Category: Lower School

We are excited to say that we currently have close to 300 active parents on our Edsby system. Thank you for your participation and please keep an eye out for any invitations to groups or teams that your children may be participating in for the Fall term. For those of you not yet familiar with

The Senior Kindergarten class is looking forward to presenting their musical “The Little Engine That Could Sing” before their graduation ceremony on Wednesday, June 14th.  It will be at 1:30pm in the primary music room.  We hope to see you there! -Ms. Spigott

The junior choir recently finished their year with a performance at Canada’s Wonderland Festival of Music.  They performed three songs for an adjudicator who gave them great feedback and afterwards were able to spend the afternoon enjoying the rides.  Ms. Spigott would like to acknowledge and thank all of the members of Crestwood’s primary and

The Grade 2’s visited the Kortright Centre on Thursday, June 8th. We learned all about following the path of water through the water cycle using hands-on activities. We were also able to investigate the visible effects of air and water, and learn how they affect all living things. We had a great time! -Mrs. Robinson

Dear Parents, Our Family Fun Day takes place on Tuesday and we are looking forward to seeing everyone for a fun filled afternoon. Please submit all order forms for wristbands and raffle tickets to the office as soon as possible. Silent auction items and sponsorships are still being accepted. Please click here to download our

The JK boys and girls have had an amazing experience watching the Life Cycle of the butterfly. They arrived as tiny caterpillars. Then they grew and grew! Wrapped themselves into a cocoon (pupa or chrysalis) They waited patiently until they emerged from the cocoons as beautiful butterflies! All this is called “metamorphosis”

This week, Crestwood’s Community Service Team went to Sunnybrook’s Veterans Centre.  In the weeks leading up to this trip, the team had decorated small flower pots and planted pansies to bring as gifts.  Students met with veterans from World War 2 and the Korean War who shared their stories, experiences, and even some memorabilia.  The

Dancing – it’s fun to do, it’s entertaining to watch and it’s a great way to exercise. And it’s at its best when done in a group. Crestwood School welcomed dance teacher Niky Johnson this past week.  Johnson travels throughout the CIS community delivering dance instruction to large and small groups alike. She believes dance is a celebration

Today the grade 3 classes visited Black Creek Pioneer Village to further investigate Communities in Canada from 1780-1850. Students participated in a highly interactive workshop called “Hands on History” where they explored how to card wool, operate a loom and produce on the printing press. Immediately following the workshop students had time to visit the many

This week the JK, SK and Grade 1 students had an author visit with a very special author…. a Crestwood parent!  Leslie Prowse Zemla shared her book “My Home is My Castle” with the students and explained the story behind her story, as well as the process of publishing a book. For more information or

Dear Crestwood Parents, As Crestwood’s 25th annual Family Fun Day is fast approaching on Tuesday June 13th, we wanted to say thank you to all the families who have generously sponsored and donated to our event. We truly appreciate it!!!  This is just a reminder that there is still time to sponsor and donate items. Every

The grade 6’s braved the rain yesterday for a great afternoon trip to the Kortright Centre for Conservation.  Students learned about some of Ontario’s invasive species (like the Emerald Ash Borer), how scientists classify organisms (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species), Ontario’s turtle and snake population (and were able to pet a snake!), and

Dear parents, Please take a moment to read over these simple instructions in preparation for next week’s Spring Concert. Reminders for students: Please remember to bring instruments and music books on Monday (if you have class), TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY for all grade 4,5 and 6’s. We are walking to Lawrence Park Community Church for our dress rehearsals on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Please dress for the

Project Give Back is a passion-based program designed for elementary students to develop empathy, build character, and ignite community minded citizens. It was started in 2008, when Ellen realized that the program she was running in her grade 4 classroom was having such an incredible impact on the children who participated. She needed to spread

Dear Parents, At Crestwood School we encourage our students to recognize the importance of helping others and giving back. We are very proud of our tradition of community service and we are particularly pleased when individuals take the initiative to propose their own charitable fundraiser to help those in need.   Last year, Tyler Solomon initiated

This week, the Community Service Team celebrated the arrival of the beautiful weather with a school yard garbage pick up!  Armed with gloves and bags, the kids worked together to clean up the playgrounds, making our school (and the environment) an even more beautiful place. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help! -Ms. Calway

Last week, award winning Canadian author Philippa Dowding visited Crestwood’s Grade 3 and 4 students.  Ms. Dowding answered her most asked questions such as: When did you start writing? (at age 9), What’s your favourite book?  (Charlotte’s Web), Where do you get your ideas? (everywhere and anywhere–she got the idea of living gargoyles while shopping

This week the Grade 5’s spent an amazing day outside at Crawford Lake.  We learned all about the Iroquoian village that existed there over 600 years ago, and experienced the local First Nations history.  We touched a grinding stone, played lacrosse, and even made fire using birch bark and dried milkweed. From listening to Turtle Island creation

The Grade 4’s visited Medieval Times on Tuesday. We first explored the front entrance and then entered the stadium where we were served a frosty beverage. Then the action got started. We saw horses doing tricks, knights battling for supremacy, kingdoms attacking one another, as well as the official games.  It was a fantastic day

The Senior Kindergarten class discovered a robin’s nest under the red and blue umbrella on the primary playground!  The discovery prompted a fun learning experience about robins.   Did you know that the robin is an icon of the spring season?  Robins live in North America.  They are the most easily recognizable bird because of

SPRING CONCERT Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Toronto Centre for the Arts 5040 Yonge St./North York Blvd. Dear Parents, Crestwood School’s Grades 4-6 Music Program, along with the Primary and Junior Choirs, would like to invite you to attend the Spring Concert which will be held on Thursday, June 1st , 2017 at

Ali Hanson, Asst. Director, Neema International recently forwarded some pictures of the three students we continue to proudly support.