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
In Science Today, 2A got to observe a reaction between a liquid and solid that releases a gas using simple ingredients of root beer and vanilla ice cream. This was the perfect way to end our States of Matter Science Unit. We also loved eating our yummy experiment. Feel free to try it at
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
Please help your children remember to return library books as soon as possible. Many children still have books from term 1 and even last year! Thanks so much and have a wonderful March Break! Lara Bafaro
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
CISAA schools, their student athletes, parents, and coaches are eagerly anticipating the return to school sport in the spring term. We will continue to support the wellbeing of students, adults, and school communities through physical activity. The resumption of inter-school sport will adhere to guidelines provided by national and provincial sport associations, the Ontario Ministries
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
Crestwood school ended last term with an amazing initiative spearheaded by a group of Grade 4 students. The event, Candy Canes for a Cause, saw Crestwood students purchase candy canes, with all the proceeds from the sale going to The Covenant House, the largest agency in Canada serving youth who are homeless, trafficked or at risk. The
Dear Parents and Student athletes. We are so excited to offer intramural sports once again at Crestwood School. For the remainder of the second term and into term three, basketball will be offered to those interested students in grade 3-6 that wish to play some bball. This coming Tuesday, February 22nd, 8:15am the tip off
Students got cozy today in support of Canadians living with MS! Thank you to everyone who came dressed in PJ’s ready to cozy up with a good book and a sweet treat. We were blown away by the generous donations brought by our Crestwood community to add a sweet treat to their MS readathon
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
Dear Parents, Please read the letter below that I received from a parent voicing his/her very valid concerns about carpool pickup at the end of the day. I’m sure that many of you can relate to his/her frustration. I’m also hoping that some of you can look in the mirror and admit that you
This year, Crestwood is participating in the MS Read-A-Thon! Whether it’s a thirty-page book or a three-hundred-page book, every student is trying their best to read as much as possible. Our goal is to raise $2,000 by February 28th. So far, we have raised about $670, but if we all work together to support
