Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten orientation sessions will be held throughout the SCDSB in the spring of 2024. 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!

2024 Kindergarten orientation dates

School	Date & time
Adjala Central PS	May 23, 5 p.m.
Admiral Collingwood ES	May 8, 5:30 p.m.
Alcona Glen ES	May 29, 4 p.m.
Algonquin Ridge ES	May 9, 4 p.m
Allandale Heights PS	April 25, 3:30 p.m.
Alliston Union PS	May 9, 4:30 p.m.
Andrew Hunter ES	May 16, 5:30 p.m.
Angus Morrison ES	May 15, 5 p.m.
Ardagh Bluffs PS	May 15, 4:15 p.m.
Assikinack PS	May 22, 5 p.m.
Baxter Central PS	May 1, 5:30 p.m.
Bayview PS	May 15, 3:30 p.m.
Birchview Dunes ES	May 29, 4 p.m.
Boyne River PS	May 22, 4:30 p.m.
Brechin PS	May 15, 4:15 p.m.
Cameron Street PS	May 15, 5 p.m.
Chris Hadfield PS	June 5, 4:30 p.m.
Clearview Meadows ES	May 22, 3:30 p.m.
Codrington PS	May 16, 5:30 p.m.
Coldwater PS	May 27, 4:30 p.m.
Connaught PS	May 23, 4 p.m.
Cookstown Central PS	June 12, 2 p.m.
Couchiching Heights PS	May 7, 3:30 p.m.
Cundles Heights PS	May 22, 4 p.m.
East Oro PS	May 23, 4 p.m.
Emma King ES	May 23, 5 p.m.
Ernest Cumberland ES	June 6, 5 p.m.
Ferndale Woods ES	May 29, 4:15 p.m.
Fieldcrest ES	May 7, 5 p.m.
Forest Hill PS	May 30, 4 p.m.
Fred C. Cook PS	May 16, 9:30 a.m.
Goodfellow PS	May 22, 4 p.m.
Guthrie PS	May 23, 4:30 p.m.
Harriett Todd PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Harvest Hills PS	May 16, 6 p.m.
Hewitt's Creek PS	May 8, 5:30 p.m.
Hillcrest PS	May 8, 5 p.m.
Hillsdale ES	May 22, 3:30 p.m.
Holly Meadows ES	May 16, 4 p.m.
Hon. Earl Rowe PS	May 15, 5:30 p.m.
Huron Park PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Huronia Centennial ES	June 6, 3:45 p.m.
Hyde Park PS	June 6, 4:30 p.m.
Innisfil Central PS	May 28, 5 p.m.
James Keating ES	May 8, 3:45 p.m.
Johnson Street PS	May 14, 4:30 p.m.
Killarney Beach PS	May 22, 4:15 p.m.
Lake Simcoe PS	May 16, 4:30 p.m.
Lions Oval PS	May 15, 4 p.m.
Maple Grove PS	May 15, 4:30 p.m.
Mapleview Heights ES	May 16, 5:30 p.m.
Marchmont PS	May 30, 5:30 p.m.
Marshview PS	May 30, 4:30 p.m.
Minesing Central PS	May 9, 4:15 p.m.
Moonstone ES	May 21, 4:30 p.m.
Mountain View ES	May 15, 4 p.m.
Mundy's Bay PS	May 22, 4 p.m.
New Lowell Central PS	May 16, 4:30 p.m.
Nottawa ES	May 8, 5 p.m.
Nottawasaga & Creemore PS	June 6, 5 p.m.
Oakley Park PS	May 16, 4:30 p.m.
Orchard Park PS	May 8, 5 p.m.
Pine River ES	May 8, 4:30 p.m.
Portage View PS	May 8, 4:30 p.m.
Rama Central PS	May 30, 4:30 p.m.
Regent Park PS	May 29, 4:30 p.m.
Severn Shores PS	June 6, 5 p.m.
Shanty Bay PS	May 28, 4:30 p.m.
Sir William Osler PS	June 6, 10 a.m.
Steele Street PS	May 2, 4 p.m.
Sunnybrae PS	June 5, 5 p.m.
Tay Shores PS	May 28, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth Beeton ES	May 8, 4:30 p.m.
Tecumseth South Central PS	May 22, 4:15 p.m.
Terry Fox. ES	June 6, 3:30 p.m.
Tosorontio Central PS	May 16, 4 p.m.
Tottenham PS	June 6, 4 p.m.
Trillium Woods ES	May 15, 4 p.m.
Uptergrove PS	May 8, 4:30p.m.
W.C. Little ES	May 16, 4 p.m.
W.H. Day ES	May 14, 4 p.m.
W.R. Best Memorial PS	May 9, 4 p.m.
Warminster ES	May 30, 4 p.m.
West Bayfield ES	May 8, 4 p.m.
Willow Landing ES	May 29, 5 p.m.
Worsley ES	May 9, 4:15 p.m.
Wyevale Central PS	May 9, 4:30 p.m.

Simcoe County District School Board