Preventing Illness

Although some illness is inevitable in group care, our educators try to minimize this by practicing good hygiene, sanitizing toys and equipment regularly, and making daily health checks. We encourage children to participate in tidying and organizing their environment. Educators will model and support children with procedures for routine hand washing when entering the classroom from being outside, before and after food preparation, handling and eating, as well as toileting.

All parents should be aware of the symptoms of an influenza like illness (ILI).

They include: Fever and cough, PLUS one or more of: Sore throat, Muscle aches, Joint pain and Weakness.

In children under 5, gastrointestinal symptoms may also be present and a fever may not be as prominent.

It is recommended that you seek immediate medical attention should or your child experience the
following:


• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Severe or persistent vomiting
• High fever in adults that lasts more than 2 days
• Severe tiredness in a child
• Confusion or difficulty waking an ill person

We will continue to review and encourage proper hand and cough etiquette for all children, staff and visitors at RisingOaks Early Learning. All are encouraged to cough or sneeze into a tissue or their sleeve, and to frequently wash their hands. We are also increasing our sanitary practices for common surfaces, such as door knobs, to help stop the spread of influenza like illness (ILI) symptoms.

Exclusion Guidelines

The following guidelines are provided by, and were recently updated by, Waterloo Region Public Health.

Vomiting & diarrhea: All children with vomiting or diarrhea must stay home for at least 48 hours, regardless of outbreak status, unless the symptoms are related to a known cause or condition. This helps prevent the spread of illness and keeps our community safe.

Influenza-like Illness symptoms: Stay home until you no longer have a fever and feel well enough to participate in program

Note: A cough may continue and is not a reason to be excluded from program. However, please remind your child to cough into their sleeve and to wash their hands often.

Claiming Child Care Expenses on your Income Tax

Official tax receipts were issued by email in late February. Be sure to check your inbox (or maybe your social, promotions and/or junk mailbox) for an email from @email.runsandbox.com. You may wish to add this address to your "white list" to identity it as a safe sender in your email account settings.
 
A few notes regarding Tax Receipts:
  1. Tax receipts were sent at the end of February.
  2. You received a separate tax receipt for EACH of your children, and each receipt was in a separate e-mail.
  3. If your child(ren) attended more than one location in 2020, you received a separate tax receipt for each centre, and each child.
  4. If your children attended Summer Camp, you received a separate tax receipt for Summer Camp.
  5. If you receive multiple tax receipts for the same child, remember to ADD the separate amounts together to get a total for each child to enter in your tax return.
  6. RisingOaks tax receipts list a time frame of January thru December of 2020 as it reflect the annual fees paid for the calendar year to RisingOaks Early Learning and for which the payments are eligible to be claimed.
  7. Though RisingOaks may list one or both parents names on the tax receipt, CRA rules clearly stipulate who in a household can claim the credit. Tax receipts will not be re-issued to list a different parent, or a single parent only. Please be sure to follow all regulations of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) regarding who should claim these expenses and how much can be claimed.
  8. Please remember that CRA requires that you keep record of your tax receipts for seven (7) years. Remember to safely store your RisingOaks tax receipt. Though we can retrieve older tax receipts if you happen to misplace your copy, we do charge a service fee to retrieve copies from our archives.
Requests for a Paper Copy
Please email Brenda Kennedy at  and be sure to include:
  • your name
  • your child’s name
  • RisingOaks centre(s) your family attended in 2020 (or the year in question)

Dressing for Outside

During this winter season, please ensure your child has a winter jacket, hat, mitts, snow pants, and an extra pair of socks and mitts every day. Children in full-day programs spend a minimum of 1 hour outdoors in the morning and again in the afternoon. School-age programs spend at least 30 minutes outdoors.

Accidents do happen - we recommend every child under 6 years of age have a change of clothes at the centre in their cubby or backpack. Please also include a reusable plastic bag that can be used to send wet or soiled clothing home for laundering.

As well, remember to label all items (with your Mabel's Labels, of course!).

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Mabel's Labels

RisingOaks continues to team up with Mabel's Labels Fundraising. These labels are durable and waterproof. Simply click on the link below to order. You'll know you're crediting your order to us when our school name is displayed on the top left of the screen.

Thank you in advance for assisting us with our fundraising efforts! Enjoy your labels! Click Here to Order, then search "RisingOaks Early Learning." Enter discount code RISINGOAKS10 to get 10% off your order!

 

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RisingOaks Early Learning Ontario
Administration Office
10 Washburn Drive, Unit 2 Kitchener, ON N2R 1S2
Charitable Registration Number: 137747705RR0001

Telephone: 519.894.0581
Fax: 519.894.6935
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