


The Provincial Pre-Primary Program is a child-centered, play-based program for children the year before they start Grade Primary. Pre-Primary is about developing life readiness skills through exploration, curiosity, and play! The universal play based program is available to families in every HRCE community. It supports each child’s overall development and lays the foundation for school success and lifelong learning.
Pre-Primary builds each child’s social and emotional confidence to support a successful transition to Primary. Pre-Primary is a voluntary early learning opportunity: children do not have to attend before starting Grade Primary. It's also flexible to your family's needs and children can attend full or part time. Hours for the program are the same as the school day, which is approximately six hours.
Pre-Primary offers an environment that is inclusive and respectful of diversity, where the child and family are at the centre.
Atlantic Memorial - Terence Bay Elementary |
Offered at Atlantic Memorial - Terence Bay Elementary (Terence Bay site) |
Register at Atlantic Memorial - Terence Bay Elementary (Shad Bay site) |
Bedford South School |
Offered at Basinview Drive Community School |
Register at Basinview Drive Community School |
Burton Ettinger Elementary
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Offered at
Fairview Heights Elementary (Annex)
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Register at
Fairview Heights Elementary (Annex)
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LeMarchant St. Thomas |
Offered at Sir Charles Tupper Elementary |
Register at Sir Charles Tupper Elementary |
Millwood Elementary |
Offered at Harry R. Hamilton Elementary |
Register at Harry R. Hamilton Elementary |
Sackville Heights Elementary |
Offered at Harry R. Hamilton Elementary |
Register at Harry R. Hamilton Elementary |
Saint Mary’s Elementary |
Offered at Inglis Street Elementary |
Register at Inglis Street Elementary |
Upper Musquodoboit |
Offered at Musquodoboit Valley Education Centre |
Register at Musquodoboit Valley Education Centre |
Dartmouth South Academy |
Offered at Southdale North Woodside |
Register at Dartmouth South Academy |
Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary |
Offered at 117 Kearney Lake Road |
Register at Grosvenor-Wentworth Elementary |
Rockingham Elementary |
Offered at 117 Kearney Lake Road |
Register at Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary |
Before the first day of school, you will receive a phone call from the Lead Early Childhood Educator at your child’s Pre-Primary program to provide you with all necessary information about the Pre-Primary program.
In the meantime, please see some helpful information:
The EXCEL program is a fee-for-service recreational program run by the HRCE. EXCEL is an option to parents/guardians who are seeking before and after school care for their elementary-aged children. Children enrolled in the Pre-Primary are eligible to register for EXCEL if their school offers the program and Pre-Primary is located on site at the school.
To learn more, click here.
The Nova Scotia Before and After Program (NS-BAP) is is a fee-based recreation program for children.
The schools offering BAP, along with service providers, are as follows:
To register for NS-BAP, please contact the service provider offering the program at your child’s school listed here. For more information, click here.