Have you ever wondered what life was like for the Early Settlers in the 1800’s? The Grade 3’s stepped back in time and spent a day at Black Creek Pioneer Village to find out. The children and teachers dressed up in time period clothing to experience life in Upper Canada in the 1860s. We toured many
Dear Crestwood Parents, Today is the last day to send in your Family Fun Day forms, submit auction items and become a sponsor. Click here for your Wristband/Raffle Order Form and Sponsorship Package. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!!! Thank you for your continued support. The CSPA
The JK had a terrific afternoon exploring hands on activities all about insects and the life cycle of a butterfly with Dr. Natalia from SIS.
Please have your children prepared for our rehearsal time on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will walk together to Lawrence Park Church on Monday (June 4th) and Tuesday (June 5th). Students must dress for the weather and wear appropriate walking shoes (runners would be perfect). ONLY students who play trumpet, baritone, alto and tenor sax,
On Friday, May 25th, the Grade 5 students traveled to Milton to explore Crawford Lake and its Wendat village. The students enjoyed their hike around the lake, and learning about the lake’s unique qualities and exploring the natural resources around the lake which would have been used by First Nations inhabitants. After lunch, students got
I would like to send out a big thank you to my wonderful art committee! This year we have accomplished so many beautiful projects together! Thank you for your continuing dedication, inspiration and overall enthusiasm towards art! You are all so talented and creative. Could not have done it all without you! -A. Romanenko
Grade 3 students have been working on this larger-than-life production since January. On Thursday, they performed Seussical, The Musical and their hard work shone through on their smiling faces! The Jungle of Nool, Whoville, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and our Cats in The Hats looked amazing and sounded fantastic. Congratulations on an incredible performance, grade 3 –
The track and field season ended this week for both the Grade 3 team and the Juniors. The Grade 3’s celebrated by participating in a friendly meet at Crescent School. Our grade 3 students exhibited great fun and skills against other private schools during the sunny, afternoon meet. The Junior students competed in the CIS
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 from 3:30pm to 7:00pm NEW ATTRACTIONS, activities, silent auction and delicious food! Bring your family and friends! ADMISSION All Access Children Wristbands are available for $30 each in advance ($35 at the door) (This includes unlimited attractions, games, activities, snacks and dinner) Adult Wristbands are $10 each in advance and include dinner
The Crestwood Junior Track and Field Team participated in a meet at St. Andrew’s College on Monday this week. We competed in events against 700 other students from different schools. Our athletes ran an 80 meter dash, a 400 meter race and an 800 meter run as well as hurdles. Discus, javelin, shot-put, standing long
Our Teachers Appreciation lunch is Thursday, June 7th. We are looking for a few delicious desserts to serve our ever so deserving teachers after their catered lunch. If you wish to contribute a nut free dessert, please let the CSPA know by contacting melaniemorel@outlook.com Please deliver it Thursday, June 7th to music room in atrium or front office complete
Dear Parents, Crestwood School’s Grades 4-6 Music Program, along with the Primary and Junior Choir’s, would like to invite you to attend the Spring Concert, which will be held on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. All performers are expected to arrive by 6:40 p.m. Please join us for this special event, which will
Our summer “Baskets of Fun” donations are coming along great. Please bring in any/all items ASAP. We would like to begin wrapping them up first thing next week. This initiative is in support of the CSPA in purchasing 2 new play structures for our school. The baskets will be auctioned off at Fun Fair! Thank
On Friday, 6A and 6B ventured out to the Apple store at the Eaton Centre. There we created posters in their program “Elevating Ideas into Action”. Our posters focused on the devastating problems surrounding child labour and what we, as Canadians, can do to help these children preserve their childhoods. Our students used the programs
What a beautiful day for a track meet for the Grade 3’s. We all walked up to TFS for a friendly meet against Crescent, Bayview Glen, The York School and TFS. Our grade 3 athletes rotated through 9 stations of track and field events. Running events included hurdles, relay races, long distance and sprints. Crestwood
