On Tuesday, the children from JK to Grade 2 enjoyed a virtual author visit with Toronto author, Andrew Larsen. Andrew taught us that we all have stories to tell and one day even write. Please ask your children about his visit! Also, if you’d like to pick up any of his beautiful picture books for summer reading, please support our
The Community Service Team has been blown away by the generosity of our school community on our most recent charitable initiatives to support Ukrainian refugees as well as the Kids Create Ukraine charity. We were so proud to see all of our students dressed in blue and yellow while bringing in cash donations, as
Today was awesome! Me and my friends went to Crescent for a track meet! We walked in the forest to get there. As soon as we arrived we competed in long jump then after we had triple jump. They were both very fun! Then we had shot put, hurdles and everybody did great! After
Dear Crestwood students, staff, and parents, We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your incredible support of KidsCreateUkraine!!! What you are bringing to the children living in war is joy, play, creativity, love!! We are so grateful for your care and are so excited to ship your collected items to those in need.
On Thursday, the Grade 6’s took a visit to Crestwood Preparatory College. We spent the day participating in fun and different activities to get a better understanding of what high school will be like next year. When we arrived at the school, we were greeted by staff members and separated into groups to circle
On Thursday May 19th we will be having a movie themed spirit day! All students are invited to come to school dressed up as their favourite movie characters! During the lunch recess periods students will be invited to participate in some movie themed activities hosted by the House Heads! We can’t wait to see everyone’s
Attention JK to Grade 2 families! Crestwood School is hosting a virtual author visit with Canadian author Andrew Larsen on Tuesday, May 17. Parents are welcome to virtually join! The Grade 1/2 presentation will be at 9:45am and the JK/SK presentation will begin at 10:45. We have been reading his books in library class
Look at these great sock puppets created by the students in 3A. We used our puppets to write dialogues and then presented our dialogue during our Drama class. We really enjoy expressing ourselves through the dramatic arts. It helps to build confidence, lifts our spirits, and helps us to develop our voice. Paula Georgiou
Congratulations to Taylor Puterman, Alice Yan and Shira Sandler for being our artists of the month. I’m pleased to present three completely different styles of art from abstract line work to animation to realism! These three hard workers deserve a round of applause for all their beautiful creations! Anya Romanenko
The students in Madame Gurney’s grades 1 and 2 classes are commencing their final units of the year on food. This past Monday, in order to learn all about French cuisine, 27 students put down their pencils and put on their chef aprons as they joined Madame for the first class of the French cooking
The Grade 3’s got dressed up as early settlers and were transported back to Upper Canada in the 1800’s. A costumed educator visited with students virtually in their classroom, shared videos, and photos from the Village, and led an active exploration of life in the 1800s. We learned about the life of the early settlers and the
Dear Parents, As the month of April comes to a close, we can’t help but wonder, is spring really here?? Usually, we say April showers bring May flowers; in our case it was April freeze, which we hope will still bring us May flowers! Despite the cold outside, Crestwood school has been buzzing with
The Grade 4 classes had a wonderful time participating in the ‘Shine a Light’ Scientists in School workshop this week! We learnt all about the properties of light, through hands-on, independent investigations. These included learning about refraction by shining a light through a moving cup of water and using a mirror to reflect light
The Art Room is always a place for creative people. This year is very special as our show is back on schedule for May 24th and 25th and everyone is excited to be a part of it. At the same time our monthly mini exhibition of the “Artist of the Month” continues and we
Dear Parents, We are initiating 2 separate donation drives to support Ukraine. Anya Romanenko and her family have started an initiative called “Kids Create Ukraine – a family and friends initiative bringing creativity and joy to the children of Ukraine”. The idea behind this initiative: “We chose art to offer a glimpse of play
Are you in Gr, 4, love to sing and want to make a music video!? Then we have the club for you! Meet with Ms. Birchard and Ms. Green in Ms. Birchard’s Music Room starting this Wednesday, April 27th at 12:20 PM. We will be learning the song “Lost Together” by Blue Rodeo. Hope
In Science Today, 2A got to observe a reaction between a liquid and solid that releases a gas using simple ingredients of root beer and vanilla ice cream. This was the perfect way to end our States of Matter Science Unit. We also loved eating our yummy experiment. Feel free to try it at
Next week during Earth Week, along with other activities, on Wednesday students will have the opportunity to make a guess of how many candies are in our guessing jar. Each student will get 1 free guess. Additional guesses can be purchased for a $1 per guess donation up to a maximum of $5. The winner
Dear Parents, The CSPA will be holding our Annual Used Uniform Sale in the gymnasium on Tuesday, May 17th and Wednesday, May 18th from 8:30 – 10:30 AM. Any parents who have gently used uniform items and wish to donate them, please drop them off in the main office and we will handle the rest. We kindly ask that they
Dear Parents, As mentioned in my previous email, we are ending our mask mandate as of Tuesday, April 19th. As a parent, it’s your call. However, I would strongly suggest that your child continues to wear a mask when indoors. We have reminded the students that everyone is entitled to whatever choice they make,
The Lirpaloof Bird only migrates to our area at the beginning of April. It is an extremely elusive bird, which means that it is very, very hard to find and will usually stay up high in the trees until it is time to find food. The Lirpaloof loves to eat seeds, small insects, and carrots. It has bright
We are very excited to offer CISAA interschool sports this spring. Click here for all of your Spring Sports info. Track & Field: All interested athletes from grade 4-6 that wish to participate in track and field are welcomed. Please sign your name to the signup sheet outside of our gymnasium. Practise will take
Our next Crestwood School Parents’ Association Meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 5th at 9:30AM. The meeting will take place via Zoom. Our agenda and meeting link to follow soon. We encourage all to attend. CSPA
Dear Parents, After much consideration, given the fact that some staff and students that have tested positive for COVID-19 this week, we have decided to extend the mask mandate until Tuesday, April 19th (the day after Easter Monday). We will re-evaluate the situation then. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Yours truly, Dalia Eisen
This term, Grade 3 students have been learning about the life of Helen Keller. Earlier this week, they had the opportunity to have a Zoom workshop with Rhonda Underhill-Gray from the Canada National Institute for the Blind. Students explored the braille alphabet and learned how the two handed manual alphabet works. (This is the alphabet
Please help your children remember to return library books as soon as possible. Many children still have books from term 1 and even last year! Thanks so much and have a wonderful March Break! Lara Bafaro
Are you in Grade 4 or 5? Do you want to be a leader? Do you like fun and adventure? Do you have lots of spirit and ready to get people energized and involved? Are you organized enough to work independently and as part of a team? If you answered yes to those
CISAA schools, their student athletes, parents, and coaches are eagerly anticipating the return to school sport in the spring term. We will continue to support the wellbeing of students, adults, and school communities through physical activity. The resumption of inter-school sport will adhere to guidelines provided by national and provincial sport associations, the Ontario Ministries
Earlier this week, students in Grades 2-6 watched a short virtual assembly outlining the conflict that is happening in Ukraine right now. We know many of our students are worried and eager to help. Students have been creating peace posters in support of the Ukrainian people and we have received lots of questions about how
Dear Parents, February was a short, but busy, month at Crestwood! We started the month celebrating the Lunar New Year. Students came dressed in red to bring good luck for the Year of the Tiger. We also kicked off our MS Read-a-thon fundraiser with a virtual assembly. Students were asked to read as much
