Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten orientation sessions will be held throughout the SCDSB in the spring of 2025. 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.

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!

2025 Kindergarten orientation dates

Note for new Oro-Medonte public school families: The Kindergarten orientation session will be held on June 4 at 4:30 p.m. at W.R. Best Memorial PS. W.R Best Memorial PS is located at 222 Old Barrie Road West.

School	Date & time
Adjala Central PS	May 15, 5 p.m.
Admiral Collingwood ES	May 8, 5 p.m.
Alcona Glen ES	May 27, 5 p.m.
Algonquin Ridge ES	May 8, 4 p.m
Allandale Heights PS	April 24, 4 p.m.
Alliston Union PS	May 8, 4 p.m.
Andrew Hunter ES	May 22, 6 p.m.
Angus Morrison ES	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
Ardagh Bluffs PS	May 14, 4:15 p.m.
Assikinack PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Baxter Central PS	May 7, 5 p.m.
Bayview PS	May 15, 3:30 p.m.
Birchview Dunes ES	May 22, 4 p.m.
Boyne River PS	May 7, 4:30 p.m.
Brechin PS	May 7, 4:15 p.m.
Cameron Street PS	May 14, 5 p.m.
Chris Hadfield PS	June 4, 4:30 p.m.
Clearview Meadows ES	May 28, 3:30 p.m.
Codrington PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Coldwater PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Connaught PS	May 13, 4 p.m.
Cookstown Central PS	May 21, 5 p.m.
Couchiching Heights PS	May 7, 3:30 p.m.
Cundles Heights PS	May 15, 5 p.m.
East Oro PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Emma King ES	May 22, 5 p.m.
Ernest Cumberland ES	June 5, 5 p.m.
Ferndale Woods ES	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Fieldcrest ES	May 8, 5 p.m.
Forest Hill PS	May 28, 4 p.m.
Fred C. Cook PS	May 13, 2:15 p.m.
Goodfellow PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Guthrie PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Harriett Todd PS	May 15, 4 p.m.
Harvest Hills PS	May 15, 5 p.m.
Hewitt's Creek PS	May 14, 5:30 p.m.
Hillcrest PS	April 24, 5 p.m.
Hillsdale ES	May 7, 5 p.m.
Holly Meadows ES	May 15, 4 p.m.
Hon. Earl Rowe PS	April 30, 5:30 p.m.
Huron Park PS	May 14, 4 p.m.
Huronia Centennial ES	June 5, 3:45 p.m.
Hyde Park PS	June 5, 4 p.m.
Innisfil Central PS	June 5, 5 p.m.
James Keating ES	May 12, 3:45 p.m.
Johnson Street PS	May 22, 4 p.m.
Killarney Beach PS	May 21, 4:30 p.m.
Lake Simcoe PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Lions Oval PS	May 14, 4 p.m.
Maple Grove PS	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
Mapleview Heights ES	May 15, 5:30 p.m.
Marchmont PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Marshview PS	May 1, 4:30 p.m.
Minesing Central PS	May 7, 4:15 p.m.
Moonstone ES	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
Mountain View ES	May 14, 3:30 p.m.
Mundy's Bay PS	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
New Lowell Central PS	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
Nottawa ES	May 7, 5 p.m.
Nottawasaga & Creemore PS	May 21, 4 p.m.
Oakley Park PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Orchard Park PS	May 7, 5 p.m.
Pine River ES	May 7, 4:30 p.m.
Portage View PS	May 21, 4:30 p.m.
Rama Central PS	June 3, 4:30 p.m.
Regent Park PS	May 27, 4 p.m.
Severn Shores PS	June 5, 5 p.m.
Shanty Bay PS	May 13, 4:30 p.m.
Sir William Osler PS	May 22, 10 a.m.
Steele Street PS	May 8, 4 p.m.
Sunnybrae PS	May 28, 5 p.m.
Tay Shores PS	May 27, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth Beeton ES	May 1, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth South Central PS	May 21, 4:30 p.m.
Terry Fox. ES	June 5, 3:30 p.m.
Tosorontio Central PS	May 12, 4 p.m.
Tottenham PS	June 5, 4 p.m.
Trillium Woods ES	May 21, 4 p.m.
Uptergrove PS	May 28, 5 p.m.
W.C. Little ES	May 14, 4 p.m.
W.H. Day ES	May 15, 4 p.m.
Warminster ES	May 12, 4 p.m.
Wasaga Beach PS	May 13, 4:30 p.m.
West Bayfield ES	May 7, 4:30 p.m.
Willow Landing ES	May 28, 5 p.m.
Worsley ES	May 8, 4:15 p.m.
Wyevale Central PS	May 1, 4:30 p.m.

Simcoe County District School Board