Is Your Daycare Closed When it Snows?

It is winter and inevitably that means snow will eventually show its beautiful glistening flakes! Now, some of us enjoy this weather wonder and take the opportunities to stay home and play outside building snow people, having snowball fights, you know, all the classic snowy day fun. However, other people dread the sight of the winter snowfalls and cringe each time the weather station declares a snowfall warning. Stress sets in and then stress is followed by panic!

"I have to go to work tomorrow and I just know my daycare is going to be closed now due to snow! Ugh! What am I going to do? I better start making phone calls and see who can take my
kids for the day. Or else I’ll be phoning work and losing pay, not good!"

Sound familiar?

Well, not if you are registered at one of our Jolly Giant Childcare Centres! Bring on the snow! More snow means more fun for our childcare providers and your children!

Schools are closed, daycares are closed, we are… OPEN!

We understand that we are an important and essential service for many families in our community who need to go to work, regardless of weather conditions. We know that if we shut down we are creating quite a stress and disservice to the families who rely on us each day to care for their children.
You can count on our doors to be open, our lights to be on, and our staff awaiting your child’s arrival in a warm and fun environment, ready for perfect snowy day fun!

We always encourage those families who can stay, to stay home, due to safety and road conditions. But, we know that some families don’t have this choice and we ensure that we are here to support that need.

Now, we know that some people will choose to disagree with this decision…

"I think it’s wrong to put your staff at risk just to stay open."
We understand and 100% support any staff who choose to stay home due to road conditions. If they are unable to find reliable and safe transportation then we recommend that they put their safety first and stay home.

And we understand that some of you may be concerned…

"How can you maintain ratios if your staff can’t all make it into work?"

We always advice any families that can stay home, to stay home. We also find that most often staff will find reliable transportation to come to work and therefore staff- child ratios are lower than any typical day.

"What if conditions worsen through the day, are we expected to pick up our child?"
No, we leave that decision up to the families, as long as you will be able to pick up at your designated contract time safely.

"What if I’m not a registered family of Jolly Giant but I need to go to work and find childcare for my child?"
Each child does need to be registered, it only takes a short time to fill out the paperwork, so give us a call and if we have space we will sign you up!

So, if panic is setting in and you are watching the weather channel every evening on the edge of your seat…
If you are dreading the snowfall warning and the early morning scramble to find care, so you can go to work, we ask you why? Why put yourself through that type of stress from October until May?
Contact us today! Choose Jolly Giant Childcare as your family’s childcare provider and ensure that you have reliable and consistent childcare every day! Regardless of weather conditions!

Then you can smile and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!