Kindergarten Registration

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• Kindergarten Registration
• Information for School Communities of the
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• 2014-2015 School Year

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Agenda

• Video FDK_at_SMPS
• OCDSB Program Options
• General Information about Full Day
  Kindergarten(FDK) and Extended Day Program (EDP)
• Questions?

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FDK_at_SMPS
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A Bit About SMPS

• Opened in 2006, named after the Canadian
  astronaut Steve Maclean,
• 9 Classroom, 2-floor addition was built last
  year,
• Current school population is 961 students (989 in
  2014-2015),
• K-8 school with English and Early French
  Immersion programs,
• School Improvement Goal is focused on critical
  thinking and rich tasks throughout the
  curriculum,
• Incredible team of dedicated and skilled teachers
  and support staff

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SMPS Continued

• Team of professionals to support students and
  staff social worker, speech and language
  therapist, psychologist
• Many extra-curricular activities ranging from
  chess club, to intermediate band, to robotics, to
  sports, to musicals, to,
• Many co-curricular activities field trips,
  special presenters and multicultural concerts
  (Aboriginal Experiences tomorrow), etc,
• Community partnerships Ottawa Police, Green
  Communities, Public Health, YouthNet, etc.
• Parental engagement School Council,
  volunteering, workshops, Career Day, etc.

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Welcome to Kindergarten!
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Full-Day Kindergarten program is a
child-centered, developmentally appropriate,
integrated, program of learning for four and
five-year-old children. The purpose of the
program is to establish a strong foundation for
learning in the early years, and to do so in a
safe and caring play-based environment that
promotes the physical, social, emotional and
cognitive development of all children. The
Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program
Draft, Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010 p. 1
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Key Dates Official Registration Weeks
Kindergarten Registration Week January 27th
January 31st, 2014 Note Registration is
ongoing if you are unable to meet these timelines
Student Transfer Application Period - February
10 - 21, 2014
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Kindergarten - Key Information
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Program Options

• If your child will be age four or five by
  December 31, 2014, they are ready for
  kindergarten starting in September 2014.
• Registration will be accepted anytime during the
  
• school year (beyond the registration period).
• Program choices in the OCDSB for elementary
  students include
• Full-Day Kindergarten
• English
• Early French Immersion
• Middle French Immersion (grade 4 entry)
• Alternative
• The program selected is a parental decision.

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English Program

• The English program allows students to
  concentrate on
• English language skills. The program is available
  from
• kindergarten to graduation. The program is child
  centered and
• stresses proficiency in all subject areas.
• In this program, English is the language of
  instruction for all
• subjects other than French. At the elementary
  level, the
• following subjects are taught Language,
  Mathematics, Science
• and Technology, Social Studies (including
  Geography and
• History), Health and Physical Education, The Arts
  and Core
• French.
• A student who successfully completes the English
• program is expected to have a functional
  knowledge of the
• French language.

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English/Core French

• Currently, in our English program, Junior and
  Senior Kindergarten students receive 100 minutes
  of Core French instruction per week.
• Students in Grades 1 through 8 receive
  instruction in Core French for 200 minutes per
  week.
• A viable pathway to bilingualism!

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Early French Immersion (EFI)

• The Early French Immersion (EFI) program provides
  students with
• the opportunity to become functionally bilingual
  through early
• exposure to French.
• Students who successfully complete the EFI
  program, and later
• enroll in a secondary level program which meets
  the requirements
• to obtain the OCDSB Extended French or French
  Immersion
• Certificate, are expected to be able to
  communicate with ease and
• feel comfortable in either language community
  (English or French)
• and also accept employment, training or further
  education in either
• language.

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EFI - French/English Instructional Time

• In the EFI program, students are currently
  provided with
• SK (50 French/50 English)
• Grade 1 - 100 French
• Grades 2 and 3 - 80 French /20 English
• Grades 4 to 6 - 60 French /40 English
• Grades 7 and 8 - 50 French /50 English
• Note Mathematics instruction in English begins
  in grade 4.
• The OCDSB Elementary Time Allocation Model
  outlines the
• language of instruction and number of minutes of
  instruction
• per week in each subject area.

