The U10 basketball team got their season underway with a comprehensive 52-30 victory over Sterling Hall. The team got off to a storming start, scoring 7 baskets without reply. From there the game settled down into a much more even affair, but Crestwood stayed ahead by showing great skill, effort and determination. Most pleasing was
The U12 hockey and basketball teams traveled to Upper Canada College yesterday afternoon. The hockey squad had a date with the Blues’ Grade 5 Hockey Team. The game was fairly even through the first 10 minutes with scoring chances being traded back and forth and both goalies making some solid saves. Late in the first
This year the art committee’s enthusiasm and dedication has been keeping them busy without rest! The first backdrop of the year was a great success during the grade 1 production. Congratulations to the very talented art committee! Looking forward to seeing the beautiful programs that are being currently designed for the winter music concert! -Anya
The U12 hockey picked up a victory yesterday with a convincing win against the Pickering College Pumas at York Mills Arena. Crestwood used swift skating, crisp passing and an overall team game to dominate the game from puck drop to the final whistle. Goalies Jayin Vohra and George Zhou were solid when called upon. All
Concert tickets will be sent home in your child’s bag this evening. The tickets are being processed, so please be aware that if they’re not in there tonight, they will be by Tuesday, December 11th, by the latest. Please contact michele.taub@crestwood.on.ca for any ticket inquiries.
Please remind all students to bring their instruments and music to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Our Holiday Concert is Wednesday night at 7PM. Please be sure to attend our performance in full dress uniform. —————————————— Concert tickets will be sent home in your child’s bag this evening. The tickets are being processed, so
The Grade 5 students travelled to the Ontario Science Centre today to explore a variety of science concepts such as matter, forces and structures and the human body. Students had a chance to explore the various exhibits and participated in a workshop titled “Fun with Chemistry”. We also had the opportunity to see an incredible
You all know the story of the Three Little Pigs, right? Well, Grade 3A used their engineering brains to plan and construct a house for the 4th Little Piggy. As we already know, any structure including a house needs a strong and stable base or foundation. But after the foundation, the frame is next most
It’s space week in Senior Kindergarten! Planets, planets they are great! Do you know that there are 8? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. Lots of planets lots of stars. Jupiter, Saturn, the big 2, Uranus and Neptune too! Here is our joke of the week: How do you know when the moon is finished dinner? (It’s
The U12 Co-Ed Hockey team began their season yesterday by hosting the TFS Tigers at York Mills Arena. The game was tightly contested for the first period with both teams working very hard at both ends. TFS broke through with the first goal before Crestwood bounced back with a nice individual effort by defenceman Sharkey
Dear Parents In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Crestwood Cares, with the help of the Crestwood School Community, plans to share some of the warmth and excitement of this time of year with the current residents of St Felix House. In addition, we believe it is important for Crestwood children to help other children.
Dear Parents: This year our Grade 6 students will be given the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls on June 5th through to June 7th 2019. This 3 day excursion, which will be completely supervised by school staff members, will be a guided motor coach tour and will involve 2 nights of overnight accommodation. Keating by
On Monday, the Grade 4 students visited the Kortright Centre. The trip was arranged as the culmination of their unit on Habitats and was a great chance for them to put their knowledge on the subject to the test! The day started with a talk about the different animals that lived at the Kortright centre
The Grade 5 and 6 students participated in an eye opening workshop on Wednesday about the impact the fashion industry is having on our environment and the world abroad. The workshop was organized by the Eco Team, in an effort to help Crestwood students become more educated in how to be responsible consumers of fashion.
On Monday, the Grade 3’s visited the Ontario Science Center. We participated in a Structures Workshop where we learned building basics. In different groups, we investigated the strength and stability of structures. We experimented with compression, tension and load and how these all affect the stability of a structure. We also designed and built bridges,
On behalf of the CSPA, We would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting our first annual Holiday Wine, Cheese & Shopping Sprees Event! It was a day of festivities, excitement and community involvement all benefiting our children. Thank you to all of our generous vendors who donated 20% of all their sales
Grade 3A has been busy learning all about the engineering process. Did you know that a structure’s stability determines how balanced and strong its base is? We investigated this theory by creating towers of cards and designing towers of our own. We learned that all structures need a wide, deep base. Our towers of cards
Our Parent Teacher Conferences will take place on Thursday, November 22nd. Please consider other parents and arrive and end your interviews on time. If you need more time with a particular teacher, arrange a separate meeting or phone call. The smooth running of our event relies on all parents and teachers keeping to the timetable. Thank you
Crestwood students “skipped” their hearts out again this year for Neema International! 120 students chose to skip a treat or privilege, instead donating the treat’s value to this organization that provides a home and education to many Tanzanian students whose families are unable to care for them. Altogether, 120 students “skipped it” and raised a
This week the grade 3 classes hosted Scientists in the Schools. The students expanded their knowledge of strong and stable structures with a ton of hands-on activities. We built towers, bridges and more! It was an excellent opportunity to build a solid foundation in science! Thank you to our parent volunteers! -Ms. Patton
The Grade 5 students had the pleasure of traveling to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario this week, to support their Social Studies curriculum about Canadian Government. Students had the opportunity to participate in a role play, experiencing the democratic process of creating new laws. We also had the chance to stand right on the chamber
On Wednesday, November 7, the Grade 6 classes headed to Harbourfront Centre for a hands-on printmaking session. Inspired by Indigenous printmakers, students looked to their personal environments for inspiration, then moved through the sketching, transfer, etching, and printing processes to create a series of linoleum prints. Their final pieces are stunning! This workshop was the
Wow! We registered over 300 bookings today. If you have yet to login and schedule a meeting you have plenty of time. In order to book your Parent Teacher conference you must be able to access your Crestwood Edsby Account. An invitation was sent out to all parents at the beginning of the school year from
The CSPA would like to thank the parent volunteers Hayley Wine and Alison Waldenberg who assisted Ms. Bafaro in coordinating our recent Scholastic Book Fair. This was our most successful fair to date and we know many children came home excited to dive into their new books. All of our Teachers created “wish-lists” to expand
This week, children in classes’ 4C and 4D had a lesson on habitats from the Scientists in the School! During an extremely engaging and hands-on lesson the children had the opportunity to explore one particular habitat as part of a group. Amongst many activities, they had the challenge of investigating animal furs and skulls, creating food
Being on a team, is more than just dawning a team jersey and taking to the field or court. It is competing to the best of your ability, working with your teammates on and off the field, performing plays that your coach has fostered throughout countless practices, and then being present and accountable during the
On Saturday October 27th, the U-10 soccer team participated in our final tournament at Crescent School. Despite the rain and cold weather the team was ready to go! Our first game was against CDS. We quickly took the lead with an amazing goal from George. Soon after, both Mahdi and Mikhail scored goals for Crestwood.
The Crestwood U12 Team travelled to Branksome Hall to compete in the final, weekend tournament of the season. The girls got off to a hot start in the first game against Kingsway College, opening with a 6-2 run. By halftime, the team was rolling along with a 12-8 lead. The girls continued their excellent play
The Grade 6 soccer team attended our end of season finals at De La Salle on Saturday. Placed on the strong side of the draw the odds of making the final were against us. Our opening game against Pickering College showed how our team was determined to end our season on a high. Three goals
Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association Respect… rules, officials, opponents, team, self Honour the game! CISAA Parents’ Workshop Invitation 2018 The Conference of Independent Schools’ Athletic Association will be proudly presenting a very informative workshop for parents of our male and female student/athletes. The workshop will be hosted on Tuesday, November 6th,
