Extended Day Program for children in JK to Grade 2

Extended Day is a before and after school program that operates in schools for children in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2. This optional, fee-based program is led by designated early childhood educators and operates out of a fully-equipped Kindergarten classroom.

You may only register your child(ren) for the program if your child is registered at the school. You may be placed on a wait list if space is not available, if so, spaces will be offered to those on the waiting list in priority order of application date in OneList.

Youth Development Programs for children in Grade 3 to Grade 6

Youth Development Programs offer before and after care to children in grade 3 – 6. This program is designed to engage students in physical activity, social/cooperative games, drama, visual arts and more. Our Youth Development Program has access to many school spaces including classrooms, the gym, library and playground. 

If you have questions or concerns about the program please email care@wrdsb.ca.

Background Information

Beginning September 2017, school boards are required to ensure the provision of before and after school programs (i.e. school board-operated and third party programs) in each elementary school in Ontario for students in kindergarten to grade 6 where there is sufficient demand. School boards are required to comply with the provisions for before and after school programs set out under Part IX.1 of the Education Act, Regulation 221/11 entitled “Extended Day and Third Party Programs,” as well as the guidelines outlined in the Before and After School Programs Policies and Guidelines for School Boards issued by the Ministry of Education in January 2017.

Kindergarten and before and after school programs are key parts of the broader provincial vision for “a system of responsive, high-quality, accessible, and increasingly integrated early years programs and services that contribute to healthy child development today and a stronger future tomorrow” (Ontario’s Renewed Early Years and Child Care Policy Framework, 2017). Greater integration between child care, early learning and education services was also highlighted as a central component of the ministry’s commitment to the success and well-being of every student and child in the ministry’s strategic plan for education  (Early Years and Child Care Annual Report 2017).

Early Years Legislation, and Regulations 

The Child Care and Early Years Act (2014)

The Education Act

Ont. Regulation 221/11 Extended Day and Third Party Programs

Ministry of Education Policy Memoranda