The Centre de la petite enfance et famille Les p'tits cerfs volants is an educational daycare service offered mainly to Francophone parents and families in Newfoundland and Labrador. The creation of the centre in 2003 was the result of the efforts of the Francophone community in St. John's and the province, more specifically the Fédération des parents francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador.
The children are between 24 and 69 months old.
Today, the centre is managed by the parents of the children who attend it. An annual general meeting, to which all interested parents and members of the Francophone community are invited, is held each fall. At this meeting, a board of directors, composed of five parents of children admitted to the centre for the current year, is elected by the parents whose children have been admitted to the centre for the current year. The Board of Directors is fully responsible for the management of the centre. Minutes of Board meetings are available from the Chair of the Board of Directors.
To share your ideas and/or questions with us, or if you would like to get more involved, contact the board members at the following address: conseil-administration@ptitscerfsvolants.ca
To find out about our admission requirements and obtain a wide range of information about our centre, we provide you with our Parents' Guide (35 KB)
The centre is open Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:15 pm. On stormy days, the centre will be closed if the École des Grands-Vents is closed. A member of the staff or board of directors will contact you to notify you.
Please inform us of any absence of your child before 9:15 a.m. Please.
The centre is closed on the following days:
- New Year's Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- Queen's Day (Dollars Day)
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Canada Day
- Regatta Day
- Acadia Day
- Labour Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Remembrance Day
- Christmas Eve - closing at 1:00 pm
- Christmas
- Boxing Day
- New Year's Eve - closing at 1:00 pm
The centre will also be closed for two days (normally in November) to allow staff to participate in professional development.
Usually the daycare is closed during the Christmas holidays. Depending on when holiday dates fall, the daycare closes at 5:15 p.m. on December 23rd and still opens on January 2nd at 8 a.m. (The only days that parents will be charged for childcare will be public holidays (Christmas Day. Boxing Day and New Year's Day)