2017marchbreakguide

March Break 2017 Camps → Programs → Activities March 13 to March 17, 2017

We will fill your child’s week with activity, excitement and fun!

All Camp Staff have been certified in Standard First Aid & CPR-C, have satisfactory vulnerable sector screening (Police Check), and completed courses in the “High Five” Principles of Healthy Child Development.

Register Early to reserve your spot! pickering.ca/camps

Pickering Recreation Complex 905.420.4621 registration@pickering.ca 1867 Valley Farm Road

march breakcamps Mini Pidaca Camp 4 - 5 yrs

Sports Camp 5 - 12 yrs

Does your little one love to play, dance and create? Come join in on all the fun as we offer a full day of activities to get your camper excited to come back for more!

With a special end of week performance, Mini Pidaca is the place to be!

Note: Children must be toilet trained.

Show off your skills and compete against other teams in an action packed week at Sports Camp!

Come play soccer, hockey, squash, tennis and much more! Enjoy daily swimming, team events and a special end of the week play day!

Pickering Rec Complex - Creative Centre

Pickering Rec Complex - East Salon

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 3:15 pm

1 wk

85431

$183.00

Arts Camp 5 - 12 yrs

1 wk

85432

$183.00

Skate & Fun Camp 6 - 12 yrs

$183.00

For parents who require more time, keep the fun going for your camper with early drop off and late pick up times. Campers will enjoy games, crafts and even a movie at the end of the week! Campers will be taken to their regular camp location at 9:00 am and returned to the Creative Centre at 3:15 pm.

Extend-a-camp is offered to campers in Mini Pidaca , Arts Camp, Skate Camp, Sports Camp, and Fitness Camp.

A $20.00 late charge per camper if picked up after 6:00 pm daily.

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17 7:00 - 9:00am / 3:15 - 6:00 pm 1 wk 85252 $72.00

Bus transportation to and from camp is provided for Mini Pidaca, Arts, Breakdance, Skate & Fun and Sports Campers. Be sure to indicate busing information when registering.

Parents Notes: Once registered, please email registration@pickering.ca to receive a 2017 March Break Parent Handbook.

Pack a lunch, snack, and drinks daily. All camps are peanut-free. Campers must be minimum age at start of camp.

Pickering Rec Complex - Delaney Rink - Ice and East Shore CC 9:00 - 3:15 pm

85434

Pickering Rec Complex - Creative Centre

Monday to Wednesday includes 2 hrs on ice skating lessons daily, off-ice training and exercise, outdoor play and team building activities.

This camp is for children who are at the learn to skate level, or who have some skating skills and would like to improve their off-ice training.

CSA helmet and skates are required. Thursday & Friday will consist of exciting activities and fun games in the gym at East Shore CC..

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

1 wk

Extend-a-Camp

Pickering Rec Complex - West Salon 9:00 - 3:15 pm

9:00 - 3:15 pm

4 - 12 yrs

Does your camper love to dance, sing and draw?

This camp will explore and showcase all things creative!

Campers will also enjoy daily swimming, dress-up days, team events and a special end of the week play day!

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

5 days 85433

$183.00

Registration for campers with special needs/requiring additional staff support must be submitted in person

by January 23, 2017.

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Special Interest Camps

Xbox & PC Video Game Creation Camp 8 - 12 yrs

Breakdance Camp 6 – 9 yrs

Spend an unforgettable five days showing off what you’ve got in this high energy break dance camp! No matter what level you’re at, campers will learn new moves and techniques that will be sure to impress. With tons of games and activities packed into one week, your camper will be excited to keep coming back. Come join in all the fun as we see who’s got what it takes, in our end of session dance battle!

9:00 - 3:15 pm

1 wk

Dunbarton HS M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 4:00 pm

1 wk

85439 $315.00

3D Printing & Modeling Camp 10 - 15 yrs

Pickering Rec Complex - Doubles Squash Courts M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

Would you like to create your own Xbox or PC games? This course is oriented for students with no previous knowledge of programming and does not use a single line of code. Using a visual programming language made specifically for creating games, it is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. At the end of this course, students will be able to run their own games on a PC and Xbox.

85250

$183.00

Chef Camp 8 - 10 yrs

Come out and learn your way around a kitchen- gather the skills for making some great breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Learn the tricks of the trade, to bring home and become the ‘cook’ in your family. Each day, we will celebrate a different theme from around the world and enjoy cooking and sharing a meal together. Campers will master simple recipes, take home a cookbook, apron, chef’s hat, and some great brand new skills. Expert staff will be on hand to lead the campers in the fun side of cooking and presentation of food. At the end of the week, campers will showcase their culinary skills as they host family members and the Rouge Hill Seniors Club at a feast that they have prepared themselves.

Come and print with us! Kids will fabricate from start to finish their own 3D objects such as cars, jewellery, robots, and small toys. Our 3D printer will be on site so kids can see it in action while printing their own creations! Each participant will print 1 small 3D piece to take home to show off to family and friends! Additional pieces can be made available at an additional cost.

