First day of school for kids in Toronto: here’s what to know [Video]

Thousands of kids are heading back to class across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) today to start a new school year.

Sunshine greeted returning kids at schools across city, along with city officials who were on-hand to help kick off the schoolyear.

Cops kick off safety campaign

“You know how to keep safe, right? Stop and look both ways,” Mayor Chow told a group of arriving students at Tredway Woodsworth School in Scarborough. “If you ride a bike, be careful. We’re here to remind them, drivers also to be on the lookout too. Safety first.”

Toronto police were on-hand too to kick off a Back-To-School traffic campaign aimed at ensuring safety.

“Thousands of Toronto students are back to school after the summer break. This also means regular traffic volumes return to our roadways, as well as an increase in pedestrian traffic as kids walk and ride their bicycles to and from school,” police said in …