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
Category: Lower School
Girls Bball Clipped by Kingsway College
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
Crestwood Celebrates Literacy
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
A View from the Crosswalk
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
Community Service Sweep!
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
Soccer Festival Fun
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
Lost and Please Help Me Find?
My son Josh lost his clarinet at the end of September. We’ve been searching everywhere but it hasn’t turned up. Could you all kindly check your kids’ instruments and school lockers in case it was picked up inadvertently. The clarinet should be tagged Josh Paquin, 5D. If you do find it please kindly pass on
Urban and Rural
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
Budding Artists
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!
U12 Soccer Match vs Montcrest
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
U12 Girls BBall Bounce Back
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
Bringing Order to Gr.6 Math
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,
Girls Bball Clipped by CDS
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
U12 Soccer Stops Sterling
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
X Country to Crescent
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
Gr.1 Apple Pickin’
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
Got Milk!
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 Clubs
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
Zoo for Grade 2
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
U12 Soccer Storm Cyclones
After waiting 40 minutes for our opposition to arrive, the Crestwood U12 Traditional team were keen to get the game started and pressed CDS back into their defensive half from the kickoff. A succession of overlapping runs and crosses came close to opening the scoring. The pressure soon paid dividends as Beckett scored his first
The Habitat That We Call Home
This year in Grade 4 Social Studies students are learning about habitats. Keeping this in mind, today was an especially exciting day! Today we discovered that we don’t need to look very far in order to begin our studies. In fact, we became acutely aware that the beautiful location of our very own school was
U9 Soccer Travels to TFS
On Friday, September 30th the U9 soccer team had a great showing at the TFS invitational. We played a total of 8 games, tying 4 and losing the other 4 by only 1 goal each game. All teammates showed great sportsmanship and enthusiasm in all of the games. We practice again on Tuesday and play The Country Day
Art Committee Kicks Off
The Art Committee has commenced and we are already working hard on sets for the grade one and three plays. A warm welcome to our new members! We are very excited for all of the amazing projects that we will be creating throughout the year. Thank you for your initiative, dedication and hard work. -Ms. Romanenko
Welcoming the Sun, Yoga Poses, Mindfulness and Story Telling
This week Grade 3A took part in the first of an 8 week sensory yoga programme, lead by Specialist Lee Davis. Lee is an Occupational and Yoga therapist, dedicated to the benefits of learning through movement. Her interactive classes help children develop listening skills, self-esteem, social skills, and the list goes on. This week our students
Girls’ Basketball Solid vs. St. Clement’s
The U12 girls basketball team played their hearts out yesterday in their season opener against St. Clement’s. While we didn’t officially ‘keep score’, the Crestwood Cubs managed to score 12 spectacular points, keeping the fans cheering all game long. The whole team worked together to play solid defense, only letting the other team score a
U9 Soccer vs. Crescent
Yesterday the U9 soccer team had their first game of the season vs. Crescent School. Despite their determination and enthusiasm they fell short. Our 4 goalies (Jayin Vohra, Brayden Cox, Zidan Asghar and Coco Aylward) had a combined 33 saves! On the field every player worked hard to help protect the net and get the ball down the
U12 Soccer Crush Crescent
The Crestwood U12 Traditional Soccer team traveled to Crescent for their opening game of the season. Playing our 4-2-3-1 System the boys started brightly and quickly took the lead with a goal from Co-Captain Adam Pearlman. Crestwood’s other Co-Captain, Dylan Wilkinson took control of the back line keeping the host team scoreless through the half.
CSPA presents Screenagers
The Crestwood School Parents’ Association would like to invite you to a viewing of the documentary SCREENAGERS. ABOUT THE FILM: Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a
On your mark, get set, go!
On Monday the Crestwood Cross Country team traveled to Centennial Park for the first meet of the season. The students gathered on this rainy day and conquered a course through the muddy terrain of the park. Despite the weather we had some top 10 placements. Congratulations to all of our athletes! Special mention to our
Terry Fox Run
At Crestwood we are proud of the commitment we have made to Community Service in the past. We are beginning the 2016-2017 school year with our annual Terry Fox Walk/Run, which will take place during the afternoon of THURSDAY, September 29TH, 2016. Students should be in their House t-shirts, Crestwood gym shorts or track pants