wild animals.

The children engage in risky play at outdoor preschool and we encourage the children to look at all of the factors that might be involved in the risky play. We do risk assessments with the children when we are playing at a new location or on a field trip.

The weather is always a factor at outdoor preschool and it changes our play spaces. We are always mindful of bodies of water and high winds. We watch the children carefully to make sure they are not too cold or too hot.

Parents trust us to keep their children safe at outdoor preschool and we take that very seriously.