Category: Lower School

The Grade 6 students had the privilege of listening to immigration lawyer, Stephen Green discuss some of the processes immigrants must go through to start a new life in Canada. Students learned about government regulations for both extended travels, and applying for full citizenship. This relates closely to our Social Studies unit about Canadian Immigration,

Dear Parents of Crestwood, The CSPA will be holding a Used Uniform Sale the week of November 14th. We are looking for volunteers to help out with the sale.  We appreciate any time you can spare.  The signup link is below. https://www.volunteersignup.org/QPLHP Thank you, CSPA

C.S.P.A. Used Uniform Sale Two Days Only (in the gym) TUESDAY NOV 15TH 8:00 AM – 10:30AM & 2:30PM – 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY NOV 16TH 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM SAVE at least 50% and pay NO TAX. Cash or cheque (made payable to C.S.P.A.) only. NO refunds, returns/exchanges

The U9 Soccer season came to an end at the Crescent Invitational tournament last Friday, October 28th. The team played 5 games, winning two and coming close in the other 3. We had a great season and improvement was noticed in all players. Thank you to the entire team for your hard work and dedication!

Crestwood vs Bayview Glen – Semi-Final The team started sharply and was moving the ball quickly with control and some excellent passing. This created ample scoring opportunities that were taken, firstly by Tao and then by Luke, giving Crestwood a 2-0 win. The boys were heading to the Championship game playing some of their best

Dear Crestwood Parents, The CSPA is looking for “gently used” uniform clothing donations for our up and coming sale on Wednesday, November 14th – Thursday, November 15th. We will be collecting used uniforms starting November 1st, 2016. Please only send uniforms that are in good condition.  No stains, discolouration or holes. This will make sorting for

Crestwood’s Grade 6 theatregoers attended an impressive performance of Spirit Horse at Young People’s Theatre this morning.  A quest story, Spirit Horse chronicles the adventures of two Indigenous children as they bond with and protect the mysterious horse that their grandfather has given them.  In follow-up discussions, students discussed the skillfulness with which only three actors created the many

It is hard to believe that our Fall Sports Season is winding up tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 29th. For the first time in many years, Championship Saturday, calls for warm temperatures. However, spectators don’t forget your umbrellas and other appropriate gear because we may be in store for some mixed weather. Congratulations to all athletes who

Cold, wet, windy and grey. The day could not have been any less inviting for our trip to UCC. But we ventured across the city anyway to play our last game of the season. With 3 players missing the 11 Crestwood players took the field.  In a battling first half, Crestwood fell behind 2 –

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school and you are invited to come and share in this celebration of literacy with us! Mark your calendars so you will not miss our Scholastic Book Fair, being held from Tuesday, November 1st – Thursday, November 3rd from 8:30-4:30 each day.  It’s a special event for our entire school community. Our Book Fair gives you

The JK and SK boys and girls had such a fun day at Willowgrove Farm on Wednesday. We picked a pumpkin, made a Crestwood Scarecrow and went on a tractor ride! It was such a great extension to our Pumpkin theme. Did you know that Pumpkins float? And the stem of the pumpkin is called a

The CISAA Junior Cross Country Championship took place on Wednesday afternoon at Centennial Park in Etobicoke.  Our school took 18 athletes from Grades 3 to 6 to compete at this final event of the season.  With the cold temperatures and excitement for the race, Crestwood students were ready to run hard.  All of our racers

The U12 Girls Basketball team played their final regular season game yesterday at Glendon against Kingsway College. The teams were very evenly matched and the score stayed close throughout the game. We started to lose focus in the third quarter and fell behind by 8 points. In the fourth, we dug deeper, and came back

The Book Fair begins on Tuesday. Mark your calendars so you will not miss this celebration of literacy with us. It is being held from Tuesday, November 1st – Thursday, November 3rd from 8:30-4:30 each day.  It’s a special event for our entire school community. Our Book Fair gives you and your children the opportunity to buy carefully selected, quality books and

