Blooms and Buds, École Arthur Pechey partner to provide much needed child care spaces in West Hill
A sense of community and connection will be an added value to new child care spaces announced for Prince Albert.
École Arthur Pechey Public School and Blooms and Buds Child Care Centre are set to offer 46 licensed child care spaces in September, including infants. There will also be 20 preschool spaces within the centre. Those preschool spaces will operate the same way that the child care does – a full-day child care program that follows the Early Learning Curriculum.
Principal Brandi Sparboe said they recognized a need in the community – especially in the West Hill area, which lacked licensed child care options.
“In my time at Arthur Pechey, I have heard over and over from families that they are struggling to find licensed child care for their children. They ask us for help and there’s been nothing we can do. Often, these families end up having to register at schools outside of our school community because they aren’t able to access the child care that they need. It isn’t a good solution for families or for the school when children could be staying in their own community, creating lasting friendships and a sense of stability. Families also struggled with the future implications of later needing to transition their children from other schools back to our school when they no longer needed the child care,” Sparboe said.