Dear Parents, Welcome to the 2022/2023 school year! It has been such a fabulous start to the year and we are so excited to share a little about our first week back. Our first day on Wednesday was filled with smiles, laughter, and lots of new friends! It was wonderful to see our returning
Junior Choir Information
Is your child in Gr. 4-6 and love to sing? Encourage them to join Junior Choir! Choir students will meet every Monday and Friday at 8:00 am – 8:40 am and have a blast learning fun songs, singing along with their peers. The sign-up sheet is outside Ms. Birchard’s music room door (Rm. 1) across
Edsby Info
For those of you not yet familiar with Edsby, it provides a modern way for parents and guardians to track their child’s homework, daily schedules, P/T interviews, weekly news, etc. New parents would have received an invitation email from Edsby recently which will provide a link that allows you to setup your own personal
Riddle Me This?
Here is a riddle for you: You can find me all over Earth. I am usually dark brown. Plants grow in me. What am I? If your answer is “dirt,” you are right! Scientists call dirt, soil. Grade 3A made some edible soil desserts in class this week. We labeled all of the different yummy
1B Engineers
After wrapping up our unit on structures, Grade 1B put on their engineer hats to design their own playgrounds. You can be the judges if you think they might have a future in the business. Esther Alter
Ball Hockey Bonanza
Close to 30 students participated in our final ball hockey tournament of 2022. The setting could not have been better starting with a superb spring day combined with new nets on our super sport court. We broke the lads into 4 teams comprised of both grade 5 and 6 players and each team played
Let’s Get Messy!
This week 1A enjoyed a hands-on art workshop courtesy of Millie’s mom and dad, the owners of Messy Pants. 1A had fun creating one-of-a-kind masterpieces using clay and paint to give to their fathers and grandfathers on Father’s Day. They even got the opportunity to make something for themselves-neon slime in their choice of
Get the Dirt on Plants!
Grade 3’s got ready to dig into the connected world of soil and plants! We participated in a virtual Scientists in the Schools program, where we explored the importance of soil by investigating soil layers and experimenting with water retention. We uncovered the relationship between plants and everyday items such as our clothing, elastic bands,
Gr.4 Travel Back to Medieval Times
The grade 4 classes were paid a visit by a knight in shining armour name Sir Peter Hurley. They had the opportunity to travel back in time to the Middle Ages to experience life as a knight. Jaclyn Amar
Jump Rope for Heart on Monday
Dear Parents, Jump Rope for Heart is an event nobody wants to skip! Our school will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on Monday, June 13th. From now until the event, students will learn fun ways to get active for heart health while raising awareness and support for Heart & Stroke. We will
Courtesy and Patience when Driving
While I realize that sometimes peoples’ patience can wear thin and everyone is in a rush to get to where they are going, we all need to be mindful of driving carefully and safely when dropping off and picking up students. If there is a line of cars driving up the hill, please do not
Take Off to Reading Success
Did you know that learning to read is a challenge for almost 40 percent of kids? The good news is every child CAN learn to read, including yours! Your child just needs tailored, structured support to match the way s/he learns best. The effects of falling behind and feeling like a failure can be devastating. Early intervention
Author Cary Fagan Visits Crestwood
On Monday, May 30, the Grade 3 and 4 students were treated to an IN-PERSON author visit with Canadian writer, Cary Fagan. After reading many of his books during library class, it was fascinating to learn more about Cary Fagan, how he started his career as a writer, as well as finding out some
Author Gordon Korman’s Virtual Visit
On Friday, May 27th author Gordon Korman came for an online visit with the Grades 3 to 6 students. Korman writes mostly realistic and adventure fiction for grades 4-8. He has also written around 100 books. Some of the books he talked about were This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall, Ungifted, Liar Liar
Jump Rope for Heart
Did you know that your heart beats about 100,000 times each day? That’s almost 70 beats a minute! Keep your heart strong by practicing your skipping for our Jump Rope for Heart event day on Monday, June 13th 2022. You can take a look at the Heart and Stroke Kick-Off Video here: Kick-off Video
‘Fun in the Sun’ Gift Baskets
Dear Crestwood Community, Family Fun Day is back and with it comes our Fun in the Sun Gift Baskets that will be auctioned off at the event. Each class has been given a specific theme for their class along with some suggestions as to what fun items/gift cards we are looking for. We will be
Bravo!
