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FOREST VALLEY SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM

The learning environment we offer at Forest Valley includes:

  • an ideally situated location within its own bright and spacious wing of Forest Valley Elementary School in Orleans

  • a team that works closely with the school to offer a seamless day for children and families within the school community (JK – Grade 5)*

  • an Animated Literacy program for the kinders

  • regular access to the school gymnasium for gross motor and sports activities as part of the centre’s daily programming

  • nutritious morning and afternoon snacks homemade on the premises for the children

 

Global Child Care Services is also enrolled in the Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care (CWELCC) System.

 

The kindergarten fees listed below reflect a further 37% reduction for a total reduction of 52.75% as per the CWELCC. These fees are effective as of January 1, 2025.

Global Child Care Services works within a partnership agreement with the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) to deliver the Extended Day Program at Forest Valley Elementary School.

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Our Programs

Kindergarten Program

 

Age Range: 3.8 to 5 years
Staff/Child Ratio: 1:13
Program Capacity: 46 children
Monthly Fee: $261.00
 

Please Note: The kindergarten fee is blended to include before and after school care, care on PD days, care during March Break and full-time care during the summer months.

School-Age Program

 

Age Range: 6 to 12 years
Staff/Child Ratio: 1:15
Program Capacity: 90 children
Monthly Fee: $492.00
 

If your school-age child is in grade 1, you may be eligible for a reduced monthly fee of $261.00, if the following applies:

 

  • If you pay more than $12/day for child care and your child is under 6 years of age; or
     

  • if you pay more than $12/day for child care and your child will turn 6 between January and June (eligible for the fee reduction until June 30, 2025). Children turning 6 later in 2025 are eligible until the end of their birth month.
     

Please Note: The school-age fee is blended to include before and after school care, care on PD days, care during March Break and full-time care during the summer months.

Hours of Operation

 

Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

We are open year-round, excluding statutory holidays.

 

If you’re interested in learning more about current space availability, our waiting list, or the program we offer, please contact us. We are proud of our centre and we’d love to hear from you.
 

Waitlist Information
Global Child Care Services uses the City of Ottawa Child Care Registry and Waitlist (“CCRAW”) as its waitlist for its Child Care Centres and its Home Child Care program. Global Child Care Services does not maintain waitlists separate from CCRAW for its child care programs.

 

Contact Info
Forest Valley School Age Program
1570-A Forest Valley Dr.,
Orleans ON K1C 6X7

613-841-8559
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Testimonials

“Forest Valley School Age Program has been absolutely essential for us. It’s provided the children with a safe, supportive, and consistent environment, while giving me the stability I need to work and manage daily life. Knowing they are cared for, engaged, and happy has made an enormous difference for our family.”

 

Katrina Cooper 

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Land Acknowledgement

Global Child Care Services is located on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. We honour the people of the Algonquin Nation, whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to deliver early learning and child care services to families on this land. We acknowledge the important role of early childhood education in the pathway to Reconciliation, and we commit to this journey with intentional, inclusive and thoughtful programming for the children in our care.

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