Our House Out of School Care Program

Our Licensed Out of School Care Program offers morning and afternoon care for children 5-12 years old, from September through June. Children are dropped off and picked up at Simon Fraser Elementary School. Care is provided based on the school’s schedule and includes pick up for early dismissal days and full day care for non-instructional days.

Our inclusive school-age program offers a relaxed and safe environment where children are given the opportunity to learn, grow and be challenged alongside their peers. We believe that each child is unique, with a different perspective, needs and aspirations. We understand that the support and guidance provided to one particular child may not work for another, therefore individual approaches are implemented were possible.

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Through warm and supportive relationships, our qualified staff help children to:

Build positive relationships and develop empathy
Build self-confidence and self-awareness
Develop problem solving skills and resilience
Make healthy choices
Develop a sense of responsibility and build independence.

Like our other programs, we follow an emergent, play based curriculum. Through our practice, we aim to create an environment that represents all of our students, to facilitate learning opportunities that promote awe & wonder, and to embrace children and young people’s natural curiosity about the world around them.

Learning can be messy, and the learning journey doesn’t often happen in a straight line – we embrace this – and collaborate with the students, families and other team members to make sense of the world together in the ways that work for our students at the time.

Our House OSC location & Contact

123 West 16^th Avenue, Vancouver, V5Y 0B3 (16^th Avenue and Manitoba Street)
Our House Manager: Kelly Bodkin (kelly.bodkin@vancouver.ca)
Our House Phone: 604-707-0311

Hours of Care

AM Care from 7:30-9am
PM Care from 3 – 6pm
Full Day care on Professional Development Days (extra cost for children only attending AM care)

Forms and COVID-19 Procedures

Family Handbook (OSC) 2023-2024

Registration & Waitlists

Our House Out of School Care is currently full.

The Kindergarten waitlist for children born in 2018 and attending Simon Fraser Elementary School in 2022-2023 school year opened on March 1st. To add your child to the waiting list please contact Kelly Bodkin at kelly.bodkin@vancouver.ca

Our waitlist registration for children grades 1 – 7 is ongoing. Please contact Kelly.Bodkin@vancouver.ca for more information.

Marginalized & Vulnerable Families:

MPCCA is committed to providing quality childcare for marginalized and vulnerable families.
We are pleased to reserve 1 space per year (if space permits) to a family who identifies as a marginalized and/or vulnerable group.
These spaces will be advertised as such. A link will be posted on this website when a space becomes available with a set date range for you to add your child to the list for our lottery (random draw).
The child must fit the age range posted in order to qualify for this space and you must be able to commit to the contract terms.
The child must be registered at Simon Fraser Elementary.
Priority is offered to MPCCA Childcare families (families registered at Our House Out of School Care & Our House Preschool.
Your family must fit one or more of the options detailed on the survey to be considered a marginalized and/or vulnerable family.
After the link is closed, we will do a random draw to determine the child who gets the space. Successful families will be contacted by the next business day.
Available spaces will be posted above.
Non marginalized/vulnerable families who would like to be added to our OSC waiting lists may still contact Kelly Bodkin at kelly.bodkin@vancouver.ca to be added on.

Staff

Our qualified staff have their Responsible Adult Certificate or equivalent and a valid child care first aid certificate as per BC Child Care Licensing Regulation.

Details about AM & PM Daily Activities

AM Care (5-12 years)
This is a mixed-aged group program available to children in kindergarten through grade 7. Children are provided with a variety of play based activities before they are dropped off at Simon Fraser. An additional fee for all day care on non-instructional school days applies.

PM Care (5-12 years)
Children are picked up from Simon Fraser Elementary School. Our daily schedule offers a balance of structured and non-structured activities that include arts & crafts, music, literature, baking, social time, a homework club and physical activity including outdoor play. Afternoon snack is included.

Funding

Affordable Child Care Benefit

We encourage families who may benefit from financial support to apply for the Provincial Affordable Childcare Benefit. Factors such as income, family size and type of care will be considered when determining each individual’s funding allowance. Please visit the website for more information and to access the funding estimate calculator: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/family-social-supports/caring-for-young-children/child-care-funding/child-care-benefit .

If you are interested in applying, please reach out to the Child Care Administrator Vera Meza, at vera.meza@vancouver.ca

MPCCA Childcare Bursary Fund

Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association is thrilled to be able to offer a Bursary Fund to those that require financial support to attend childcare, or financial help to those whose child may need that bit of extra support to enable them to thrive in our care. Please see below for information regarding the application process and an application form.

MPCCA Child Care Bursary Fund Information 2023-2024

If you are interested in applying, or would like to submit an application please contact the Child Care Administrator, Vera Meza, at vera.meza@vancouver.ca

Inclusion Policy

Vision: Every child and family is unique and should have access to an inclusive and respectful child care experience.

Policy: MPCCA child care programs embrace diversity and celebrate environments of acceptance, respect, understanding and inclusion. We commit to learn, understand and appreciate each person’s unique attributes, abilities and cultural history to ensure that each child is recognized, reflected and valued in our programs. Our educators support the unique abilities of each child to ensure they reach their highest potential. MPCCA works with BC Centre for Ability and other community partners to enhance our ability to support children of all abilities through training and consultation.

Withdrawal Policy

A minimum of one month’s written notice is required to withdraw your child from any program, this notice must be sent to our Administrator and received by the first of the month prior to the month you wish to withdraw your child. Your deposit will not be refunded if the required notice is not given.

EXAMPLES:

You wish to withdraw from a program for September – the deadline for written notice is August 1st.
You wish for your last day of care to be mid-month – the deadline for written notice is still the 1st of the month prior.

If you are in any doubt as to what your notice period should be, please contact our Administrator (Vera.Meza@vancouver.ca) as soon as possible to confirm, and avoid a financial penalty.

Please Note: Withdrawals will not be accepted after April 1st of the program year.