Sample Sessions - What does a typical day for the after school academy look like?

1.  Base Curriculum 

In this scenario, the student is taking part of the base curriculum and is not 'signing out' of the program into external activities.

• Student is met by a member of the Block 8 team at their elementary school at 3:00pm.
• Our 'Go Van Gogh' shuttles them to Port Moody Arts Centre/Block 8 Academy
• Depending on the day, the student may take part in a short hike through the lower trails, finding geocache sites and observing and photographing nature, playing basketball at Kyle Park, or playing in the playground at Moody Elementary School.  Then back at the arts centre, they may take part in a clay workshop led by our resident artist, work on their community project, plan their entrepreneurship project, play games or work on crafts.   On another day, children could be shuttled down to Rocky Point for some games in the open field.  In general, students will be back at Port Moody Arts Centre by 5:15.  Although the children have short play sessions each and every day, our goal is to allow longer periods of unstructured play time, either indoors or outdoors, at least 2 - 3 days a week.
• If the student is enrolled in an 'external activity' (eg. one provided by Port Moody Arts Centre), the student will be escorted to the activity and then back to the academy at the appropriate times.  
• Student is then picked up from Port Moody Arts Centre by 6:00pm, when the academy closes.

2. Spring Break and SD43 District Wide Pro-D Day (All Programs)

Families will receive emails of all available camps when registration for partner camps first open.  Block 8 Families will be given priority, so are assured room in the camps as long as they register by the Block 8 Academy deadline.  Our academy schedule will remain the same as usual, with the exception that the shuttles will operate from the partner camps instead of from the elementary schools.

3.  Months of July and August

Block 8 Academy hosts weekly and monthly Summer Camps during the months of July and August.  These are not the same format as our licensed daycare, so students will be required to register separately.  Registration for these sessions is on a 'first come first serve' basis.  However, students enrolled in the Winter/Spring Academy have an earlier registration date than the general public, and are therefore guaranteed spots if they register before the registration opens up for the general public.