Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten orientation sessions will be held virtually throughout the SCDSB in the spring of 2021. These sessions provide families with the opportunity to engage with their school community as their children prepare to enter school.

They will also have the opportunity to meet educators, early years and child care partners and receive an orientation their school.

Please check this page for orientation dates as they become available. To find out more, and how to access the information session, contact the school directly.

Getting ready for Kindergarten

New for 2021, the SCDSB has also developed a video made especially for students who are new to Kindergarten. We encourage you to watch this video with your child and check out the tips to get ready for Kindergarten, available below. They include discussion prompts and ideas to help you prepare your little one for the big day.

Tips to get ready for Kindergarten

Talk to your child about their feelings about school, friends, teachers, and new activities. Ask your child:

How do you feel about Kindergarten?
What do you think you might get to do at school?
What are you most excited about?
What makes you feel nervous?

Listen carefully to your child’s responses. If your child is nervous about something, they will let you know: maybe not in words, though. Watch their
expressions, notice the topics they bring up repeatedly and listen for their tone of voice. Be encouraging, and if necessary, reassuring.

Together, make a list of foods that your child likes to eat.
Put snacks into reusable containers to practice opening and closing.

Gather an extra set of clothing. Practice changing into the new clothes and putting the other clothes into a plastic bag.
Practice changing shoes.
Practice zipping zippers.
Make sure your child can recognize important items of clothing and do their shoes up on their own.
Don't forget to label your belongings.

Make a list of the things that you do every morning to get ready. For example:

wake up
get dressed
eat breakfast
brush teeth
feed the dog

Knowing what to expect each day and sticking to a routine will help to make busy mornings go more smoothly once the school year begins.

What will happen at the end of the school day? Talk about that plan with your child.

Will they go to childcare each day? Take the bus? Be picked up by you or someone else? If possible, practice this routine together several times before school begins.

Visit the school building together. Take a walk around the schoolyard. Each time you visit the school, you will be able to build excitement and reassurance with your child.
Share your favourite memories of school with your child; hearing about your experiences will be reassuring.
Create a special good-bye handshake, kiss or hug with your child.
Think about an action that your child can do when you are not around to remind them that you are always close by and thinking about them!

2021 Kindergarten virtual orientation dates

School	Date & time
Adjala Central PS	May 20, 2 p.m.
Admiral Collingwood ES	May 18, 5 p.m.
Alcona Glen ES	May 19, 5:30 p.m.
Algonquin Ridge ES	May 5, 4 p.m
Allandale Heights PS	May 19, 11:15 a.m.
Alliston Union PS	May 12, 3:45 p.m.
Andrew Hunter ES	May 20, 4 p.m.
Angus Morrison ES	May 11, 6:30 p.m.
Ardagh Bluffs PS	June 2, 4:15 p.m.
Assikinack PS	May 27, 5 p.m.
Baxter Central PS	May 5, 2 p.m.
Bayview PS	May 26, 3:30 p.m.
Birchview Dunes ES	May 26, 4 p.m.
Boyne River PS	May 19, 4:30 p.m. May 20, 4:30 p.m.
Brechin PS	May 5, 5:30 p.m.
Cameron Street PS	May 6, 4:30 p.m.
Chris Hadfield PS	June 3, 5 p.m.
Clearview Meadows ES	May 11, 4 p.m.
Codrington PS	May 20, 5 p.m.
Coldwater PS	May 14, 2 p.m.
Connaught PS	May 27, 4 p.m.
Cookstown Central PS	May 12, 2:15 p.m.
Couchiching Heights PS	May 19, 5 p.m.
Cundles Heights PS	May 27, 4 p.m.
East Oro PS	May 27, 4 p.m.
Emma King ES	May 27, 4 p.m.
Ernest Cumberland ES	June 2, 5 p.m.
Ferndale Woods ES	June 9, 4 p.m.
Fieldcrest ES	May 27, 6 p.m.
Forest Hill PS	May 19, 6:30 p.m.
Fred C. Cook PS	May 20, 9:30 a.m.
Goodfellow PS	June 9, 4:30 p.m.
Guthrie PS	May 6, 4:30 p.m.
Harriett Todd PS	May 19, 4 p.m.
Hewitt's Creek PS	May 18, 5:30 p.m.
Hillcrest PS	May 12, 5:30 p.m.
Hillsdale ES	May 19, 5:30 p.m.
Holly Meadows ES	May 6, 4 p.m.
Hon. Earl Rowe PS	May 12, 5 p.m.
Huron Park PS	May 19, 4 p.m.
Huronia Centennial ES	May 13, 4 p.m.
Hyde Park PS	June 3, 6 p.m.
Innisfil Central PS	June 8, 4 p.m.
James Keating ES	May 12, 3:30 p.m.
Johnson Street PS	May 11, 4:45 p.m.
Killarney Beach PS	June 6, 4:30 p.m.
Lake Simcoe PS	May 13, 5:30 p.m.
Lions Oval PS	May 26, 2:30 p.m.
Maple Grove PS	May 19, 4 p.m.
Mapleview Heights ES	May 19, 5:30 p.m.
Marchmont PS	May 26, 5:30 p.m.
Minesing Central PS	May 6, 4 p.m.
Moonstone ES	May 14, 2 p.m.
Mountain View ES	May 19, 5 p.m.
Mundy's Bay PS	May 27, 4 p.m.
New Lowell Central PS	May 27, 4:30 p.m.
Nottawa ES	May 11, 5 p.m.
Nottawasaga & Creemore PS	May 18, 4 p.m.
Oakley Park PS	May 19, 3:45 p.m.
Orchard Park PS	May 12, 4 p.m.
Pine River ES	May 11, 5 p.m.
Portage View PS	May 27, 5 p.m.
Rama Central PS	June 16, 12 p.m.
Regent Park PS	May 26, 6 p.m.
Severn Shores PS	June 3, 5 p.m.
Shanty Bay PS	May 27, 5 p.m.
Sir William Osler PS	June 3, 2 p.m.
Steele Street PS	May 27, 5 p.m.
Sunnybrae PS	June 2, 6 p.m.
Tay Shores PS	June 2, 4 p.m.
Tecumseth Beeton ES	June 3, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth South Central PS	June 1, 10 a.m.
Terry Fox. ES	June 4, 1:30 p.m.
Tosorontio Central PS	May 20, 5 p.m.
Tottenham PS	June 2, 6 p.m.
Trillium Woods ES	May 12, 5 p.m.
Uptergrove PS	June 3, 5 p.m.
W.C. Little ES	June 3, 4 p.m.
W.H. Day ES	May 13, 5 p.m.
W.R. Best Memorial PS	May 20, 4:15 p.m.
Warminster ES	June 3, 4 p.m.
West Bayfield ES	May 27, 3:30 p.m.
Willow Landing ES	May 27, 5 p.m.
Worsley ES	May 12, 4 p.m.
Wyevale Central PS	June 2, 1 p.m.

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