Contact Information:
Early Years Coordinator
Elizabeth Pennell
250-740-3516
epennell@sd68.bc.ca
LINKING SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY
The community has excellent services which have been in place for many
years. The school district's early years' initiatives allow us to
link the community resources and services with those of the public school
system.
Early Development Instrument (EDI) Community Summary
Early Years
|StrongStart Early Learning Centres
| Community Partnerships
| SD68 Home page
Early Years Program
Successful learning, positive behaviour and good health can be
directly linked to positive, nurturing and supportive early development.
Early intervention is the key to success. School District 68's
Early Year Program is working to:
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Create opportunities to develop connections
and work in collaboration with the broader community.
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Enhance programs and provide services and support
for families and young learners.
•
Meet the developmental needs of children prior
to entering school.
Resources
• Community Partnerships - supporting Early Years in Nanaimo and Ladysmith
• Programs - Ready, Set, Learn, Parent Child Mother Goose, Welcome to Kindergarten, and StrongStart Early Learning Centres
• StrongStart Centres - develop parenting support programs and networks
• Little Ferns Early Learning Centre - support for young parents
• My Reading Tree - supporting community literacy and literacy programming across the Nanaimo-Ladysmith region