SKB had quite the Earth friendly week! We discussed the ways in which we as Kindergarten children could help the Earth. Here is what we came up with: 1. Turn off the water when brushing our teeth 2. Turn off the lights/computer/TV/iPad when leaving a room 3. Use both sides of the paper 4.
Dear Parents, Welcome back and we hope you and your children had a much-needed restful and relaxing Spring Break. While we were disappointed to learn we could not return to in-person learning this week, we were excited to welcome the students back to Virtual School and it was so nice to see everyone’s smiling
Attention Grade 3 to 6 families! Crestwood School is hosting a virtual author visit with award winning author Lisa Graff on Monday, May 3 at 9:30am. We have been reading her books in library class for many months and are really excited about this visit. We have always had Canadian writers come into our school,
The SK’s were working so hard on their beautiful book about Plants! They reviewed what plants need to grow and typed their own sentences for each page in their book. It was a lot of work but they did such an amazing job!!!! Here are some of the fantastic cover pages my students are holding
Can you guess who our Earth Helper in SKA is? This week, we learned the importance of protecting our Earth! Every day, we will reduce, reuse and recycle! What can you do to become a better Earthling? XO SKA P.S. If you guessed
Dear Parents, The Ontario government has issued a news release regarding Covid-19 restrictions that you should be made aware of: Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake – All 34 Public Health Unit Regions to Move into Shutdown
Dear Parents, Happy April! We hope no one got too “fooled” this morning with any tricks. We had students in backwards clothing, pretend sticks of gum, and lots more trickery for April Fool’s Day today. A big thank you to Mr. Cooper for setting up a fun egg hunt in the Junior and Primary
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.
Classes 6C, D and E had a lot of fun this week discovering how electrical currents work. Their study of this topic culminated with students designing parallel and series circuits. This hands-on activity was a great way to learn about the necessary components needed for electricity to flow along a conductor. David Battista
To the students at Crestwood Lower School, Anya Romanenko and all of the teachers who supported the Easter cards initiative. Belmont House and its seniors want to thank you for bringing us so much joy. seniorswishfoundation.com
Dear Parents, We had a true taste of Spring this week, with warm, sunny temperatures and lots of rainfall to end the week. Thank you for helping your child dress appropriately for the everchanging weather – keep it up! Junior students have been participating in a letter writing initiative this week. Ms. Romanenko has
After 11 weeks of learning and practising our multiplication facts, Grade 3A celebrated with an ice cream sundae party. Look at the smiles on our faces 🙂 Learning definitely feels great! We have learned tricks, rhymes and songs to remember and use the facts from 0 to 11. Now, we are ready to tackle division soon! Paula Georgiou
The Seniors Wish Foundation is asking for our help to bring some light and love to the seniors living at Belmont House. This organization works to build a connection between students and seniors and has been partnering with various private schools in the city to facilitate art workshops. At this time, they are unable
Can you estimate how many ‘Sea Creatures’ live in SKA? Guess Who? Can you guess who the artist is in SKA? Have a “whale” of a time this weekend! xo SKA
5E had a visit from a real engineer this week, Mrs. Kanfi’s husband. Yoni Kanfi is a former Crestwood student who is also a civil engineer. Yoni spoke to the grade 5’s about his job and answered their questions relating to their “Forces on Structures” unit. It was great for the students to hear
I am happy to present the new artist of the month, Charlie Haddrell. Different styles, different interests, different ways to create is what makes each exhibition really unique. Charlie is the master of the line, he uses lines so freely in his drawings. He loves animals and studies them carefully as you can see
Using all the instruments from their music bag, SK’s are learning about rhythm while playing along to the words to Row Row Row Your Boat! Amanda Birchard
Top of the mornin’ to Crestwood School from SKB! The wee laddies and lassies had a fun filled St Patrick’s Day! We enjoyed lucky charms, a leprechaun hunt, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! Everything was green in our classroom. Green shamrocks, green glitter, green food colouring, green grapes,
Dear Parents, We are thrilled to report the students came back from the long weekend feeling refreshed and ready to learn! Despite the lost hour of sleep on Sunday, we had a great week of growing and learning. We had our 1st ever St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Wednesday! It was a blast seeing
Top O’ the mornin to ye! Nothing finer than graphing Lucky Charms on St. Paddy’s Day in SKA! Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira
Dear Parents, The second week of March has certainly been a wonderful one! The weather was on our side bringing us warm, spring-like temperatures which certainly lifted our spirits. We have some wonderful news to report ….. All the students and staff that have been tested thus far are NEGATIVE! That means that all
Long, long ago When the earth was new, The SKA dinosaurs swam and flew, We love to learn and we love to play Have a great day From SKA xo Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira
Hello Crestwood Families! For the month of February, the junior music classes have been celebrating Black History Month and its rich musical background. The students in grade 5 and 6 ended the month by making some wonderful artist posters featuring African American artists who have created change in the musical world and used their
3A was faced with a STEM challenge this week. Our goal was to build a trap that would catch a sneaky little leprechaun in our classroom. We imagined what our traps would do, planned out what they would like, created our designs and then thought about improvements that we could make to our traps. Teeny
Dear Parents, The first week of March has certainly been difficult for everyone. We want to thank you all for your continued support and cooperation as we navigate this challenging time. We know this week brought a lot of worry, tension and confusion to our school community, and we appreciate your patience as we
The grade 6 science classes spent the week making models of our solar system. Students designed scale representations that dealt with multiple celestial relationships, including: the locations of terrestrial planets, gas giants, and dwarf planets; the relative positions of the sun, earth, and moon during both solar and lunar eclipses; and the appearance of
Our Grade 4 and 5 students celebrated World Cat Day on March 1st. Inspired by Warhol and Steinberg students have been working hard to create their own cat creation with a variety of medias. The Grade 6 classes are currently working on self-portraits. They are learning from great masters like Matisse, Picasso and Modigliani
Dear Parents, Our last week of February was a great one at Crestwood School. Luckily, the huge amounts of snowfall made for lots of fun recess play. Students are settling back into school routine, and are engaging in lots of exciting learning opportunities in their classrooms. On Tuesday, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day! The
Tuesday February 23rd was Pink Shirt Day at Crestwood School. It was wonderful to see so many Crestwood students wearing pink to send a very important message about bullying. Pink shirts are worn as a symbol and as recognition that bullying will not be tolerated at Crestwood School.
Thank you to all parents, guardians, students and staff for participating in our EduSafe App rollout. The safety of our students and staff has always been of the utmost importance and is only possible with complete community cooperation. We appreciate your continued support. * If your child is not attending school on a particular
