Category: Lower School

Thank you to everyone for your efforts and care during Earth Week this year. We were lucky to have beautiful days full of sunshine. We were also lucky to have a visit from Toronto Council Fire – an organization based in Toronto that does educational outreach. Kevin Myran runs a program called, “Little Embers” in

The Crestwood School Badminton Team participated in two separate tournaments this past week. On Wednesday Josh Deng, Grace Geng, and Eric Zhang competed in Round 1 of the SSAF Elementary Badminton Tournament. Grace and Eric partnered to take on Bond Academy and North Toronto Prep in the Mixed Doubles category. While Grace and Eric demonstrated

As a part of our Earth Week festivities, Anishinaabe storyteller, Kevin Myran, visited Crestwood School on Wednesday.  Kevin arrived with his friends, Thunder and Dakota, and they told the most wonderful stories about animals and nature.  Ask your children to tell you the stories of why the bear doesn’t have a tail and why the rabbit has

How do you get some Alligator Pie?  You visit the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall like the Primary Division did on Tuesday.  What a treat it was to hear famous Canadian poet Dennis Lee and a professional opera singer, paired up with the Toronto Orchestra.  During our interactive session we listened to all of

On Monday, April 11, award winning Canadian author Kenneth Oppel visited with our Grade 5 and 6 students.  It was an inspiring visit during which he talked about two of his exciting books:  The Boundless and Silverwing.  The Boundless mixes historical fiction with fantasy and adventure, along with realistic and memorable characters, which makes for an

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

Some highlights and activities on tap for Earth Week. Birds of Garbage: Throughout Earth Week, you will see some very interesting birds hanging around. The Art Committee and the Eco Team joined forces to create a see through bird filled with garbage. Why can we see through it and why is there garbage inside it?

Mark your calendars on Tuesday May 17th and Wednesday May 18th, we will be holding our Used Uniform sale in the gym. This is a great opportunity to stock up on items for next year and to donate your gently used items that your children have outgrown. If you wish to donate any items to

The grade 7 field trip yesterday was a memorable experience at the Tiff Bell Lightbox. The grade 7 class was the first to make a documentary at TIFF. Brent who has been making documentaries for 15 years assisted us and we were honoured to have him help us make our documentary. There were 4 groups

Grade 3A and SKB partnered up this week to form a Reading Buddies Group.  As the students read together they are developing safe and happy relationships with each other, practicing new skills, and improving their confidence in reading.  This week Grade 3A students read aloud the adventures of Arthur to their “buddies”. After reading, the

Unit 4 in French class brings enthusiasm, movement, and creativity. In grade 4, students have begun the unit through physical exercise by singing and dancing, promoting a healthy lifestyle. “Suivez mes Pas” (follow my steps) introduces body parts, giving instructions, and will guide students to lead their own dances in French! (ex. avancez, reculez, et

The Spring sports season will get fired up next week with workouts scheduled for both U12 Softball and the Junior Track and Field. The U12 Co-Ed Softball team tryouts begin on Monday and will run from 3:40 – 4:40PM. Students are asked to arrive with glove, hat, and appropriate footwear (cleats and/or sneakers) and clothing.

Dear Parents, Crestwood is holding a Read-A-Thon to raise money for The Kidney Foundation of Canada, and we need your child’s help! This is a charity that is close to our hearts. In 2009, July Dorland, a student at Crestwood, was suffering from kidney disease. In need of a new kidney, her father was found to be a match.

