G. Additional Guidance for Providing Care
Junction Daycare Centre can provide care at full capacity. Currently Junction Daycare is licensed for 32 preschool children, 52 kindergarten children and 120 school age children.
We have a total of 8 licensed classrooms and each age group will have their own separate indoor program space. Outdoor play will be extended as much as possible as this will limit close contacts and promote social distancing. Classrooms will have access to their own time for outdoor play. All toys and equipment used will be cleaned and disinfected between the cohorts use of outdoor space or removed until cleaned and disinfected.
Additional Measures for the Care of Children at JDC:
Children in each classroom are not to mix with other cohorts
Children’s environment/space will be setup to encourage the children to be spread out into different areas of the room while they play
Children will bring their bag from home and it will be stored in their program space – no shared spaces/areas to be used by different classrooms
Children’s activities will be planned/provided as individual activities, and activities that limit close contact
Children’s nap cots will have increased space between them (2 meters) see posted bed charts for each space
Children’s bedding will be stripped and washed at the end of each week, there will be no sharing bedding and no stuffed animals
Cots will be disinfected and remade for the next day
Children will have all snacks and meals in the child’s program space (indoor or outdoor)
Children are to be spread apart for meals/snacks
One designate staff is to serve food on plates
Same designate staff is to do second serving of food paying close attention to not tap a child’s plate with a serving utensil
Use chairs at different tables in program space
Use small blankets on the outdoor surface/grass spread apart for each individual child to sit on for outdoor snack/lunch
Children’s group sensory play will be removed (e.g. water tables / sand tables) water tables can be used in yard space for staff to clean toys ONLY
Children’s toys that cannot be easily cleaned and disinfected will be removed
Children’s program space will have reduced clutter, remove/store unnecessary items (e.g. extra chairs, toys, shelves turned)
Children’s toys will be limited to those that can be easily cleaned and disinfected repeatedly during the day, or if mouthed after each use
Children that are age appropriate will have hygiene practices such as proper hand hygiene, coughing etiquette, tissue use, etc. reviewed with them daily
Children will all be supervised to ensure hand hygiene practices are being done appropriately and hands are clean
Additional Measures for Staff providing Child Care
Staff will follow physical distancing guidelines
Staff have been provided a face shield and cloth masks to wear in their cohort for close contact, such as diapering and providing first aid.
Staff should practice physical distancing when not at work. For more details, visit TPH’s physical distancing webpage
Staff can protect themselves by wearing an oversized button-down, long sleeved shirt (easy to put on and take off over work clothes)
Staff will bring extra clothes to change into in case their clothes get contaminated
Staff will wash their hands, neck and anywhere touched by child’s secretions several times a day
Staff will use assist application of sunscreen; staff will wash hands in between helping/applying each child’s sunscreen
Staff will ensure that banisters and door handles in staircases are cleaned after their cohorts have used the staircase by wiping with a disinfectant on a cloth (last staff with group to wipe)
Staff will change a child’s clothes if secretions are on the child’s clothes
Staff will place any contaminated clothes in a labeled plastic bag to go home with the child
Staff will have staggered rest times/breaks/lunch times to limit contact with each other
Additional Measures for the use of ALL outdoor spaces
Each cohort/classroom will have an emergency bag with them while outdoors with the following supplies:
Hand sanitizer will be available when there is no access to a hand washing sink
Disinfectant Oxivir TB (RTU)
Paper towel
Drinking water, disposable cups
Plastic bags for garbage
When weather is good every effort for gross motor will be done outside
Only one cohort/classroom at a time within the yard space unless cohorts/classrooms are physically distancing from another group
**remove all garbage and empty water container in all outdoor spaces before leaving space
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