***Please note: The After School Program for the 2024-2025 school year is full.***
The Canada Games Centre After School Program runs daily throughout the school year between 2:30pm and 5:30pm. Our 2024-2025 program is available to children with birthdays between January 31, 2013 and December 31, 2019. The program takes advantage of all that our 176,000 square foot state-of-the-art community recreation facility has to offer. Typical days include everything from swimming in one of the three pools in our Aquatics Centre, playing physically active games on the 52,000 square feet of hardwood court space in our Field House, running on our 200-metre 6-lane indoor Track, crafts and classroom activities in one of our many community rooms, as well as outdoor play opportunities on our playground.
Our program is led by enthusiastic, active, and qualified leaders whose main objective is to create an inclusive and welcoming environment that ensures all participants are actively engaged, motivated, having fun, and remaining safe.
To support Physical Literacy within our community, we align our After School Program with the Sport for Life (S4L) model to help kids get an active start in life. All of our After School staff will receive training in fundamental movement skills that will be incorporated in the program. These skills provide children with the confidence and ability to grow into active teens, and ultimately remain healthy and active for life.
Activity Room – Home Base for the After School Program
When they aren’t busy moving and burning off energy in active areas inside and around the facility, our After School kids stay organized in the Activity Room.
Swim Lessons
We offer a discounted swim lesson program for our After School Program participants which will take place during our regular program hours. This is a 9-week program and is offered in our fall, winter and spring program sessions. Registration details will be sent out directly to parents/guardians before registration.
Registration
The After School Program fills up very quickly as we only offer a few new spaces each year. The 2024-2025 After School Program is full.
Below are the registration dates for the 2024-2025 After School Program Waitlist:
Members | April 30, 2024 at 10:00am
Non-Members | May 7, 2024 at 10:00am
Online registration code 00089978
Waitlist Procedure
If space becomes available, you will be contacted. Once contacted, your child(ren) will have to start within 30 days, or we will move to the next person on the waitlist.
Pricing and Payment Plan
Upon registration, you will provide the CGC with Pre-Authorized Payment (PAP) documentation in order to be billed monthly for the program. The After School Program bills on the 20th day of each month, starting in August and ending in May. The full cost of the annual program will be divided into ten equal monthly amounts to allow for ease of budgeting for parents. Late registrations and program withdrawals will be pro-rated accordingly.
All payment, cancellation, and program policies are listed on the program registration form, which must be read in full. The Canada Games Centre After School Program is a full-time program. Part-time schedules will not be discounted. Any Day Camp or Lesson fees are additional and cannot be paid for via the Pre-Authorized Payment (PAP).
A non-refundable registration fee of $50.00/participant is charged at the time of registration.
MONTHLY PROGRAM FEES
- Members: $272 per child
- Non-Members: $315 per child
Transportation
Transportation to our program must be arranged by the participant’s parents/guardians, as we are not able to provide transportation to the program. The schools listed below currently have buses that stop directly at our Centre:
- Burton Ettinger Elementary (P-6)
- École Beaubassin (P-5)
- Rockingham (P-6)
Please note that busing stops are not guaranteed each year. Parents/Guardians are also welcome to drop off participants directly to the program. Staff will be waiting by the front doors of the Centre to supervise and greet participants as the buses arrive. Parents/Guardians must contact the school directly to ensure that their child is placed on the proper bus.
Should you arrange to have our Centre added to a bus route from another school not listed above and the bus is able to drop your child off directly at the centre, we are happy to have them! Requests to the bus company must also come directly from parents, not the Centre itself.
Snow Days & Early Dismissal Days
If school is cancelled or dismissed early due to weather the After School Program will also be cancelled for the day. There will be no reimbursement for snow days or early dismissal days.