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

My feelings about school

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.

Eating and drinking
  • Together, make a list of foods that your child likes to eat.
  • Put snacks into reusable containers to practice opening and closing.
My belongings
  • 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.
Self-care and routines

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.

Home time

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.

Getting ready for the big day
  • 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.