WTDC offers a half-day Nursery School Program (9:00am - 11:30am) for children aged 2.5 to 4 years of age. This program operates 10 months of the year from September to June. Children must be toilet trained.

The Nursery School Program is based on weekly child directed focuses and features “hands-on learning centres”. During our circle time, we explore selected themes through books, music, puppets, game and discussion.

The hands-on learning centres are designed to encourage and facilitate growth in all areas of child development. The centres include:

• Book Corner: a quiet area for children to read and enjoy books.
• Dramatic Centre: provides imaginative play, develops social and emotional skills, allows exploration of verbal and nonverbal means of communication, and expression of the many emotions a child may feel.
• Cognitive Area: provides tools such as puzzles to teach sequencing and shape recognition and encourages development of fine motor skills.
• Water Play and Sand Table: provides sensory activities.
• Creative Arts: provides an outlet for creative expression, as well as giving children an opportunity to work with their hands to develop fine motor skills.

The Nursery School Program also has access to an outdoor playground.

The Preschool//Kindergarten Program is a full-day program for children ages 2.5 to 6 years of age. The program operates 12 months per year from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, including a summer day camp in July and August. Children must be toilet trained.

Because WTDC is conveniently located in the same building as Hillcrest Community School, children are escorted to and from their classrooms in the morning or afternoon. Preschool children participate in the WTDC Nursery Program in the morning and join the rest of the group at lunch.

The Preschool/Kindergarten Program offers many different learning activities based on weekly focuses. Circle time is a group time where games, songs and stories are used to encourage discussion around the weekly topic.  Activity areas include:

• Cognitive area: stimulates cognitive growth, including number and letter recognition, quantity, and size.
• Building/Block area: helps children gain gross motor skills using a variety of blocks.
• Sensory area: water, goop, foam, and more encourage children to explore with their hands, eyes and noses.
• Sand Table: provides a sensory experience.
• Dramatic Centre: stimulates cooperative play and imagination, as well as language and social skills.
• Language/Book area: for looking through a book or listening to music or a story tape.
• Creative Area: offers a daily creative activity such as painting, collage, cut and paste, drawing, sculpting etc; or, children may choose to create their own work by using materials from the “help yourself” shelf.
• Outdoor Play:  Children participate in a variety of group or individual activities in our specially designed preschool playground complete with miniature basketball nets and a riding track around the play structure.  In warm weather indoor activities may be brought outside.

All Kindergarten/Preschool children have a daily rest or quiet period.

The Junior School Age Program is designed for children in grades 1 - 3 and operates 12 months per year.

The morning component of the program is from 7:30 a.m. until teacher's bell at approximately 8:45 a.m. The afternoon component of this program is from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Full daycare is available on Professional Development days and at Christmas and March break. During the summer, the program operates like a day camp (7:30am – 6:00pm) with lots of fun and exciting trips.

A Lunch Program is available at an additional cost.

The Junior School Age Program incorporates creative arts, sports, science, cooking and other learning experiences to make the children's environment one which is both fun and educational. An after school snack is provided. Special activities and outings are planned during Professional Development days and March Break when school is not in session.

Children enrolled in Wychwood Tigers have priority in the Lunch Program; however, if spaces are available, children in Grades 1-3 can be accepted in the Lunch Only Program.

The Senior School Age Program is designed for children in grades 4 - 6 and operates 12 months per year.

The program is offered between 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mondays to Fridays. Full daycare is available on Professional Development days and at Christmas and March break. During the summer, the program operates like a Day Camp (7:30am - 6pm) with lots of fun and exciting trips.

Before school care, running from 7:30 a.m. to teacher's bell, can be arranged at an additional cost. If there are lunch spots available, the Lunch Program can also be arranged at an additional cost.

Senior School Age children are provided with time to do creative arts, sports, cooking, science, group projects and homework. An after-school snack is provided. Special activities and outings are planned during Professional Development days and March Break when school is not in session.

Lunch Only Program

If there are lunch spots available, the Lunch Program can also be arranged at an additional cost.  

Children in this program would attend the daycare for lunch only.

Schools Out!

Wychwood Tigers has a terrific Summer Camp for all daycare kids and is also open to children in the community.  For community kids, one week blocks are available for children entering Grades 1-6 (Panther and Screaming Eagle programs).  The Summer Camp operates in July and August from 7:30am – 6:00pm.

The summer camp offers fun, age-based programs filled with lots of outdoor play, outings and great summer activities. 

Fire Flies - For children age 2 ½ to entering Sr. Kindergarten.

The Fire Flies Program is for children enrolled in the full-time Preschool/Kindergarten daycare program. 

As well as activities in the Preschool/Kindergarten Program, the Summer Camp Program has:

• Trips (via school bus) to farms, conservation areas, Centre Island and indoor playgrounds
• Entertainers
• Theme days
• Local walking trips in the community
• Excursions to local parks and wading pools.

The Fire Flies Program is not available on a summer only basis.

Panthers - For children entering grade 1 - 3

The Panthers Program is for children enrolled in the full-time Junior School Age program as well as community kids that join us for part of the summer.
 
As well as activities in the Junior School Age Program, the Summer Camp Program has:

• Trips (by school bus & TTC) to farms, conservation areas, indoor playgrounds, Centre Island and other local attractions
• Entertainers
• Theme days and special activities
• Swimming at Hillcrest pool and other pools

Screaming Eagles - For children entering Grade 4 to 6

The Screaming Eagles Program is for children enrolled in the full-time Senior School Age program as well as community kids that join us for part of the summer. 

As well as activities in the Senior School Age Program, the Summer Camp Program has:

• Lots of trips (by school bus & TTC) to amusement attractions, conservation areas, the beach and other local attractions
• Lots of swimming at the Hillcrest pool and many city pools
• Entertainers and special theme days.
• Special activities such as cooking and creative projects.