School Age Programs

Waterdown Before and After School Care

We’re a Ministry of Education licensed and inspected child care provider and approved in-school extended day program provider for the Hamilton Wentworth School District School Board.

Our before and after school care programs are modified by involving the children in planning / subject interest choices and facilitated / supervised by trained ECE educators. Students have a voice in the activities they wish to engage and projects they want to do. Our child emergent program gives students a chance to be heard and expand on their interest by the help of our trained and qualified staff. Not only is our program engaging, it provides both indoor and outdoor physical activity, and a chance to unwind after a long day of learning. We also can provide a modified program for children with special needs (please consult with us in advance to ensure the program will be right for your child’s particular needs).

Come and let your child’s imagination and abilities bloom in our program.

CURRENT School Year: SEPTEMBER 2024 – JUNE 2025 Before / After School Program

Our 2024/2025 Before & After School Wait List Registration continues, but the program is full and cancellation spaces only rarely occur now.

Please proceed to https://www.campwaterdown.com/programming/school-programs/before-after-school-age-care-registration-2024-2025/ for more information and registration start.

UPCOMING School Year: SEPTEMBER 2025 – JUNE 2026 Before / After School Program

We will normally launch our registration first to our currently attending children who have priority (siblings are first wait listed but are prioritized for open spaces), and then open our Wait List for new families to apply. We are hoping to open the public wait list registration in April this year, however we will post a notice of the opening date and time well in advance as limited space (due to an ongoing shortage of qualified early child care educators) books up very quickly.

Where are we?

  • Guy B Brown Elementary School Contact: 905-902-1261
  • Mary Hopkins Elementary School Contact: 905-902-1236
  • Allan A Greenleaf (WDHS) Contact: 905-902-1241

Bell times vary by school, but our Before School Program opens at 7am, and our After School Program closes at 6:00pm (with parents arriving by 5:55pm at latest).

September 2025 – June 2026 Program Rates 

JK / SK Before and After School Program Monthly Rates
(CWELCC Eligible KG & Gr 1 under 6 years old to the month of their 6th birthday)*
# Days per Week Before School Only After School Only Both
Before & After
5 $ 240.00 $ 240.00 $ 254.60
       
* WDCC Only Offers 5 Day Programs for Kindergarten. Rates subject to change by the City of Hamilton CWELCC Program

 

Grade 1 – 8 Before and After School Program 2025-2026 School Year
Monthly Rates (Ages 6 years and up)
# Days per Week Before School Only After School Only** Both
Before & After
5 $ 287.53 ($14.67/day)

$ 397.49 ($20.28/day)

[$437.28 ($22.31/day) at Flamborough Centre]

$ 509.21 ($25.98/day)
Single Extra Days*
(if offered)		 $ 23.46 $ 33.66 $ 42.84
*Part-Time Schedules and Single Extra Days are not currently being offered due to overwhelming demand for 5 day placements.
** Rates may vary if a program is offered at Flamborough Centre Elementary School (based on community interest).
As of June 30, 2025 the City of Hamilton Child Care Affordability Grant is no longer anticipated to subsidize school age child care.

*Current daily rates are for ALL families without an individual family Subsidy Approval.

  • Monthly rates are based on Daily Rate for 196 days (187 Instructional Days + 9 Statutory Holidays) and amortized over 10 months (September to June)
  • We do not charge for PA Days or School Holidays (other than statutory holidays) and any care programs during those days is an additional charge at the full daily rate shown below.
  • We anticipate two Child Care Professional Development Days during the school year (TBC) organized by the City of Hamilton during which all of our programs are closed so that our staff may attend.  If the City of Hamilton compensates us for those days (as they have in the past), then we pass the credit to currently enrolled families.
  • Grade 1 children who have not yet reached their 6th birthday will be given the CWELLC program rate until the month of their 6th birth date.
  • Monthly rates are based on Daily Rate for 195 days (187 Instructional Days + 9 Statutory Holidays) and amortized over 10 months (September to June)
  • We are not offering part-time schedules or Single Extra Days care at this time.
  • All B&A fees are paid by Pre-Authorized Debit. (Any special authorization for alternative payment is subject to a $10 per payment administrative fee.)
  • Insufficient funds are subject to a $50 administrative fee per occurrence.