I am one of the few teachers who that have the pleasure of starting some of my days on our crosswalk greeting our students and starting their day with a smile. Along with getting to share some morning cheer, I get to begin the day with one of the most important activities we are entrusted with as teachers; ensuring the health and

This week, Crestwood’s Community Service Team recruited some amazing volunteers to help clean up our playgrounds.  We gave out gloves and bags and swarmed both playgrounds, collecting several bags of garbage! Thank you to all the students who helped to keep our playgrounds beautiful for everyone to enjoy! -Ms. Calway  

On Wednesday October 19th, the U12 Festival soccer team travelled to Villanova College for their tournament. The boys played three outstanding round robin games. They tied one game and suffered two heartbreaking losses. The boys and girls showed incredible teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the entire day. The next tournament will be played in Hamilton next Saturday. Players

On Wednesday the Grade 3’s boarded a bus and headed to Toronto’s city core to explore our urban community from 553.33 meters high up in the sky.  As we travelled up the elevator of the CN Tower in a mere 56 seconds, we were on a mission to discover the special features of our city. From

Dear Parents: After much anticipation, your budding artist’s will be bringing home their masterpieces in the next few weeks! Included with his/her artwork, is your order form to purchase greeting cards, mugs, coasters, compact mirrors, magnets, jigsaw puzzles, placemats, coffee mugs, gift tags, etc. This is an ideal gift with Hannukah and Christmas right around the corner!

A long trip down to Cherry Beach after dropping off the Girls Basketball team at Montcrest School left the U12 Traditional team feeling a little lethargic. Missing two of our strong players the boys attempted to adapt to some new positions and a large, fast artificial pitch. After a battling first half Crestwood found themselves

The U12 Girls Basketball team had a busy week of games! On Monday, the team traveled to Montcrest and, unfortunately, was defeated by a more powerful team, many of whom towered over our players. Special thanks to Coach Conn who was the guest coach for the game! On Tuesday, the team bounced back and played against The

Today in Miss Suckstorff’s math class students practised comparing and ordering numbers.  Students worked together to put 50 large numbers in order from least to greatest and greatest to least.  Students completed the task a second time without speaking, using only gestures to get the job done.  It was a great exercise in place value,

The U12 Girls basketball team played a nail biter of a game yesterday against Country Day School! The score was close all game, with so many great plays on both sides of the court. With countless steals and breakaway layups, the girls were working hard trying to keep up with their very skilled opponents. While

Another game and another victory for the Traditional U12 Soccer team. Our small squad of 12 players made the short trip up to Glendon to face a strong Sterling Hall team. Crestwood started brightly with a succession of chances that were carved out by some good link up play. Our two outside backs, Adam J

The Grades 3-6 Cross Country Team walked up to Crescent yesterday for a friendly meet between the two schools.  Our students all raced with enthusiasm and excellent stamina.  Legs were pumping and hearts were racing along the beautiful, fall-coloured hills of the course.  We are so proud of all of our runners.  Special mention goes

Recently, the Grade Ones set off for Chudleigh’s Apple Farm with very unsettled weather looming. When our happy Grade Ones arrived, so did the beautiful, sunny weather! A day outdoors with a tractor ride, apple picking, learning how to make apple cider as well as tasting it, and a petting zoo, couldn’t have been better

Daisy, the Holstein Cow, visited the Grade 3 classes on Tuesday to talk about the connection between urban and rural communities.  Here are some quick “A-MOO-zing” facts that we learned: DID YOU KNOW… Most Canadian dairy farms are family owned. Dairy cows give an average of 27 litres of milk per day and they are milked twice

Crestwood School Club Information has been sent home with all students today.  Please make sure you return the club forms on Tuesday, October 11th.  Club confirmation letters will be sent home on or before Friday, October 14th. Thanks -Grace Cruz

On Thursday, October 6th the Grade Two classes travelled to the Toronto Zoo to participate in a workshop on Animal Classification. We were lucky to have a beautiful, sunny fall day for our trip! We spent the day learning about all of the diverse and unique animals that call the Toronto Zoo home. We had fun discovering and