What will my child be eating?
The snacks and/or meals served to children offer a well-balanced and nutritious variety of foods that follow the Food and Nutrition Regulations for Child Care Settings; vegetarian choices are offered as well. Four separate weekly menus are developed and changed seasonally. These are repeated on a four-week rotation schedule. Apple Tree Landing is a peanut safe environment. We are also a breast-feeding friendly environment.
What happens on a storm day?
If the AVRCE (Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education) determines that the schools will be closed for the day, Apple Tree Landing will also be closed. If AVRCE determines that the schools will close early for the day, Apple Tree Landing will close 3 hours after schools are dismissed to ensure families have adequate time to come and pick their children up. If AVRCE determines that schools will open late, Apple Tree will also open late. (Example: AVRCE opens 2 hours late, ATL would open at 9:30am.) We will still follow our “No Disruption” policy and restrict drop off between the hours of 11am – 2pm.
You can sign up for text message alerts through AVRCE by visiting http://www.avrce.ca/content/notify-me
Make sure to choose Glooscap Elementary School in the menu.
What training do the child educators have?
Apple Tree Landing follows the regulations set by the Department of Education and Early childhood Development, which requires a minimum of 2/3’s of staff to be trained with a level 1 certification or higher. The Executive Director and Assistant Director both maintain a minimum level 2 certification. All staff working directly with children have an up to date Criminal Record Check, Child Abuse Registry Check, current First Aid/CPR-C training and have all signed the Behaviour Guidance Policy. Staff members participate in regular professional development.