Discovery Children's Centre

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a gathering of “Forest School” enthusiasts in Victoria B.C. WOW!  Coming from Manitoba, where we have only one Forest School program (at Discovery) and traveling to B.C. where dozens of these programs exist, can be somewhat overwhelming.  If

Matt Bordush and I were asked to travel to Toronto to address a group of Early Childhood Educators (ECE’s) on the topic of Men in ECE. What a special day that was.  The next day we took advantage of some spare time and with all the boldness 2 prairie

Discovery Centre is closed one day each year for staff professional development.  In 2016 we have chosen to make this closure date March 24th.  Please be sure to mark this on your calendars as the entire centre will be closed for the whole day on March 24th.  This is the

The children were busy watching Mr. Buckley fixing the bridge on the hill today. They were asking him lots of questions about what he was doing and why. Mr. Buckley had filled the wheelbarrow up with some dirt and was putting it around the end of the bridge. Once the

We would like to give a great big thank-you to The Winnipeg Foundation for the most recent approvals of two separate grants. Grant #1 – was for $3000 and will go towards Management training for Mrs. Gordon.  Mrs. Gordon has returned to University to upgrade her education to an ECE III

With some extra help in the office we are once again finding a way to offer our ever popular “Hot Lunch Days” at Discovery.  The first one will be a Pizza Day on October 23th.  You should find order forms on your child’s locker or in their classroom. The

Recently we received a 2014 annual report from the “All Charities Campaign” showing that over $1,600 was donated in the name of Discovery Centre and has been passed on to us. Our quarterly (April – June) report from the United Way showed that about $200 was passed on to Discovery

Our first week of our two weeks outside is already done. We were very blessed with some very beautiful weather this past week. This whole week we have spent 50 hours outside (7:30 am to 5:30 pm). The children ate meals and napped outside every day. The children

This week we had two new classmates join our class so we will have to work on fitting these friends into our play as well.  This will be their first time in the forest and I’m sure this will be very exciting for them as well.  Today is going

Tabs for Harley.  Discovery is a drop off location for all your drink can tabs.  Harley is one of our students and has attended Discovery for several years.  Any and all drink can tabs that are collected will be passed on the Harley’s family and will enable his parents