Newsletters

​​Jackman Community Daycare
December 2025

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​A Message from our Executive Director 

Dear Families,

As we come to the end of 2025, I want to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful growth happening here at Jackman. Over the past month, our educators have been deepening their professional development as we continue to expand our learning and practice around emergent curriculum. This approach allows us to build meaningful programming that reflects the children’s interests, questions, and discoveries. I am incredibly proud of the commitment our team has shown as lifelong learners, and we look forward to seeing this continued growth come to life in our classrooms every day.

On December 12, our staff will be taking time to come together and celebrate the holiday season as a team. This time of year, is always a beautiful reminder of connection, gratitude, and community, and we are excited to share that spirit with one another.

As always, family involvement is something we value deeply. If you are interested in participating in the programming or bringing a special experience to the children—such as sharing a cultural celebration, favourite game, holiday tradition, hobby, or special skill—we welcome and encourage you to speak with your child’s educators. These moments enrich the classroom experience and help strengthen the relationships within our learning community.

Thank you for your continued partnership, trust, and support. Wishing all of our families a warm, safe, and joyful holiday season.  See you in 2026!

Warm regards,
~ Kayla Myles
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Holiday Closure

Each year the Daycare closes for about a week over the holidays. This year we will be closed December 24 to January 2, 2026, re-opening on Monday January 5, 2026.   We wish all of our families a wonderful holiday!​
 
School Break – December 22 & 23, 2025

Jackman Community Daycare will be providing full day care to our school aged groups, JK-Grade 6, on Monday December 22 & Tuesday December 23.  Lunch will be provided to our JK and SK classes.  Grades 1-6 children bring their own nut free lunch.
Nursery School will be closed.

Hours of operation are 7:30am-6:00pm.  Morning drop off is between 7:30am-9:00pm.  Afternoon pick up starts at 3:30pm.  Alternate drop off and pick up times need to be arranged with room staff as the front doors will be locked.

To assist in our planning and our adherence to our Safe Arrival Program, we ask all families to please let staff know if your child(ren) will be attending December 22 & 23. Excursions and activities will all be locally based. We appreciate your cooperation. 

No Access to Classrooms

Daycare staff do not have access to school classrooms after hours.  If your child has forgotten something in their classroom and it is locked for the evening, daycare staff cannot ask caretaking staff to grant access to the room.  Please remind your children about gathering up all of their belongings at the end of each day.

Board of Directors Position Available
Our daycare’s Board of Directors currently has an opening for the Treasurer position. If you have finance experience and are interested in becoming part of the daycare board, please let us know.  Interested individuals can contact our executive director Kayla Myles at director@jackmandaycare.ca for more information.

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Change of Season, Change of Shoes & Snow Pants
With the wet slushy weather upon us, we would like to remind you that children must have indoor shoes with them every day to change into at daycare.  For safety reasons, we don’t allow stocking feet in daycare.  
 
The daycare does go outside daily, in all types of weather.  Please ensure that your children are dressed according to the conditions of the day. 

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TDSB Severe Weather Procedures
With the colder weather upon us, we would like to remind you of the TDSB’s Severe Weather Procedure as it relates to daycare operations.
 
If there is a decision to close TDSB schools due to severe weather, schools will be closed to all programs including child care and before-and after-school programs (BASP).   If Jackman Public school is closed then all programs at Jackman Community Daycare will also be closed.
 
Notice of school closures will be posted on the TDSB website and TDSB X page by 6:00 am on the closure day.  The daycare will send a notification to all families as soon as possible. 

​Daycare Invoices 2026​

Invoices for January-June 2026, will be entered into our payment system TUIO by December 10th (January to August for Preschool and JK which operate through the summer).  
 
Once the 2026 program enrollment notification has been received, users have the opportunity to log in to view the new invoices and confirm the payment method to be used. This is done via the Enrollments Tab.  

TUIO profile holders authorize Jackman Community Daycare to link the most recent payment method used on file to their 2026 invoices if a payment method has not been confirmed by December 22, 2025, so that payments can be processed on January 1, 2026.
 
If you have any questions, please email Christine at admin@jackmandaycare.ca

​Calendar of Events and Key Dates

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