The students in Madame Gurney’s grades 1 and 2 classes are commencing their final units of the year on food. This past Monday, in order to learn all about French cuisine, 27 students put down their pencils and put on their chef aprons as they joined Madame for the first class of the French cooking

  The Grade 3’s got dressed up as early settlers and were transported back to Upper Canada in the 1800’s.  A costumed educator visited with students virtually in their classroom, shared videos, and photos from the Village, and led an active exploration of life in the 1800s. We learned about the life of the early settlers and the

  Dear Parents, As the month of April comes to a close, we can’t help but wonder, is spring really here?? Usually, we say April showers bring May flowers; in our case it was April freeze, which we hope will still bring us May flowers! Despite the cold outside, Crestwood school has been buzzing with

  The Grade 4 classes had a wonderful time participating in the ‘Shine a Light’ Scientists in School workshop this week! We learnt all about the properties of light, through hands-on, independent investigations. These included learning about refraction by shining a light through a moving cup of water and using a mirror to reflect light

  The Art Room is always a place for creative people. This year is very special as our show is back on schedule for May 24th and 25th and everyone is excited to be a part of it. At the same time our monthly mini exhibition of the “Artist of the Month” continues and we

  Dear Parents, We are initiating 2 separate donation drives to support Ukraine. Anya Romanenko and her family have started an initiative called “Kids Create Ukraine – a family and friends initiative bringing creativity and joy to the children of Ukraine”. The idea behind this initiative: “We chose art to offer a glimpse of play

  Are you in Gr, 4, love to sing and want to make a music video!? Then we have the club for you! Meet with Ms. Birchard and Ms. Green in Ms. Birchard’s Music Room starting this Wednesday, April 27th at 12:20 PM. We will be learning the song “Lost Together” by Blue Rodeo. Hope

  Next week during Earth Week, along with other activities, on Wednesday students will have the opportunity to make a guess of how many candies are in our guessing jar. Each student will get 1 free guess. Additional guesses can be purchased for a $1 per guess donation up to a maximum of $5. The winner

  Dear Parents, The CSPA will be holding our Annual Used Uniform Sale in the gymnasium on Tuesday, May 17th and Wednesday, May 18th from 8:30 – 10:30 AM. Any parents who have gently used uniform items and wish to donate them, please drop them off in the main office and we will handle the rest. We kindly ask that they

  Dear Parents, As mentioned in my previous email, we are ending our mask mandate as of Tuesday, April 19th. As a parent, it’s your call. However, I would strongly suggest that your child continues to wear a mask when indoors. We have reminded the students that everyone is entitled to whatever choice they make,

  The Lirpaloof Bird only migrates to our area at the beginning of April. It is an extremely elusive bird, which means that it is very, very hard to find and will usually stay up high in the trees until it is time to find food. The Lirpaloof loves to eat seeds, small insects, and carrots. It has bright

  We are very excited to offer CISAA interschool sports this spring. Click here for all of your Spring Sports info. Track & Field: All interested athletes from grade 4-6 that wish to participate in track and field are welcomed. Please sign your name to the signup sheet outside of our gymnasium. Practise will take

  Our next Crestwood School Parents’ Association Meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 5th at 9:30AM. The meeting will take place via Zoom. Our agenda and meeting link to follow soon. We encourage all to attend. CSPA

  Dear Parents, After much consideration, given the fact that some staff and students that have tested positive for COVID-19 this week, we have decided to extend the mask mandate until Tuesday, April 19th (the day after Easter Monday). We will re-evaluate the situation then. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Yours truly, Dalia Eisen

This term, Grade 3 students have been learning about the life of Helen Keller. Earlier this week, they had the opportunity to have a Zoom workshop with Rhonda Underhill-Gray from the Canada National Institute for the Blind. Students explored the braille alphabet and learned how the two handed manual alphabet works. (This is the alphabet

  Are you in Grade 4 or 5?  Do you want to be a leader? Do you like fun and adventure? Do you have lots of spirit and ready to get people energized and involved?  Are you organized enough to work independently and as part of a team?   If you answered yes to those

Earlier this week, students in Grades 2-6 watched a short virtual assembly outlining the conflict that is happening in Ukraine right now. We know many of our students are worried and eager to help. Students have been creating peace posters in support of the Ukrainian people and we have received lots of questions about how

  Dear Parents, February was a short, but busy, month at Crestwood! We started the month celebrating the Lunar New Year. Students came dressed in red to bring good luck for the Year of the Tiger. We also kicked off our MS Read-a-thon fundraiser with a virtual assembly. Students were asked to read as much

  For the month of February, Crestwood students have been working together to read as much as they can. Along with all of their reading, many students have donated to our online M.S. Read-a-thon page. When we first started this fundraiser, we set a goal for our school to raise $2,000. We have exceeded our

  The community service team has been busy this week with a new kindness initiative! Junior students were asked to visit the Kindness station at lunch recess this week to write kindness cards to their peers and teachers. The community service team has been busy delivering these kindness cards, and beginning to form our Kindness

  Crestwood’s Grade 5 students have just completed the second week of a course called Innate Health Education and Resilience Training, (iheart).  This course was developed in the United Kingdom to educate children about their innate resilience, with notable success.  98% of children who have taken the course have noticed positive changes in themselves at

  The Ministry of Education has provided an update regarding their health, safety, and operational guidance for schools. This is great news for our students that are in grade 3-6 that are eager to return to intramural sports safely. Games/practices will take place either during morning recess 8:15am-8:55am and/or during afternoon lunchtime recess 12:30-1:00pm. If