A dynamic school age program housed within a bright and modern elementary school in Orleans, Forest Valley School Age Program serves 120 children from junior kindergarten through grade 5 students, the majority of whom attend Forest Valley Elementary School. In addition to our spacious Kindergarten wing, the centre occupies three classrooms within the school for the older school age children (Kids Club, Kidz Zone and Kool Korner) and we have special arrangements to access the school’s gymnasium for gross motor activities. We provide nutritious morning and afternoon snacks for the children.

Our hours of operation are 7:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday.
We are open year round, excluding Statutory Holidays.

Our play spaces are designed to encourage all aspects of your child’s development. In each program room at Forest Valley, children can safely explore a learning environment that is designed to encourage their optimal physical and cognitive growth, appropriate to their age and level of development.

We offer a balance of structured and unstructured, stimulating and quiet-time activities and an abundance of opportunities for children’s creativity. Our expert staff design and implement age-appropriate programming that promotes self-esteem, self confidence, self-help skills and independence. We provide opportunities to strengthen social skills, for children to make choices, and gentle encouragement to children to resolve their own conflicts. At Forest Valley, children are actively involved in directing the programming, creating a fun, cooperative atmosphere that is responsive to the ever-changing interests and needs of this age group.

Above all, children are given the opportunity to explore who they are in a safe, relaxed, healthy environment in which they are respected and admired for their individuality.

The children regularly enjoy special visitors to the centre in order to enhance the fun and learning already provided by our qualified and dedicated staff. In addition to daily outings, age-appropriate, well-supervised field trips are offered for extra fun and educational value.

Programs of Forest Valley School Age Program

Kindergarten Program
Age Range: 3.8 to 5 years
Staff/Child Ratio: 1:10
Program Capacity: 30 children
*Monthly Fee: $649.00 (effective until August 31, 2012)

School Age Program
Age Range: 6 to 12 years
Staff/Child Ratio: 1:15
Program Capacity: 90 children
*Monthly Fee: $374.00

* Our fees are blended to include before and after school care, care on PD days, care during March Break and full time care during the summer.

Waiting List

Please contact us if you'd like to learn more about our centre. Our centre is usually fully enrolled, so it's important to place your name on the waiting list as soon as possible.

To place your name on our waiting list (full fee and subsidy), you must register your name on the Centralized Waiting List (managed by Child Care Information on behalf of the City of Ottawa) and identify "Global Child Care Services - Forest Valley School Age Program" as your child care choice. Click here for more information about the Centralized Waiting List.

For information about fee subsidies, please click here.

Contact Forest Valley School Age Program

Tel:	613-841-8559
Fax:	613- 841-8561
Email:	adminfv@gccs.ca
Address:	1570-A Forest Valley Drive Orleans, Ontario K1C 6X7

How to Find Us

Directions:
Take Montreal Road east, which becomes St. Joseph Blvd., then turn right onto Forest Valley Drive; follow that up the hill and into the Chapel Hill community, turn right onto Willowbark and then right into the day care parking lot - you’ll see our sign as you turn in.

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