Children's Programs
The City of Barrie provides safe, age appropriate, children’s classes with experienced, qualified staff, for children ages 6-16 years.
Classes offered cover a variety of areas including the arts, personal safety, social awareness, computers and general interest.
All children’s programmes are offered at an introductory level and are geared toward providing a safe a fun environment to learn a new skill or develop an area of interest.
Frequently Asked Questions
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| What supplies does my child need to bring to an Art class? |
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The majority of supplies are provided for art classes offered by the City of Barrie. If supplies are required to participate a list will be provided at the first class.
Please check the bottom your receipt for specific course requirements.
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| Does my child need there own guitar/fiddle to Intro to Guitar and/or Fiddlin’ Around? |
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Yes – please make arrangements for your child to have their own instrument. We do recommend that you rent an instrument initially to gage your child’s interest. Music Pro has instrument rentals available.
Also, it is advised to wait until close to the course start date to make instrument arrangements as there are times when we have to cancel classes due to low registration.
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| What does my child need to bring to a Red Cross Babysitting Class? |
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Participants in the Red Cross Babysitting Class must bring a pen, paper, a doll, and a full lunch.
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| My child does not meet the age criteria for a class, can we have permission to take it anyway? |
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Although age is not always indicative of a child’s ability level, our courses are designed to be age appropriate. This includes consideration of cognitive and physical development, as well as socialization. Age overrides are considered on a case by case basis and can be directed to Recreation Information recinfo@barrie.ca.
In cases where age overrides are granted, the instructor will ultimately assess whether the course is a good fit for the student and may discuss other course options or withdrawal from course with the parent/guardian.
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| Why are courses cancelled? How will I be notified? |
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At times courses have to be cancelled due to low registration. The City of Barrie makes every attempt to run a class; however, there are times when we must cancel. All participants are called using the contact information provided at the time of registration.
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| What should I do if there is bad weather? |
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In the event of bad weather please call our inclimate weather hotline705-739-4215 for a list of classes that have been cancelled. If your class is not listed on the hotline it is running as scheduled.
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| Can we remain in the room with our child? |
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Children’s programmes are independent activities – parents/guardians, siblings and friends are required to be outside of the program space.
It is advised that parents/guardians remain near to the program space for classes less than 1 hour.
Some program spaces have a window or door where you can sneak a peek. We ask that this be done only on occasion as not to distract the participants.
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