{"id":243,"date":"2024-01-26T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2024-09-20T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:51:59","slug":"strongstart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/programs-services\/early-learning\/strongstart\/","title":{"rendered":"StrongStart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>We welcome all families back to our\u00a0StrongStart\u00a0programs, reopening on Monday, September 23, 2024<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-2025-StrongStart-calendar.pdf\">2024-2025 StrongStart calendar<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">StrongStart Early Learning Centres are free drop-in centres for pre-school children age 0 to 5, and for their parents or caregivers. Qualified early childhood educators facilitate learning activities such as story time, music and art \u2013 an introduction to learning through play. Through engaging with kids while they participate, parents and caregivers also have an opportunity to bring some of these ideas home with them.<\/p>\n<p>New families who have not yet registered will need to either show up with a filled in form and the appropriate child ID (see below), or forms will be available at each site to complete on your first day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StrongStart-iStock-619657550-690.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42528 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StrongStart-iStock-619657550-690-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StrongStart-iStock-619657550-690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StrongStart-iStock-619657550-690.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><strong>StrongStart sessions are offered at the below locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queensborough Middle School<br \/>\n<\/strong>Monday to Friday \u2026 8:45 &#8211; 11:15<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connaught Heights Elementary School<br \/>\n<\/strong>Monday to Friday \u2026 9:00 &#8211; 11:30<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-63931\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors-621x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors-768x1266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Explore-Outdoors.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a>Skwo:wech Elementary School<br \/>\n<\/strong>Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday &#8230; 9:15- 11:45<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Thursdays: Explore Outdoors is back!<br \/>\n<\/strong>Every Thursday from 9:30 to 11:30 am, join our Skwo:wech StrongStart educator at Queens Park for a special outdoor version of learning through play! Enter the park near 1st Street and 5th Ave, to join us at the learning circle.\u00a0<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here are important things to know about this program<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Programs are free, drop-in, and on first-come-first-served basis.<\/li>\n<li>StrongStart is open Monday to Friday and families may attend any session at our three locations.<\/li>\n<li>Each session can accommodate a maximum of 20 children plus one (1) caregiver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-2025-StrongStart-calendar.pdf\">2024 &#8211; 2025 StrongStart Calendar<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>How to register<\/h3>\n<p>If it&#8217;s your first time taking part in StrongStart, you will need to register your child. If you are unable to register online, you may do so in person on your child&#8217;s first day of StrongStart.<\/p>\n<p>Please bring one (1) piece of ID (e.g. birth certificate or passport) for your child on their first day.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:StrongStart@sd40.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StrongStart@sd40.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100vh;\" src=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=A6INalQXNE6f6JdvA1PFKs4PRCosigNDgDUSdnquyRhUN1hUM0s2WEtJNVU1QkxBNzQyM0hBMUNHRy4u&amp;embed=true\" width=\"640px\" height=\"480px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Finding that a StrongStart program is full? Need other options to take your kids to?<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been working hard to support as many families as we can. But we know spaces can fill up and you may be looking for other options when we&#8217;re full. So, we wanted to also provide some connection to other great local offerings you may want to consider.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this great calendar showing a variety of community events and activities available to support young families in New Westminster, with free options of things to do, most days of the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/kidsnewwest.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/kidsnewwest.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or see what New West Family Place has going on at the many locations they work across: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newwestfamilies.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newwestfamilies.ca\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We welcome all families back to our\u00a0StrongStart\u00a0programs, reopening on Monday, September 23, 2024 2024-2025 StrongStart calendar StrongStart Early Learning Centres are free drop-in centres for pre-school children age 0 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":106,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":177,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63933,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/63933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}