Early Years Evaluation – Direct Assessment (EYE-DA) Anglophone East School District will be conducting Early Years Evaluations for children entering Kindergarten in September 2013. The dates for this year’s assessments are January 28th to February 04th. Dates for individual schools are below. Parents of students who are registered to start Kindergarten in September 2013 should already have an appointment time. If you have forgotten or have lost your appointment time, please call the school where your child is registered. If your child will be starting Kindergarten this year and you do not have an appointment, please contact Lynn Coy, Anglophone East Transition to School Coordinator at 856-3902. What is EYE-DA? The Early Years Evaluation – Direct Assessment (EYE-DA) is an individually administered direct assessment of pre-kindergarten children. The assessment takes about 30 minutes and assesses four key areas of early childhood development closely associated with readiness to learn at school:  Awareness of Self and Environment - a child’s ability to think and talk about their world and make connections with home and community experiences.  Cognitive Skills - the ability to solve problems, recognize shapes and patterns, understand basic mathematical operations, and emergent literacy skills such as awareness of print and lettersound correspondence.  Language and Communication - includes words children understand when they hear them spoken as well as the ability to express thoughts and feelings to others.  Physical Development - fine motor skills include smaller movements involving fingers in coordination with sight; and gross motor skills include large movements involving arms, legs, and body. The Early Years Evaluation – Direct Assessment (EYE-DA) is part of the New Brunswick Department of Education’s Transition to School plan. The EYE-DA provides parents, teachers and school administrators with accurate and meaningful information on children’s early developmental skills. This information will be helpful for parents when preparing their children for kindergarten and in supporting a positive transition to school. SCHEDULE Monday, January 28th Birchmount Mountain View Beaverbrook Lou MacNarin Magnetic Hill Dorchester Tuesday, January 29th Evergreen Gunningsville Lower Coverdale Riverside Consolidated Edith Cavell Havelock Wednesday, January 30th Salem Hillsborough Forest Glen Arnold H. McLeod Queen Elizabeth Rescheduled to Tuesday, February 5th Thursday, January 31st Salisbury West Riverview Shediac Cape Port Elgin Hillcrest Friday, February 1st Claude D. Taylor Frank L. Bowser Bessborough Petitcodiac Monday, February 4th Northrop Frye Storm dates will be posted on the Anglophone East Website and Facebook page.