Charles Rummel Community Centre

This community centre is located in Charles Rummel Park, which faces on Government Road and backs onto Eagle Creek. There is a playground and ball field, and the community centre itself is way back next to the footpath down to the creek. It has its own parking area.
Burnaby Parks & Recreation schedule preschool morning programs here, and the current theme for Fridays is «Little Green Thumbs» (plants & gardening). Last spring with this theme, the children painted pots and planted pansies, grew sunflower seeds, and read stories about seeds, plants and growing things.
Last fall the theme was Incredible Edible and they read stories about food and prepared simple dishes and ate them (like «The Very Hungry Caterpillar» and made fruit salad), and the last winter it was Young Einsteins and they worked on science stories & simple experiments (like baking soda/​vinegar volcanoes). Teachers Andrea and Mashida were great during all three terms so far.
The group of children in these classes will end up together in kindergarten at neighboring Seaforth, so it’s a great opportunity for local kids who attend private preschools a few days a week to also spend time with and get to know their future schoolmates one morning per week.