Field Trips

FIELD TRIPS

Yahara River Learning Center offers a variety of experiences both at and away from the center. All field trips will require a “Field Trip Permission Form” and parents will be notified at least one week in advance of all field trips. If you do not wish for your child to attend a particular field trip, please find alternative childcare arrangements for that day, as we will not have staff available to stay behind with children not participating in the field trip.

Yahara River Learning Center uses a licensed and insured local bus provider for our transportation needs.

As a participant in our child care program, your child may participate in short unannounced field trips, including but not limited to walks as a class around the building and/or nearby neighborhoods; trips to local playgrounds; trips to local business. Teacher-child ratios are maintained at all times. A “Parent/Guardian Permissions” form must be completed for this type of field trip.

RULES RELATED TO FIELD TRIPS

Head Counts

Head counts will take place every 5 -10 minutes during a field trip, as well as at the following times

• Before leaving the classroom

• Before starting the vehicle

• After students exit the vehicle at the field trip location

• After entering the field trip location

• When exiting the field trip location

• After exiting the vehicle at Yahara River Learning Center

• When returning back to the classroom

Walking Lines

When traveling from one destination to the next in a line, one teacher will remain at the beginning of the line and one teacher will remain at the end of the line. Headcounts will happen every 5 minutes.

Required Materials

• Permission slips

• Backpacks

• First aid kit

• Any required medications & med forms (EpiPen’s, inhalers, etc.)

• Clipboard Containing

o Attendance

o Emergency Contact Lists

Exiting Transportation

When getting off a bus, one teacher will lead the children off while one teacher stays on. The teacher on the bus will start at the back and go through each aisle to ensure that all children are off the bus. There will be a headcount before continuing on with the field trip to ensure that all children are with their group as well.

Other Field Trip Policies

Only staff members or a child’s parent are allowed to take children to the bathroom