Indigenous Canadian Music

  The junior students are learning about Indigenous Canadian Music. Check out Laura Niquay (video below), who is a singer songwriter from Wemotaci, Quebec. She was nominated for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit Canadian music award that celebrates creativity and diversity. We also listened to music from the 2014 and 2015 winners

Meet Andy Réti

  Last week, Crestwood School’s Grade 6 students had the amazing opportunity to hear the story of a Holocaust survivor. This man’s name is Andy Réti, and I hope to be able to share his incredible journey that we all got to hear and see about on Thursday. I hope you can recognize the significance

Artists of the Month

  This month brings us a group of four very different and wonderful artists. Exhibition is open for students. This show has brought a lot of attention, discussion, and ideas. This week I will showcase two of our artists. Jasmine Chen with her detailed and realistic artwork using pencils, and Alon Hogan with his quick and

6A News

  6A participated in the CBC Kids News in the classroom this week. We learned all about how to write a news article. We learned about the acronym TRQEE. As a class we wrote an article on a meteorite landing in a lady’s pillow in her British Columbian home. Together we chose this topic, did our research, posed

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, November has been a month filled with lots of wonderful learning experiences and exciting virtual events. The month started out with our much anticipated Book Fair! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped organize and facilitate this fabulous event. A big thank you to Ms. Bafaro for all her hard

Prisms & Pyramids

  3C and 3D have been learning about geometric shapes in math this week.  Using marshmallows and toothpicks, students were challenged to construct three-dimensional prisms and pyramids.  They were then asked to compare each shape’s faces, edges, and vertices.  An additional challenge of creating more difficult shapes was also presented. Vicki Corbett & Martine Racanelli

Sports Report

  Our return to intramural sports this year was embraced by eager students from grades 3-6. Although a slightly different season than in previous years, the return to sports filled a void in school life that was felt by many. Over 160 students took part in our intramural sports program. Congratulations to our 2021-22 cross

3A Engineering Basics

  Do you like using your imagination to build things that solve problems? If you do, you’re thinking like an engineer! 3A identified and solved the problem of how to scratch an itchy back by designing and creating our very own back scratchers. First, we started by gathering some materials. We decided that we would

Breaking Book Fair Sales Records!

  Wow!  Crestwood students love their books! Our Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success! Our fair sold over $18,000 worth of books between the in person and virtual fairs!  Your investment in your reader helped our school to earn valuable Rewards that can be redeemed for new books for our school. Thank you to all families, teachers, and students who participated,

Book Fair Open Until Midnight

  The virtual Scholastic book fair is open until midnight tonight!  A great opportunity to get some items that may have been overlooked at the fair!  Thank you for all of your support and enjoy the new books! https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5161129

Way to go, Crestwood!

  Thank you so much to the Crestwood Community for generously donating goods and monetary donations to support Share Your Smiles and the Anduhyaun shelter. This week, the community service team packed care packages filled with essential care items and Olivia and Maya will be delivering the packages. The shelter will be passing them out to Indigenous women and

Parent Pickup Progress

  A couple of small changes to our Parent Pick-up procedures have made a BIG impact. Notes for your consideration: We are now using Ipads to communicate to the teachers when you arrive to collect your child. Zone 1 line-up area remains the same. Zone 2 cars are asked to pass through the back parking lot and

Art Room Rumblings

  Last week, the week before Halloween and the entire month of October was super busy in the art room: Ideas, decisions, and creations. All students from Gr4-6 were busy working on decorations for the school, school yard and Haunted House!!! Individuals and groups were creating ghosts, funny and scary skeletons, zombies, black cats, bats,

Matter Mania!

  This week students in the Grade 5 worked with professional scientists in order to discover more about solids, liquids and gases. The students were visited by a virtual presenter from the organization “Scientists in the School” and used their knowledge of matter to perform chemical experiments in the hopes of identifying a mystery substance. It was

COVID-19 Vaccination for Children

October 29, 2021 Dear Parent or Guardian: Re: COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Dr. Eileen de Villa Medical Officer of Health Tel: 416-338-7820 Fax: 416-392-0713 eileen.devilla@toronto.ca toronto.ca/health Toronto Public Health is preparing to vaccinate children between the ages of 5 to 11 once the vaccine is approved for this age group and the Ministry of Health

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, We have had a “spooktacular” October, ending with an incredible Halloween celebration today. Thank you to Mr. Cooper and the House Heads for organizing a wide variety of fun activities for us. And thank you to the CSPA for providing some extra spooky Halloween decorations for our Haunted House! A special shoutout

Gr.4-6 Uniform Update

  Dear Parents, We have heard several concerns regarding students’ discomfort when wearing the tie and mask. As a compromise, we have agreed to allow students to wear their button-down shirts without a tie (if they wish). Thank you for your continued cooperation. Dalia Eisen

A Visit from Illustrator Soyeon Kim

  This week, the 4C and 4D classes had a lesson with Soyeon Kim, illustrator of the children’s books ‘You are Never Alone’ and ‘You are Stardust’. The children created forest and ocean themed dioramas that fit perfectly into their science topic of Habitats. Soyeon Kim demonstrated some creative art techniques, making background and foreground