The Art Room has been a buzz with ideas, debates, colours and creativity. All of the students, from grades 3 to 7 have been working hard to prepare beautiful pieces for our upcoming Art Show. This year, the theme for our auction is “Modern Masterpieces” and you will be impressed by the spectacular collaborative paintings

The Eco Warriors are happy to announce that we now have peas. Our garden is producing!! The students have researched several animals of concern: The little brown bat, the polar bear, and the dolphin. These animals’ populations are in danger and the Eco Team wants to help. Starting next term, the Eco Warriors will be

Crestwood teams have had a successful jammed packed Winter Season, which came to an end this past Friday March 4th. While our junior students were enjoying a fun filled day of skiing at Beaver Valley, our U12 hockey team battled on the ice to capture the U12 DIV11 Hockey Championships. The bond the boys and

Five B has been learning all about forces – tension, torsion, compression, and bending.  We have looked at how these four forces affect the structures we see in the world.  As a culminating activity, we have challenged ourselves to build strong bridges using a limited number of straws, tape, paperclips, and elastic bands.  We tested

Book clubs have been a huge success throughout term 2.  The Grade 1/2 book club read, discussed and completed activities about ten different picture books written and illustrated by Canadian authors and illustrators.  One of the authors, Linda Bailey, is even coming to visit Crestwood all the way from British Columbia on May 2!  More details

This week the Grade 6 classes wrapped up their Electricity unit. We finished the unit with some good old-fashioned board games! Students were required to design an electricity-based board game and they worked diligently, applying their knowledge of energy conservation, circuits, atoms and different energy sources. The games were amazing!  Challenging electricity questions, clear directions, and

One of the students in 3A received a visitor in the mail….FLAT STANLEY.  He was mailed to her from a friend that lives in the United States.  This visit from Flat Stanley sparked an incredible idea.  All the students from 3A made their very own versions of Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is going to accompany

The JK and SK classes went on a field trip to the Young Peoples’ Theatre to see the play, Goodnight Moon!  The play is based upon the North American children’s picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown.  Published in 1947, Goodnight Moon quickly became a classic and a bestseller. Based on a 2007 on-line poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its “Teachers’

Grade 3 had a very special guest speaker visit this past week in order to compliment and highlight their Media Literacy unit. Michael Moser, Director of Marketing at the CBC came in to speak with the students of 3B and 3C. He was able to provide some insight and strategies on how advertising works and the amount of

The Crestwood U12 Coed hockey team capped a successful season by capturing first place in their final tournament in Aurora on Friday. Our boys and girls were competing against the top U12 hockey teams from Pickering College, Country Day School, Toronto French School and Sterling Hall School. We won three games in a row starting with an

On Saturday, February 27, the U11 Basketball team played in a tournament at the Toronto French School. Our first game was against UCC, whose team was in second overall. The boys knew this was going to be a tough game. Crestwood came out showing strong offense and defence, battling for the lead throughout. With only

Please be reminded that the deadline for Term 3 hot lunch enrolment is on Monday, Feb. 29th.  Also The deadline for ordering your student portrait photos is Sunday, February 28th. There will be a $20 fee if deadline is missed. Using Google Chrome follow these steps: Enter www.perfect-portraits.com Click order your photo’s online. Enter your select

Every week 5B has different students report on some media they have found – we call them Media Reporters.  This week, Cecile, Jack S., and Ryan W. each analyzed and presented a piece of media.  We had a mix of videos, advertisements, and newspaper articles.  We learned about Black History Month, new video games, and

The winter sports schedule is quickly coming to an end with many teams competing in their final tournaments today and this weekend. The U9 basketball team travelled to Hamilton today to compete in their final tournament jamboree. On Saturday the undefeated U12 Girls Volleyball team is off to Havergal while U10, U11 and U12 basketball teams travel

A few weeks ago the annual Crestwood H.O.R.S.E. basketball trick shot competition returned and is now in full swing. The game of H.O.R.S.E. is an old time favourite trick shot game that anyone; of any skill level can play. Competitors can use almost any shot they can imagine to try to eliminate their opponent. You might

We will soon be participating in the annual Battery Blitz hosted by the Earth Rangers but we were thinking we could get a head start! In the junior building, we have a battery and phone recycling bin at the entrance to the office and a bin will also be setup in the Atrium. In the