Jk Sk Classroom

Welcome to kindergarten: the gateway to grade school and everything that comes next! Our kindergarten programs offer inquiry based learning curriculums that mix learning and fun. Very young children have a natural curiosity and wonderment about their world, which makes Kindergarten a fun place to be. It is also why inquiry-based learning in kindergarten works so well. The ways in which children play, explore and question are delightful, but more importantly, they are also fundamental to their early cognitive development.

Their futures are looking bright!

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Daily Classroom Schedule

  • Kids this age thrive on routine. We use a schedule with simple pictures to show them what’s coming up next! This keeps them feeling confident about what to expect for the day and be part of the plan. We’ll talk about our day in morning circle and have lots of visual reminders everywhere.

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Doing Things Independently

  • Kindergarten is also where your child becomes more independent with things like hand-washing and potty-training. That’s why sinks, toilets, and furniture in our classrooms are all kid-size—so they can build confidence knowing they can do it all by themselves.

Introduce Our New Program: Starting September 2023

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Every Child Can Be Good at Math

  • Jump Math, founded in 2002 by Dr. John Mighton, empowers educators and students worldwide with an understanding and appreciation of math, structured resources supporting every teacher to engage every student in every math class, focusing on how students learn through extensive research, overcoming 'math anxiety' by building confidence and resilience incrementally, completely aligned with Canadian curriculum outcomes, making math interactive and fun through guided discovery, providing a balance of guided practice and student inquiry activities for teacher collaboration, lesson planning, and precision teaching of mathematical skills and concepts.

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Handwriting Without Tears

  • The path to literacy spirals out in one magic moment: When a child’s lines become language Handwriting Without Tears is a developmentally based program designed to progress a child’s fine motor skills along with visual skills through fun and interactive activities. Handwriting is one of the foundational skills that lead students toward automatic word recognition. Through time-tested methods of letter formation, students embark on the pathway to reading and writing excellence while connecting letters to sound and fortifying the alphabetic principle. When students make connections between sounds and letters, the pathway to reading unfolds before them. We nurture these connections sequentially and systematically, based on the science of reading, helping students acquire the range of skills they need to become proficient readers. The Handwriting Without Tears program provides your child with the necessary skills to be successful with handwriting in school. This program was developed to meet the needs of all learners, including English language learners (ELL), English as a second language (ESL), and bilingual students. The idea is that if you can work with a child’s natural developmental abilities, and teach them in ways they will connect with, the skill of handwriting can be learned with joy.

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French Language

  • We offers a strong Beginner French Language Program to our kindergarten class, based on activity based learning opportunities and formal instruction. The purpose of our program is to develop Kindergarten students' skills in reading, writing and oral communication in French language. Get the children prepared for French Immersion schools.

Meet Our Room Teacher

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Hana, Wen Hua Yu He

RECE, Kindergarten Room Teacher
Seneca College - Diploma in Early Childhood Education
kindergarten@newsteadacademy.ca
Faculty: Kindergarten

Kindergarten Timetable

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See what a typical day is like

Our caring teachers set a daily rhythm for toddlers that includes group time, story time, outdoor play, meals and snacks, naps, and most especially, lots of playtime (because we know so much learning happens when they play with attentive teachers nearby).

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Arrival and Free Play
It’s so nice to see everyone this morning! As children arrive, they are welcomed by smiling teachers. They can play quietly and get warmed up for their day while they wait for their friends to arrive.
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Time
Breakfast is key for growing minds and bodies! Children are served a nutritious breakfast, prepared fresh daily by our in-house chef.
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Reading Time
The children choose a book and spend time building on their emerging literacy skills.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Morning Snack
It's time to take a break and fuel up with a snack. Preschoolers will be served a healthy snack like carrots and hummus or cheese and crackers.
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Programming
Time to head outdoors! Children enjoy fresh air and engaging gross motor activities in our spacious playground.
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Programming Time
The kindergarteners engage in fun and educational activities that enhance their development in five key domains: physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and language.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Circle Time
At circle, the class comes together to share in songs, stories, and group discussions about topics the children are interested in.
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Time
The junior kindergarteners have worked up an appetite and are now ready to wash their hands and sit down to a hot lunch prepared fresh by our in-house chef.
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Programming Time
The kindergarteners engage in fun and educational activities that enhance their development in five key domains: physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and language.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Outdoor Programming
The kindergarteners venture out to explore the playground again!
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon Snack
Kindergarteners will be served another healthy and delicious snack, like a fresh fruit salad.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Enrichment Project
The jr. kindergarteners participate in teacher-directed educational activities, such as STEAM projects.
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Dinner Time!
Yes, we offer hot dinner! Parents can rest easy knowing a tasty and nutritious dinner is taken care of by our chef.
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Reading Time
Time to reinforce junior kindergarteners' emerging reading skills with another opportunity to spend time with a book.

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Newstead Academy is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other.

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Richmond Hill, ON L4E 3S8

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