Crestwood School’s Musical Theatre students have been working extremely hard to put on the BEST GREASE YET! This production is for all Crestwood students, families, and friends so please pass on the word to any and all theatre enthusiasts. We hope you can join us for this “Must See Show” on Thursday, May 17th @ Ryerson
Crestwood’s junior track team traveled to the Pan Am Stadium at York University on Wednesday to participate in their second meet of the season. Even though we didn’t have all our team members, it was a gorgeous day to compete. All athletes showed their best effort at each of the events and we are very
2A and 2B have been working tirelessly to put together their musical, Making The Band. Their hard work truly paid off as they brought the house down with classics like Twist and Shout and Livin’ On a Prayer. Making The Band is a musical that begins in a mechanic’s garage and ends with a killer garage band. The students
The Grade four classes travelled back in time to the Middle Ages on Wednesday. There they learned about the Code of Chivalry, feasted on poultry, mash and ale (Pepsi) and took in all of the sights, sounds and smells of Medieval culture. During the jousting tournament, Crestwood’s black and white knight valiantly competed but was
On Tuesday, the Eco-Team had a guest speaker from our very own school community: Ms. Davies! Not only is she a fantastic music teacher, she is a beekeeper! She taught our team about the big job of little pollinators! We explored the importance of pollinators for plants, animals and humans! We discussed threats they encounter
The Grade 5 students had an incredible opportunity this morning to hear from Dave Hayles, the operations coordinator at Grand Valley Wind Farms, about the process of constructing, operating and managing a wind farm. Students enjoyed seeing pictures of the construction process and were amazed to hear the amount of time, effort and money that
Congrats to our Crestwood community on your excellent turnout for our Curriculum Share/Art Auction evenings. Between both nights were able to raise close to $7000 by auctioning off class art pieces. All monies will be used to pay for our new Junior playground as well as upgrades to our current Primary play area. Your support
On Tuesday, Grade 3A and 3B were greeted warmly by the staff at the Eaton Centre Apple Store. Our instructors provided us with a lesson on Keynote Presentations and how we can use this tool to create interactive stories. We used I-Pads to type in some funny, wacky weather stories and then added both animations
A huge thank you to all parents who came out to support our Used Uniform Sale this week, it was a huge success. Special thanks to Linda Fata-Glover for having run the uniform sale for us this year and her team of parent volunteers!!! We are looking forward to next year when Somayeh Walton will
On Saturday April 28th, nine Crestwood students participated in the Junior Science Olympics at Crescent School. The students competed in engineering challenges like the Marshmallow Tower, Egg Drop, Wall Run, Tin Foil Boats, Bridge Building, Marble Ramp, Laser Maze, and many others. These students worked hard, had fun, showed stellar team work, and demonstrated great sportsmanship.
Grade 3 had a great day with Jacqui Burke, artistic director of Jaybird Productions! Through games and fun exercises they were able to gain a deeper understanding of their characters and what it means to truly be a performer. Jacqui brought with her an arsenal of theatre arts activities and techniques to reinforce the essence
Read, read, and more reading…all of our students have been busily reading books and raising funds for the MS Read-A-Thon. Since it’s inception in 1977, students across Canada have read millions of books and raised millions of dollars in support of the MS Society’s work to fund multiple sclerosis research and provide programs and services
It’s Spring and everything beginning to bloom. On Tuesday, the Grade 3’s went to the Toronto Botanical Gardens to check out the growth and changes that are happening with the plants in our community. We noticed that plants come in all shapes, sizes and colours as we hiked through the Wilket Creek ravine. We spent an
All of the Grade 3 student’s became pedologists this week as we investigated the importance and the make up of soil. A pedologist is a soil scientist and boy, did we get our hands dirty with soil and wriggly creatures. We learned that good, rich soil is made up of organic matter and plenty of
The Crestwood Ball Hockey League will launch on Tuesday, April 24th at lunch recess. We held a short meeting today to see how many players were interested and ended up with close to twenty boys and girls. Each player is asked to bring in their helmet, stick and gloves in order to protect themselves during
