PRO-D DAYS
Every school year, a handful of days appear on the calendar with no school, no schedule, and no plan. For parents, they can feel like a puzzle. For kids? They are pure, untapped possibility.
At Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds, we believe those in-between days deserve something extraordinary. Not a screen, not a babysitter, not just “something to do.” A real adventure. A day full of discovery, connection, nature, and the kind of fun that kids talk about for weeks. That is exactly what Pro-D Day Adventures are built for.
We run two separate programs on every SD48 Pro-D Day — one for our littlest explorers and one for our big adventurers — so every child from age 4 to 12 has a day that feels made just for them. Come drop off your kids knowing they are in safe, caring hands. Come pick them up with muddy shoes, big smiles, and stories you will want to hear.
KINDER KIDS
Kinder Kids Pro-D Day Ages 4/5–8 | Gentle Adventure, Big Wonder This one is for the little explorers — the ones who find magic in a puddle, make a friend in two minutes flat, and ask “why?” about everything they see. Kinder Kids Pro-D Day is a nurturing, wonder-filled outdoor adventure day designed for ages 4/5 to 8. With short, engaging activity rotations your youngest gets the attention, care, and encouragement they need to feel brave, included, and completely at home in the outdoors. Expect nature walks, sensory play, outdoor games, local outings, and plenty of joyful moments woven through a day centered on kindness, friendship, and fun. Logistics: Ages: 4/5–8 Dates: Friday Oct. 23rd Friday Nov. 23rd Monday Jan. 25th Friday Feb. 12th Monday Apr. 12th Friday May 7th Times: 8:30am Drop-off - 4pm Pick-up Location: LOCAL ADVENTURES (drop-off location details sent out a week out from program start date) Price: $100-$110 Staff Ratio: 1:8 Limited spots available — register early!
CAMP QUERENCIA
Camp Querencia Pro-D Day Ages 8–12 | Bigger Adventures, Real Discoveries Querencia. It is a word that means the place where you feel most yourself — safe, strong, and fully alive. That is what we are building for every camper aged 8 to 12 who walks through our doors on a Pro-D Day. This is not a typical day program. This is an off-site adventure day that takes kids out into the world — hiking trails, watersports, orienteering, geocaching, and exploration activities that shift with the season, the weather, and the landscape. Leadership development is woven into every hour. Challenges are real. Friendships are made. And by the time the day is done, your kid knows a little more about what they are capable of. Logistics: Ages: 8–13 Dates: Friday Oct. 23rd Friday Nov. 23rd Monday Jan. 25th Friday Feb. 12th Monday Apr. 12th Friday May 7th Times: 8:30am Drop-off - 4pm Pick-up Location: OFFSITE/OUT OF TOWN adventures (Drop-off and pick-up location sent a week out from the adventure date) Price: $110-$120 Limited spots — book in advance!
OUR WHY
There is a particular kind of day that sneaks up on families every school year. You look at the calendar and realize there is no school — a Pro-D Day, a teacher training day, a day that belongs to someone else’s schedule. For children, these days arrive like a gift: an unexpected pocket of freedom in the middle of an otherwise ordinary week.
We have been thinking about those days for a long time. Not just as a program opportunity, but as something deeper — a question about what childhood is made of when no one is watching the clock. What does a child do when the day is wide open? What do they need? What do they remember, years from now, when they think back on the unremarkable Tuesday that somehow turned into something remarkable?
We believe the answer is not a screen. It is not a couch. It is outside. It is movement, discovery, and the company of other kids doing brave things together. It is a counsellor who notices them, calls them by name, and cheers them forward. It is mud on their knees and laughter in their lungs and the quiet confidence that builds when a child is given space to explore the world without being told to sit still.
At Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds, we have always believed that the in-between days — the ones that do not make it into the official summer memories or the big milestone photos — are some of the most formative. These are the days when children discover what they actually enjoy, who they naturally are, and what they are quietly capable of when no one is grading them for it. A Pro-D Day is not a gap in the school year. It is an invitation. And we take that invitation seriously.
We built our Pro-D Day Adventures because we wanted to give families something they could count on — a program as intentional and full of heart as everything else we do — for those days that could so easily slip past without meaning anything at all. Every child who spends a Pro-D Day with us goes home having tried something new, connected with someone they did not know at drop-off, and felt what it is like to be genuinely celebrated for exactly who they are. Not because they got the right answer. Not because they came in first. But because they showed up, they gave it a go, and they were fully, joyfully present.
We believe deeply that children do not need a special occasion to have a transformative day. They need the right people around them, the right environment under their feet, and the permission to be curious. Pro-D Days, unexpected and unplanned as they are, turn out to be some of the best days of the year. We are honoured to be part of them.