Category: Lower School

The Grade 6 students presented skits to each of the classes this week outlining our “Skip It for Syrians” fundraising campaign. Students at Crestwood School are encouraged to “skip” a treat and donate the money to Syrian refugees, which they can use to buy essential items to start their new lives in Canada. The Grade

The Grade 3 classes visited the Young People’s Theater this week.  We started the morning by watching a live performance of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.  The technical production, the incredible acting and the wonderful music dazzled us.  After watching the play, the Grade 3’s participated in a drama workshop led by one of

On Tuesday, March 7th the grade 2 classes will be presenting their musical “Lemonade!” at 2:30pm in the school gym. A reminder to all parents that costumes and DVD order forms are due at the school by Tuesday, February 28th. We are looking forward to presenting a great show! All are welcome to attend. -Ms.

On Monday, April 24th all JK to Grade 3 students will be taking a trip to watch the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s show entitled “The Hockey Sweater”. Please remember that all permission forms and payment are due at the school as soon as possible. Thank you! -Ms. Spigott

Bonjour! My name is Aaron Kligerman. I am the French teacher for grades 4 and 5!  I am thrilled to be a part of the Crestwood faculty. This is truly an amazing group of people, and a very special place.  I am passionate about teaching, and especially about languages!  Besides French, I also speak (and

The Art Labyrinth is well under way with the self-portrait room complete! We are now constructing the masks and creature room! Stay tuned! It is going to be amazing! -Ms. Romanenko

The Grade 6’s had an exciting Scientists in School session on Thursday with scientist Peter bringing in all sorts of fun experiments dealing with electricity.  The students explored electromagnetism, static electricity, series and parallel circuits, conductors and insulators, and even built a human battery.  It was a great review for the upcoming electricity test, and we all

The Grade Two classes visited the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Monday, February 13th. We had a fabulous day learning Japanese dances, playing games, hearing traditional Japanese stories and dressing up in traditional Japanese dress. We even got to put on a fashion show and play with some ancient toys. It was a fun filled

Hot Lunch Forms for Term 3 were sent home this week.  If you wish your child to participate in the hot lunch program for the 3rd term, please send the forms back to the office before Friday, March 3rd. -Grace Cruz

Recently, the students on the Community Service team asked if they could make and send Valentine’s cards to people in need of some extra love in our community.  We have teamed up with a local retirement home, and are making 60 cards for residents who may not receive cards or visitors very often.  The students

1. The Blessing of a Skinned Knee             2. Einstein Never Used Flashcards             3. A Nation of Wimps

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. We are looking once more for “gently used” uniforms. We will be collecting used uniforms starting Monday Feb 13, 2017. Please only send uniforms that are in good condition.  No stains, discolouration or

On Monday, February 6, the Kids’ Lit Quiz team travelled to Ryerson University to compete against 88 other teams.  After training for four months, by reading a wide variety of books and practicing literary trivia questions, the team had a challenging and exciting day.  Categories of questions ranged from “Doors”–Who spoke the words ‘Open Sesame’?

Mr. Conn’s class concluded their geometry unit by creating Super Structures with solid geometric shapes. Checkout their creations.

Hi my name is Grace and I am 11 years old in 6B. My favourite colours are black and purple and I want to be an animator when I am older. My favourite subjects are Art, Computers and Language. My runner up would be Math. My favourite type of music is rock, pop, jazz or

Crestwood Parents, The Crestwood Parent Association will be meeting next on Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 9 a.m. in the school library.  All welcome!!! -CSPA

With the old building being transformed into something new and fresh, we will pay homage by creating a series of “rooms” to capture the transformation from Old to New. Each grade 5 and 6 class will create, design and build a room that together will become a labyrinth. Grade 3 and 4 classes will contribute

5B has been learning all about the human body.  This week we studied the respiratory system and learned about a very important muscle called the diaphragm.  To better understand how the diaphragm and lungs work together to help us breathe, the students made working models.  We used a plastic cup to represent the ribcage, a

The U12 Hockey and Basketball teams travelled to Montreal this past weekend to compete in the Lower Canada College Invitational Tournament. Ten basketball players along with eighteen hockey players climbed aboard our bus early Thursday morning in anticipation of meeting new friends, some healthy competition and lots of fun. The hockey started the tournament with

Please be reminded that re-enrolment forms are due tomorrow, Tuesday, January 31st. Thank you.

On Monday, the U12 girl’s volleyball team played two tough rounds of volleyball against SMLS and Montcrest.  The ladies lost a hard-fought match against SMLS, but reigned victorious in their match-up with Montcrest.  Coaches Calway and Suckstorff were especially impressed with the dedication and grit the ladies showed during their third set tiebreaker with Montcrest. 

Thank you to everyone who participated in Crestwood’s first Sock It To Me sock drive.  On Wednesday, students and teachers were invited to donate a new pair of socks, and wear their craziest socks all day long.  Not only did we have a lot of fun feet at school that day, we also collected 368 pairs of socks

This week, the Grade 5’s continued to learned about the skeletal system with a visit from Dr. Lisa, a chiropractor and a Crestwood mom!  We got down to the business of bones, learning a lot of fun facts about our skeleton.  Did you know that children have growth plates at the end of their bones,