Early Learning

School District #49 (Central Coast) offers a number of programs for our early learners.  Please contact Bella Coola Elementary or the Board Office to find out more information about the programs available for your child.

Strongstart – Participate with your young child (aged birth to five) in play-based early learning activities – including stories, music and art.  At no cost to families, this early learning drop-in program helps prepare children for success in Kindergarten.

Location:  Nusatsum Elementary School

Hours:  Monday-Friday 9am – 12pm

Ready Set Learn provides an opportunity for three – five year olds and their families to connect with their neighbourhood school and find out about resources available in their communities to support early learning.

Full Day Kindergarten – a play-based learning environment offering a rich program for the first year of school for our students

Primary Program – For our students in Kindergarten to Grade 3, each of our schools offers a unique configuration to meet the needs of their children and community.  Our primary learning environments are exciting places to be – creative, enthusiastic children and professional, caring adults working together to develop a love for learning, focused on well being and belonging, exploration and creativity, social responsibility and diversity and foundational skills in language and literacies.

Nuslhiixwta – This is a mom/tots program sponsored by the Nuxalk Nation that the District often partners with on initiatives such as providing speech & language services to the valley.