Dunbarton HS M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 4:00 pm

1 wk

85439 $315.00

Fitness Camp 12 - 15 yrs

An awesome week of sleuthing, investigation and discovery awaits you! Send messages to your friends with your very own secret code wheels. Hunt down animal tracks and follow hidden scent trails during a day of nature discoveries. Lemon Shockers, Brain Goo, and Electroplating will thrill all junior chemists. Children will build their own cool Stereoscopic Viewer to see far-off planets in 3D and become a Mad Science junior astronomer.

Daily Themes: Mad Messages, Earth Awareness, Chemical Counting, Nature, Space.

This awesome camp involves both active and classroom physical and health education.

Campers will enhance their muscular endurance, aerobic capacity, agility, flexibility, and other performance measures through activities such as kickboxing, yoga, cardio/ weight training, and swimming. Campers will learn safe and effective techniques for working out in a health club and gain an understanding of the basic exercise science behind their bodies’ actions. Fitness classes sampled are based on availability during each session. Upon completion of the camp, participants 13+ can take the Operation Fit test - a pass means they are ready to purchase their Youth Health membership at the PRC.

West Shore CC

Pickering Rec Complex - Program Room 2

Petticoat Creek CC - Community Room M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 3:00 pm

1 wk

85440

$240.00

Mad Science: Science Sleuths 6 - 12 yrs

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 4:00 pm

1 wk

85435

$257.00

M-F Mar 13 - Mar 17

9:00 - 3:00 pm

1 wk

Please Note: financial subsidy does not apply to March Break Camps.

85276 $298.00

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camp busing

Busing is provided MiniMini Pidaca • Arts• Camp • Breakdance • Skate CampCamp • Sports Camp Busing providedfor forthe thefollowing followingcamps: camps: Pidaca Arts Camp • SkateCamp Camp • Sports Stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Bus #1 Claremont CC Valleyview PS Tillings & Scenic Lane William Jackson & Misthollow St Wilfrid CS Valley Farm PS St Anthony Daniel CS Bainbridge & Marshcourt Marshcourt & Beechlawn Finch & Royal Rd Glengrove PS Maple Ridge PS St Isaac Jogues CS Bowler & Kitley Vaughan Willard PS William Dunbar PS Rambleberry & Rambleberry Falconcrest & Dunbarton Pickering Rec Complex

AM 7:42 7:50 8:00 8:03 8:08 8:12 8:15 8:19 8:20 8:21 8:26 8:28 8:31 8:34 8:37 8:39 8:43 8:46 8:48 8:55

PM 4:38 4:30 4:20 4:17 4:12 4:08 4:05 4:01 3:59 3:58 3:53 3:51 3:49 3:46 3:43 3:41 3:37 3:34 3:32 3:25

Stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Bus #2 Rougemount & Toynevale Oakwood & Staghorn Rosebank PS Atwood & Layton Creekview & Downland Eyer & Hampton Our Lady of the Bay CS Frenchmans Bay PS West Shore & Vistula West Shore CC St Martins & Wayfarer Liverpool & Radom Liverpool & Haller Father Fenlon CS Sir John A Macdonald PS Bayview Heights PS Pickering Parkway & Denmar Jaywin Circle-north walkway Pickering Parkway & Dreyber Pickering Rec Complex

AM 7:55 7:57 8:00 8:04 8:07 8:09 8:10 8:14 8:18 8:20 8:23 8:25 8:27 8:29 8:33 8:37 8:45 8:49 8:51 8:55

PM 4:25 4:23 4:20 4:16 4:13 4:11 4:10 4:06 4:02 4:00 3:57 3:55 3:53 3:51 3:47 3:43 3:35 3:31 3:29 3:25

Stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Bus #3 Steeple Hill - at the park Edmund & Sheppard EB Phin PS Brookridge & Altona Fawndale & Rouge Valley Fawndale & Littleford St Monica CS Woodview & Hogarth Valley Ridge & Pine Grove Pine Grove & Pine Grove Westcreek PS Altona & Sparrow South St Elizabeth Seton CS Altona Forest PS Highbush PS Amberlea & Highview St Marguerite Bourgeoys CS Gandatsetiagon PS Regal & Darwin South Darwin & Regal North Fairport & Duncannon Lynn Heights & Alanbury Pickering Rec Complex

AM 8:00 8:01 8:06 8:08 8:10 8:12 8:14 8:17 8:18 8:19 8:21 8:23 8:25 8:27 8:31 8:34 8:38 8:40 8:42 8:43 8:45 8:48 8:55

PM 4:20 4:19 4:14 4:12 4:10 4:08 4:06 4:03 4:02 4:01 3:59 3:57 3:55 3:53 3:49 3:46 3:42 3:40 3:38 3:37 3:35 3:32 3:25

These times are approximate. Be at your stop 15 minutes before stated time, and remain at the stop for 15 minutes after stated time, especially on the registered campers.

