Brightling Childcare Academy (formerly Gramma Marie's Children's Centre)

May 13th, 2023

Good place
May 9th, 2023

We love our daycare! It has been a huge support since we arrived in Winnipeg, all the staff this great, loving, and caring. Our girls love the place, and we absolutely recommend it to any family.
Feb 6th, 2023

I would give 10 stars if I could! Since 2009, I have had five of my children attend Brightling Childcare Academy. For all those years, I have felt confident every single day bringing my children to daycare. Staff turnover is not a thing here. The teachers are all amazing, caring ECE's who, you can tell, love their jobs. Brightling is a busy centre and it is extremely well run. The activities the kids do during the day are fun and engaging, and I always appreciate the summer programming where there are fun new themes each day! The leadership at Brightling are a wonderful group of servant leaders, they bring structure to the centre but are approachable and involved. I feel like my children are valued and loved here, and could not recommend Brightling more to anyone searching for a safe, engaging, top-notch daycare. This place is the best!
Nov 4th, 2022

My son was here back in 2020. But I just knew that one day he was left outside the building for the entire noon nap time, about 1-2 hours. He told me that he was playing too focused in the back yard that he didn't hear the bell or the teacher's order for going inside. Then he was left in the back yard, he cried, knocked on the door, slapped on the window, but nobody answered him. The only thing he can do was just waiting, until the teacher noticed that he was not in the classroom. Or the teacher did it on purpose for punishing him not listening to her orders. I cannot image that a teacher do not count how many student should be in her classroom. If it happens in winter, my 4-year-old son could have ended up dying for waiting for 2 hours outside. My son did not tell me the accident then because he never shared school stories to me, but he has a very good memory, he can remember every detail even they happened a long time ago. Sometimes, on some occasions, he tells me some stories or things which maybe related to current things, or he just recalls suddenly. People always say most teachers in Canada are so friendly, nice and patient. But remember, not every teacher acts like that, what I believe from this accident is that you must ask your kids what happened in their school time. That's very important.
Aug 25th, 2022