COVID-19 Protocols

Daily Health
Check

Please do not enter this workplace if you:

• Have travelled outside of Canada within the last 7-14 days.

• Have been identified by Public Health as a close contact of someone with COVID-19.

• Have been told to isolate by Public Health.

• Are displaying any of the following new or worsening symptoms:

  • Fever (above 38°C) Even if it lasts only 2-6 hours

  • Chills 

  • Cough 

  • Loss of sense of smell or taste

  • Difficulty breathing 

  • Sore throat 

  • Loss of appetite

  • Headache 

  • Body aches 

  • Extreme fatigue or tiredness  

  • Nausea or vomiting 

  • Diarrhea

Drop Off
& Pick Up

• Drop off and pick up is limited to 1 parent/caregiver to minimize the number of people inside the facility.

• Please minimize time spent in the facility during drop off.

• All visitors must wear mask and use the hand sanitizer station upon entry and exit.

Washing
& Hygiene

• Hand sanitizing stations are located throughout the facility.

• Staff and children are to wash their hands or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer immediately upon entering the facility. Keep hand sanitizer out of the reach of children and supervise its use. Staff are to wash their hands regularly throughout the day including:

  • When they arrive at the facility and before they go home 

  • Before and after handling food (cooked or pre-packaged) 

  • Before and after giving or applying medication or ointment to a child after changing diapers 

  • After assisting a child to use the toilet 

  • After using the toilet 

  • After contact with any body fluids (eg. runny noses, spit, vomit or blood) 

  • After cleaning tasks 

  • After sneezing or coughing 

  • After handling garbage 

  • Whenever hands are visibly dirty

  • Do not touch eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands 

Physical Distancing

• Workers should maintain a distance of at least 2 meters from each other when inside the classroom and outside. Where is is not possible, like when transferring a young child from one staff to another. 

• Activities involving books, games, videos, and electronics, staff must encourage physical distancing. 

• Minimize the frequency of direct physical contact with children. 

• Forming a number of separate play areas in order to space children apart. 

• Children who live in the same house do not need to social distance from each other. 

• Creating smaller groups or cohorts of children and keeping these groups separate from each other will help with all children to have physical distance from each other. 

• Minimizing the number of different workers that interact with the same child or group of children.

• Nap areas to space children apart and placing children head-to-toe.

Cleaning & Disinfecting

• Remove toys from the facility with surfaces that are not easily cleaned, such as plush stuffed animals. 

• Toys and objects that children have placed in their mouths will be set aside to be disinfected before using them again. 

• All common areas such as hallways, kitchen, bathrooms and frequently-touched surfaces (doors, knobs, cupboard handles, light switches, faucets, tables, chairs and toys) to be cleaned daily and signing that they are completed on the clipboards posted in each classroom. Spray Vital Oxide in each classroom at the end of the day. 

• After Preschool class is finished, Vital Oxide or disinfect the classroom before the school age care program starts. 

• Clean and disinfect cots after each use. 

• Clean and disinfect diapering stations after each use.

• Garbage to be emptied daily.

Meals & Snacks

• Do not allow sharing of food or drink by staff or children. 

• Do not use self-serve and family style meal services. 

• Do not allow children to participate in food preparation.

• Receiving and handling parent provided food items and containers– ensure they are sanitized before putting them into the fridge. 

• Reusable dishwater must be cleaned and sanitized after each use.

Other

• Limit sharing of supplies and equipment (pens, telephone, tablets, computer mouse) between staff. 

• Children will be outside whenever possible. 

• Children may wear a mask based on personal or family choice. Infants under two years of age should not wear masks as it may make it difficult for them to breathe. 

• All staff & school age children are to wear mask when social distancing can't be practiced. 

• Parents are fully aware of the risks associated with sending their children to a daycare facility.