The grade 3s were working very hard on their play « Le chat et la lune » the last few weeks. Hoorah!! We finished our performance in class this week. Bravo les 3ème for all your hard work! Madame Charles
Junior Track Championships
Congratulations to all members of the junior track team that competed in the Championship meet that took place on Wednesday, May 25th at York University. It was a glorious day of competition that saw our athletes achieve their personal bests at many of the events. The day kicked off with a 7:30AM departure from our
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, It has been an especially busy month of May at Crestwood School! We cannot believe that we will begin our last month of school next week! Firstly, thank you to all the parents who volunteered their time at the used uniform sale. We appreciate your support and are so glad we were
Primary Track Visits CPC
On Tuesday, the Primary Track Team travelled to Crestwood College where Grade 12 students greeted us. They organized a wonderful day of events for our team of Grade 1’s, 2’s, and 3’s. We participated in running events as well as field events. The athletes also challenged themselves during standing long jumps, javelin, and a
Sowing the Seeds of Spring
The Bean Seed Experiment is underway in 3D and 3C! Students have designed their own greenhouses and are looking forward to seeing if our bean seeds will sprout any roots over the next few weeks. Martine Racanelli & Vicki Corbett
Library News
On Tuesday, the children from JK to Grade 2 enjoyed a virtual author visit with Toronto author, Andrew Larsen. Andrew taught us that we all have stories to tell and one day even write. Please ask your children about his visit! Also, if you’d like to pick up any of his beautiful picture books for summer reading, please support our
Crestwood Donation to CUIAS
The Community Service Team has been blown away by the generosity of our school community on our most recent charitable initiatives to support Ukrainian refugees as well as the Kids Create Ukraine charity. We were so proud to see all of our students dressed in blue and yellow while bringing in cash donations, as
Jr. Track & Field Recap!
Today was awesome! Me and my friends went to Crescent for a track meet! We walked in the forest to get there. As soon as we arrived we competed in long jump then after we had triple jump. They were both very fun! Then we had shot put, hurdles and everybody did great! After
@kidscreateukraine Update
Dear Crestwood students, staff, and parents, We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your incredible support of KidsCreateUkraine!!! What you are bringing to the children living in war is joy, play, creativity, love!! We are so grateful for your care and are so excited to ship your collected items to those in need.
The CPC Experience
On Thursday, the Grade 6’s took a visit to Crestwood Preparatory College. We spent the day participating in fun and different activities to get a better understanding of what high school will be like next year. When we arrived at the school, we were greeted by staff members and separated into groups to circle
Movie Themed Spirit Day
On Thursday May 19th we will be having a movie themed spirit day! All students are invited to come to school dressed up as their favourite movie characters! During the lunch recess periods students will be invited to participate in some movie themed activities hosted by the House Heads! We can’t wait to see everyone’s
Library News – Author Visit
Attention JK to Grade 2 families! Crestwood School is hosting a virtual author visit with Canadian author Andrew Larsen on Tuesday, May 17. Parents are welcome to virtually join! The Grade 1/2 presentation will be at 9:45am and the JK/SK presentation will begin at 10:45. We have been reading his books in library class
3A Puppet Masters
Look at these great sock puppets created by the students in 3A. We used our puppets to write dialogues and then presented our dialogue during our Drama class. We really enjoy expressing ourselves through the dramatic arts. It helps to build confidence, lifts our spirits, and helps us to develop our voice. Paula Georgiou
Artists of the Month
Congratulations to Taylor Puterman, Alice Yan and Shira Sandler for being our artists of the month. I’m pleased to present three completely different styles of art from abstract line work to animation to realism! These three hard workers deserve a round of applause for all their beautiful creations! Anya Romanenko