Category: Lower School

On Thursday, the Grade Ones had their annual trip to the Harbourfront Centre. In the morning, the children learned about the first books ever used before making their own. Everyone was given very delicate Japanese paper to fold into accordion books. Following that they designed a special cover before assembling their books. We are sure

On behalf of the Crestwood parent body, the CSPA will be hosting a Teacher Appreciation Lunch on Tuesday June 6th. It will be our turn to work for them and give thanks to our wonderful teaching staff and admin staff. We are catering a lovely buffet in our Atrium building in the music room from

  Last Saturday morning, nine students from Crestwood competed in the Crescent Science Olympics.  They were involved with intense competitions involving bridges, forensics, airplanes, the human body, microscopes, electricity, separating mixtures, and lasers. We’d like to extend big congratulations to Brody, Noah, and Daniel in grade 4, Riya, Farnood, and Liam in grade 5, and Molly, Raymond, and

On behalf of the Crestwood School Parents’ Association, we would like to thank you for volunteering and participating in the Used Uniform Sale. Our event was a huge success!!  We raised $3500.00 last week and $4000.00 during our fall sale, amassing a grand total of $7500.00 for 2016-17 year. Volunteers play an integral role in

The Jk/Sk classes had a wonderful time at the Young People’s Theatre on Wednesday May 3rd where they saw the amazing stories of Robert Munsch come alive in the play Munschtime!  Murmel, Murmel, Murmel, A Promise is a Promise, Pigs, and the Parents’ Choice Award for Love You Forever!  Robert Munsch is our new favourite

The Crestwood Staff is asking that parents do not allow their children to bring Spinner Fidget Toys to school.  Instead of helping students to concentrate, these toys are becoming a significant distraction in class.  Please ask your children to leave them at home. Thank you for your assistance. -Ms. Hektor (Jr. Principal)

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” (Walt Disney)…and we proved it!! Our idea of transforming the art room into a new reality was a success!! Congratulations to all of the participating artists for taking on such an ambitious project. It was so wonderful to go on this creative journey with you, my

The Grade 3’s visited the natural community at Evergreen Brickworks last week.​ We learned that all living things, including plants,​ need food, water, shelter, and space and how the interaction of elements in a strong human community represents a healthy ecosystem. The Living City introduced students to Toronto’s surprising abundance of living things—fox, deer, coyote, rabbit,

On Monday all of Crestwood’s primary students travelled to Roy Thomson Hall to hear the Toronto Symphony Orchestra present a show entitled “The Hockey Sweater” which was a musical celebration of Canada.  The orchestra performed many selections of music honouring different provinces and territories.  We were able to see and hear all of the different

Please join the staff and students at Crestwood in wishing the following students the best of luck in their participation in the annual Science Olympics hosted by Crescent School on April 29th. The students will be accompanied by Grade 6 Science teacher, Ms. Sara Suckstorff. Grade 4 Daniel Markusson Noah Kassam Brody Goldman Grade 5

Check out Crestwood’s own Cody Black in this unsettling drama from English playwright Dennis Kelly (co-writer Matilda the Musical), ORPHANS, which premiered at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in 2009, is a gritty urban tale that questions morality, loyalty, and family while trying to keep quiet the violence and evil that lurks inside everyone. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-hottest-tickets-in-town-five-things-to-do-in-toronto/article34691045/    

Crestwood Parents, Volunteer are still required for our Used Uniform Sale held April 25th-April 27, 2017. Your participation would be much appreciated. If you are interested, please click on the following web link to sign up. https://www.volunteersignup.org/TMRT8 Thank you, CSPA

Dear Parents Just a reminder that tickets are selling out fast for Crestwood’s day at the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, May 13th. Please submit order forms as soon as possible, as the deadline to purchase tickets is Friday April 28th. Don’t miss out on cheering for our Toronto Blue Jays and seeing Crestwood’s name

The JK and SK’s had a fun visit to the “BIG” (Don Mills Public) library. We learned about all the different kinds of books they have! Books about people, places and animals. Books in different languages; we even saw a book in Braille! We all had a good time picking books off the shelves to

Do you know what a “pedologist” studies?  The Grade 3’s became pedologists this week and got down and dirty with a variety of soil types. We discovered that soil is composed of earth materials and decaying organisms. We investigated the ability of different types of soil to hold water, as well as the factors that

On Thursday, award-winning author/illustrator Barbara Reid visited with the JK-Grade 2 classes. The children were incredibly excited to meet Barbara and learn about how she creates her incredible plasticine illustrations.  We learned that she often gets her inspiration from nature while out on walks with her dog, Ruby, who appears in many of her stories. 

On Wednesday night the CSPA hosted a meet and mingle event for parents and staff. The turn out was phenomenal and we all had a great time. We would like to thank all of those who were able to join us. Thank you for cheering on your fellow axe throwers. Thank you for your laughter

All of our students in Grade 3-6 are busy creating a Labyrinth of Art with Ms. Romanenko for Crestwood School’s annual Art Show. We are extremely proud to present this year’s Art Show as it will be one like no other. The Art Room will be transformed with self-portraits, sculptures, and masks which will all

Hello! My name is Judy H. Zeng. I am in class 5D and I am 10 years old. My favourite colours are black and white and my favourite classes are Language, Art, P.E., Math and Science. I like drawing, sketching, painting and doing cartoon characters (animates). I come from China and I have been living

On Thursday, March 30, the Grade 5 and 6 classes were visited by internationally acclaimed Canadian author Deborah Ellis.  Deborah wrote the international bestseller The Breadwinner, which was inspired by the true story of a young girl who cut off her hair and pretended to be a boy so she could earn money to support her family in

Today Class 1A and 1B magically turned into engineers when they participated in a Structures workshop. Once they learned what a “structure” is, they participated in 5 different centers. From building, to fastening, supporting, classifying different materials, and learning about foundations and frameworks, they did it all!! Thank you so much to all the moms,

Dear Crestwood Parents, The CSPA will be holding their spring Used Uniform Sale April 25th-27th, 2017 in the Music Room, located in the Primary building. This year available at the sale will be NEW TIES!! Your donations are still needed to make this sale a success! Please only send uniforms that are in good condition.  No stains,

Grade 3A and SK partnered up this week to begin a Reading Buddies program. The Grade 3’s will have the opportunity to be peer leaders to their kindergarten friends. Each week the two classes will come together to read themed stories and complete activities that focus on literacy development, phonics skills, sight vocabulary, and of

Choir is underway for the final term! The Junior Choir will start up again on Tuesday and the Primary Choir will begin on Wednesday, April 5th.  The Primary Choir will be practising every Wednesday at 12:50pm leading up to the Spring Concert on June 1st.  Any students in grades 1, 2 and 3 are welcome to come and sing.  See you there! -Ms.

We hope that everyone had a fabulous March Break. We often hear how difficult it is for parents to connect with fellow parents as we all live in different pockets of the city. The CRESTWOOD Parents Association is committed to solving this issue and we are hosting our first CRESTWOOD night out on Tuesday, April 4th,

Club forms will go home with ALL students tonite!!  We will mail the club forms to those students who were picked up early or absent today. 

On behalf of all Crestwood coaches, I would like to thank you for entrusting your child with us this past term. Encouraging our athletes with positive reinforcement and skills they require to improve their athletic performance throughout the season is a privilege we don’t take lightly. Our teams experienced success and hopefully your child created

Please be reminded that only the Primary Reports (JK-3) will be mailed out before the March Break. Junior Reports (Gr.4-6) will be mailed out in early April.