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Middle French Immersion (MFI)

• The Middle French Immersion (MFI) program
  provides
• students with the opportunity to obtain a solid
  foundation in
• English language skills in the primary grades
  before starting
• intensive study of French.
• A student who successfully completes the MFI
  program, and
• later enrolls in a secondary level program which
  meets the
• requirements to obtain the OCDSB Extended French
  or French
• Immersion Certificate, is expected to be able to
  communicate
• with ease and feel comfortable in either language
  community
• (English or French) and also accept employment,
  training or
• further education in either language.
• Note The open entry point for MFI is grade 4.

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MFI -French/English Instructional Time

• Currently, in the MFI program, students are
  provided with
• 100 minutes per week of Core French JK and SK
• 200 minutes per week of Core French grades 1 to
  3
• grades 4 to 6 - 66 French /34 English
• grades 7 and 8 - 50 French /50 English
• Note Mathematics instruction in English begins
  in grade 4.
• The OCDSB Elementary Time Allocation Model
  outlines the
• language of instruction and number of minutes of
  instruction
• per week in each subject area.

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Alternative Program

• In the Alternative Program, English is the
  language of
• instruction for all subjects other than Core
  French.
• With strong community support and parent
  involvement, the
• alternative education philosophy is based on the
  following
• core tenets
• Everyones contributions are valued, no awards or
  prizes
• Project-based learning, with a balance between
  student-directed and teacher-directed learning
• Mixed-aged groupings, classrooms fostering
  collaboration
• Integrated curriculum stressing interrelation of
  all learning and subjects
• Family and community-centered school environment
• Ongoing assessment and evaluation
• Reduced emphasis on grading

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Full-Day Kindergarten

• In September 2014, the OCDSB will be in its fifth
  and final year
• of implementing full-day learning for four and
  five-year-old
• kindergarten students.
• 100 elementary schools with Kindergarten programs
  will offer
• Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten (FDK)
  Program in September
• 2014.
• These classrooms will all be led by an Educator
  Team consisting of
• both a registered Early Childhood Educator and
  Teacher.
• The program aims to provide every child with the
  support they
• need in order to develop self regulation health,
  well being and
• sense of security emotional and social
  competence curiosity and
• confidence in learning respect for diversity of
  his or her peers.

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• The purpose of the Full-Day Kindergarten Program
  is to provide a seamless educational
• experience for our children. There are two
• possible and mutually supportive parts to the
• FDK Program
• Core Day (Program run during regular school
  hours)
• Extended Day (Program run before and after school
  hours)

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Full-Day Kindergarten Core Day

• Core Day Features
• An Educator Team (1 Teacher and 1 Early Childhood
  Educator) per class.
• Average Class Size of 26 Students (Average Ratio
  of 1 Educator to 13 Students).
• FDK Classes follow the Ontario Ministry of
  Education Full-Day Early Learning - Kindergarten
  Program, 2010.
• Students have a full day of learning (300 minutes
  of instructional time) capitalizing on their
  natural curiosity and exuberance through an
  inquiry, play-based approach to learning.

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Extended Day Program

• The Extended Day Program (EDP) is complementary
  to the core
• program and aligned with it in order to provide a
  seamless and
• consistent educational experience for children.
• The Extended Day Program
• is offered before and after the regular school
  day (core day)
• is delivered by teams of Registered Early
  Childhood Educators and Early Learning Assistants
• reflects planning that is consistent with the
  approach taken in the core day program
• makes use of shared resources and shared common
  spaces to create a seamless system of care and
  education for children and families
• currently operates on PA Days, a week of Winter
  Break and March Break, at many locations, based
  on parental interest.

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Extended Day Program

• Please note
• The OCDSB will operate the Extended Day Program
  for ages 3.8 years to 12 years where sufficient
  numbers (3) indicate the need.
• There are two ways an extended day program can be
  offered. The District can run its own program at
  any school with a full day kindergarten program.
  Also, an eligible day care operator can enter
  into an agreement with the District to offer
  programming on the Districts behalf.

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Transportation

• School bus transportation is available to all
  kindergarten
• students who live more than 0.8 km from their
  school.
• Information regarding transportation is available
  at your
• school or from the Ottawa Student Transportation
• Authority (OSTA)
• by phone [phone]
• by e-mail admin_at_ottawaschoolbus.ca.

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• We would be privileged to welcome you and your
  child to our Kindergarten program.

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Questions?