Buses will leave the Rec Complex at approximately 3:25 pm each day. Take route and stop number on the Camp Registration form. Registration forms will not be processed unless a designated bus stop is listed.

If form indicates that the camper will be met at the stop and the parent/ guardian is not there, the camper will be brought back to the Rec Complex and placed in extend-a-camp. A fee of $20 will be charged for this service.

Busing is only provided for camps as listed above.

Busing is not provided for Specialty Camps or Extend-aCamp.

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registration begins Dec. 1 for March Break camps March Break Camp Registration Form Family Information phone number

I would like to receive email updates from Culture & Recreation regarding programs, events and services. □ yes □ no

email

family address

unit/apt.

city

postal code

mother/guardian name

business phone

mobile phone

Are you a new applicant? □yes □no

father/guardian name

business phone

mobile phone

Has your address changed? □yes □no

Participant 1

birthdates are used for program planning

last name

first name

Camp Name 1st choice

Type of Camp Regular Extend Regular Extend

2nd choice

Participant 2 last name

first name

Camp Name 1st choice

Type of Camp Regular Extend Regular Extend

2nd choice

Date

Birth date (M) (D) Barcode

Date

Birth date (M) (D) Barcode

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birthdates are used for program planning

Additional Camper Information Required

(Y)

Fee

Male Female

Bus Stop: _________________________________________________________

Camper will be met by parents daily:

Special Needs: please submit ‘camper profile’ with this application.

Application deadline for campers who require one-on–one support is January 23, 2017.

Bus #: 1

2

3

Please indicate if one-on–one support is required: yes no Medical Needs: yes no (if yes, describe) cash

Payment VISA MASTERCARD expiry date:

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no

Allergies (including peanuts):

debit -

yes

amount to be charged $__________

card holder name (please print): _______________________________ signature: _________________________________________________

cheque

payable to: City of Pickering

I hereby release the City of Pickering from all claims arising from any accidents or injury which are caused by or arise from participation of the applicants named above, during any program or in any facility or at any location where the program is being held. signature: _____________________________

How are you going toyou register How are going totoday? register today?

Online at pickering.ca/registration Fax with aFax credit number 905.831.9370 Online at pickering.ca withcard a credit cardtonumber to 905.831.9370 Tele Reg at 905.420.4749 Drop-off, Mail In ororInDrop-off, Person atMail Pickering Recreation Complex (1867 Valley Complex Farm Road) in or In Person at Pickering Recreation (1867 Valley Farm Road) Personal information contained onforthis form is under collected under the authority theand Municipal Act.forThis information is collected and will be used forthis thecollection purposeshould of program registration.

Personal information contained on this is collected the authority of the MunicipalofAct will be used the purpose of program registration.

Questions about be directed to the City Clerk at One The Esplanade, ON L1V 6K7 or 905.420.4611.

Any questions related to the collection of this information should be directed to the City Clerk at One The Esplanade, Pickering ON L1V 6K7 or 905.420.4611

march break activities & programs Stick & Puck Parent & Child 5 - 13 yrs

Youth Shinny

Don Beer Arena - Rink 2 Pay as you go: $7.00 (Parent/Child) $2.50 each additional child

Don Beer Arena - Rink 2 Fee $5.00 - goalies free (pay as you go at arena) Tuesday, March 15 Grades 1 - 4 9:00 am - 10:00 am Grades 5 - 8 10:00 am - 11:30 am Grades 9 - 12 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for parents to help their children practice and develop skating, stick handling and passing skills in a relaxed, non competitive atmosphere. All children and parents are required to wear CSA approved helmets with full face masks.

Monday, and Wednesday - March 13 & 15 Grades 1 - 4 9:00 am - 11:00 am Grades 5 - 8 11:00 am - 1:00 pm • • • • • • •

Youth can practice their on ice hockey skills without having to be on an organized team. Participants must bring their own equipment and possess basic hockey skills. All particpants are required to wear CSA approved helmets with full face masks. On ice supervision will be provided.

Children participating in Stick & Puck, must be accompanied by an adult on the ice at all times. 2 children per adult max.

Full hockey equipment is recommended. Bring your own stick & puck.

For the safety of all participants, adults should not be shooting pucks.

NO slapshots.

This is not a shinny hockey program, no pick up games are allowed.

Hockey teams are not accepted. Coaches are not permitted to bring players for practice purposes.

Specific capacity restrictions apply to this program. Max. 50 participants permitted on the ice.

March 13 - 17

Daily at Pickering Rec Complex

Public Swim

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Public Skate 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Free Teen Programs & Events Get your free City ID to participate.

For more details visit pickering.ca/teen

Monday

Tuesday

Breakdancing @ PCCC 7 - 9 pm

Basketball @ ESCC 2 - 4 pm

Youth Shinny: 3 on 3 Tournament at PRC 3:30 - 5 pm

Breakdancing, Pizza & Games @ PRC 4 pm - 7 pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Basketball, Breakdanc- Racquetball @ PRC ing & Games Room @ 5:40 - 7:40 pm ESCC 7 - 10 pm