Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten orientation sessions will be held throughout the SCDSB in the spring of 2023. 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 of their school.

Orientation dates will be available on this page come the new year. Prior to your session, your school will provide you with further information.

Getting ready for Kindergarten

The SCDSB has 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!

2023 Kindergarten orientation dates

School	Date & time
Adjala Central PS	May 17, 5 p.m.
Admiral Collingwood ES	May 10, 5:30 p.m.
Alcona Glen ES	May 17, 5:30 p.m.
Algonquin Ridge ES	May 10, 4 p.m
Allandale Heights PS	June 7, 5 p.m.
Alliston Union PS	May 11, 4:15 p.m.
Andrew Hunter ES	May 18, 6 p.m.
Angus Morrison ES	May 17, 5 p.m.
Ardagh Bluffs PS	May 16, 4:15 p.m.
Assikinack PS	May 24, 5 p.m.
Baxter Central PS	May 3, 5:30 p.m.
Bayview PS	May 25, 3:30 p.m.
Birchview Dunes ES	May 24, 3:30 p.m.
Boyne River PS	May 17, 4:30 p.m.
Brechin PS	May 3, 4:15 p.m.
Cameron Street PS	May 9, 5 p.m.
Chris Hadfield PS	June 1, 5 p.m.
Clearview Meadows ES	May 24, 3:30 p.m.
Codrington PS	May 17, 6 p.m.
Coldwater PS	May 11, 1:30 p.m.
Connaught PS	May 25, 4 p.m.
Cookstown Central PS	May 17, 2 p.m.
Couchiching Heights PS	May 4, 3:30 p.m.
Cundles Heights PS	May 24, 4 p.m.
East Oro PS	May 25, 4:30 p.m.
Emma King ES	May 18, 4 p.m.
Ernest Cumberland ES	June 8, 5 p.m.
Ferndale Woods ES	June 13, 4 p.m.
Fieldcrest ES	May 16, 5 p.m.
Forest Hill PS	June 1, 4 p.m.
Fred C. Cook PS	May 17, 9:30 a.m.
Goodfellow PS	May 24, 2 p.m.
Guthrie PS	May 11, 4:30 p.m.
Harriett Todd PS	May 17, 4:30 p.m.
Hewitt's Creek PS	May 10, 6 p.m.
Hillcrest PS	May 10, 5 p.m.
Hillsdale ES	May 17, 5:30 p.m.
Holly Meadows ES	May 11, 4 p.m.
Hon. Earl Rowe PS	May 17, 6 p.m.
Huron Park PS	May 31, 4 p.m.
Huronia Centennial ES	May 11, 3:45 p.m.
Hyde Park PS	June 1, 5:45 p.m.
Innisfil Central PS	May 18, 5 p.m.
James Keating ES	May 3, 3:45 p.m.
Johnson Street PS	May 16, 4:45 p.m.
Killarney Beach PS	May 25, 4:15 p.m.
Lake Simcoe PS	May 25, 3:45 p.m.
Lions Oval PS	May 25, 4:30 p.m.
Maple Grove PS	May 17, 4 p.m.
Mapleview Heights ES	May 17, 5:30 p.m.
Marchmont PS	May 24, 5:30 p.m.
Minesing Central PS	May 18, 4 p.m.
Moonstone ES	May 11, 1:30 p.m.
Mountain View ES	May 18, 4 p.m.
Mundy's Bay PS	May 24, 3:45 p.m.
New Lowell Central PS	May 17, 4:30 p.m.
Nottawa ES	May 10, 5 p.m.
Nottawasaga & Creemore PS	May 16, 4 p.m.
Oakley Park PS	May 11, 4 p.m.
Orchard Park PS	May 18, 5 p.m.
Pine River ES	May 3, 4:30 p.m.
Portage View PS	May 10, 4 p.m.
Rama Central PS	June 7, 4:30 p.m.
Regent Park PS	May 24, 5:30 p.m.
Severn Shores PS	June 1, 5 p.m.
Shanty Bay PS	May 24, 4:30 p.m.
Sir William Osler PS	May 30, 6 p.m.
Steele Street PS	May 11, 4 p.m.
Sunnybrae PS	May 31, 6 p.m.
Tay Shores PS	May 30, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth Beeton ES	June 1, 4 p.m.
Tecumseth South Central PS	May 31, 4 p.m.
Terry Fox. ES	June 8, 3:30 p.m.
Tosorontio Central PS	May 18, 4 p.m.
Tottenham PS	June 1, 5:30 p.m.
Trillium Woods ES	May 18, 5 p.m.
Uptergrove PS	May 11, 5 p.m.
W.C. Little ES	June 1, 4 p.m.
W.H. Day ES	May 10, 5 p.m.
W.R. Best Memorial PS	May 25, 4 p.m.
Warminster ES	May 25, 4 p.m.
West Bayfield ES	May 3, 4 p.m.
Willow Landing ES	May 31, 5 p.m.
Worsley ES	May 8, 4 p.m.
Wyevale Central PS	May 11, 5:30 p.m.

Simcoe County District School Board