School Age Program Subsidies

The City of Hamilton provides Subsidies for families that meet qualifications for financial assistance.  We can provide you with more information by calling Shelley Bradaric at 905-689-5342, or visit the City of Hamilton web site for more information.

PA Days & School Holiday Care

We provide an exemplary theme-based PA Day and School Holiday Camp Program for schoolage children of JK / SK age and Grades 1 – 8. All our programs involve an educational goal, with fun activities, crafts plus outdoor activities. School Holiday care is not included in our Before & After School care packages.

RATES: School Age PA Days, School Holidays and March / Summer Breaks: Currently $50.00 per day from June 30, 2025 ($22.00 per day for children under 6 years or CWELCC eligible), subject to review and change.

March Break and Summer Theme Camp Programs

NEW for 2025-2026

We review applications regularly and will get back to you as soon as possible only if we have a vacancy for your prospective start date. Currently registered and attending children (and their new siblings) are given priority for registration while we still have room left.

  • Space (while it exists) is prioritized by a list of criteria:
    • WDCC Staff requiring care to work in our program,
    • Children who have been registered through to June of the prior school year attending the same location,
    • New siblings of children who have been registered through to June of the prior year attending the same school as their sibling,
    • Children who have been registered and are moving from one of our programs or locations to another (if space exists). This would be children graduating from our WDCC preschool program, children registered through to June of the prior school year who are changing schools, and siblings who want to register at different locations.
    • Local school staff or community liaisons / support workers
    • Local community families
  • We currently only offer 5 day a week schedules, Mornings, Afternoons or Mornings & Afternoons.
  • We only offer care to children who are under 13 years of age at September 4, 2024 and rates may vary if a child turns 13 during the school year.
  • Our standard Market Rates for Kindergarten Age (under 6 years) are subsidized by CWELCC .
  • Before and After School Fees do not include participation in PA Day or other School Holiday programs, and no discount is given for months with fewer school days as this is already built into the monthly fee.
  • First month fee deposits are required from all registrants to confirm your space, and are non-refundable.
  • Currently participating families who are already Pre-Authorized for Debit will pay a September deposit by PAD, but it will be refundable up to July 31, 2025. All other registrants will be sent payment method information (PAD only) and a deposit will be required to maintain your space in the program.
  • If you register for our Wait List with a start date in the future, after September 5th, and if we are able to offer a space and it is not accepted, your registration will be cancelled so that you can re-register when you do require immediate placement (which may also lower your position on the Wait List).
  • Children must be re-registered each year, and for each school holiday program separately. There are no automatic re-enrolments. Although we provide a registration window exclusively for and prioritize placement for past families, no guarantee of space is provided.

These changes are necessary to strengthen our program in a changing economy, lessen administration costs, and be able to offer our families and children the very best and most consistent care and education program.

Subsidized Care

Our program is provincially licensed child care and partnered with the City of Hamilton to accept families who have arranged subsidization. Once you have been offered a space off the Wait List, you would notify your City Subsidy Worker to proceed to provide us with the approval paperwork.

Next Steps

We review registrations regularly and will get back to you by email only if we are able to confirm an availability. The Wait List is “no obligation” until an offer is made and a deposit paid to accept.

Changes & Withdrawals

Children may not currently reduce their care to part-time, we only offer a 5-Day schedule.

We do not offer changes in schedule without adequate notification. We require notification of changes or withdrawals to be made a minimum of one full calendar month in advance of the month of the change. e.g. for a change or withdrawal for October, notice would need to be given before the end of August. Withdrawals and changes can not occur mid-month, only whole month billing is accommodated.  Accommodations to this policy can only be made at our discretion and if we are able to fill a space with a shorter notification period.

If you would like more information about registering your child for any of these programs please email info@campwaterdown.com (we do not, however take wait list requests other than by the registration form).