Category: Crestwood News

Another game and another victory for the Traditional U12 Soccer team. Our small squad of 12 players made the short trip up to Glendon to face a strong Sterling Hall team. Crestwood started brightly with a succession of chances that were carved out by some good link up play. Our two outside backs, Adam J

The Grades 3-6 Cross Country Team walked up to Crescent yesterday for a friendly meet between the two schools.  Our students all raced with enthusiasm and excellent stamina.  Legs were pumping and hearts were racing along the beautiful, fall-coloured hills of the course.  We are so proud of all of our runners.  Special mention goes

Recently, the Grade Ones set off for Chudleigh’s Apple Farm with very unsettled weather looming. When our happy Grade Ones arrived, so did the beautiful, sunny weather! A day outdoors with a tractor ride, apple picking, learning how to make apple cider as well as tasting it, and a petting zoo, couldn’t have been better

Daisy, the Holstein Cow, visited the Grade 3 classes on Tuesday to talk about the connection between urban and rural communities.  Here are some quick “A-MOO-zing” facts that we learned: DID YOU KNOW… Most Canadian dairy farms are family owned. Dairy cows give an average of 27 litres of milk per day and they are milked twice

Crestwood School Club Information has been sent home with all students today.  Please make sure you return the club forms on Tuesday, October 11th.  Club confirmation letters will be sent home on or before Friday, October 14th. Thanks -Grace Cruz

On Thursday, October 6th the Grade Two classes travelled to the Toronto Zoo to participate in a workshop on Animal Classification. We were lucky to have a beautiful, sunny fall day for our trip! We spent the day learning about all of the diverse and unique animals that call the Toronto Zoo home. We had fun discovering and

After waiting 40 minutes for our opposition to arrive, the Crestwood U12 Traditional team were keen to get the game started and pressed CDS back into their defensive half from the kickoff. A succession of overlapping runs and crosses came close to opening the scoring.  The pressure soon paid dividends as Beckett scored his first

This year in Grade 4 Social Studies students are learning about habitats.  Keeping this in mind, today was an especially exciting day! Today we discovered that we don’t need to look very far in order to begin our studies. In fact, we became acutely aware that the beautiful location of our very own school was

On Friday, September 30th the U9 soccer team had a great showing at the TFS invitational. We played a total of 8 games, tying 4 and losing the other 4 by only 1 goal each game. All teammates showed great sportsmanship and enthusiasm in all of the games. We practice again on Tuesday and play The Country Day

The Art Committee has commenced and we are already working hard on sets for the grade one and three plays. A warm welcome to our new members! We are very excited for all of the amazing projects that we will be creating throughout the year. Thank you for your initiative, dedication and hard work. -Ms. Romanenko

This week Grade 3A took part in the first of an 8 week sensory yoga programme, lead by Specialist Lee Davis. Lee is an Occupational and Yoga therapist, dedicated to the benefits of learning through movement. Her interactive classes help children develop listening skills, self-esteem, social skills, and the list goes on. This week our students

The U12 girls basketball team played their hearts out yesterday in their season opener against St. Clement’s. While we didn’t officially ‘keep score’, the Crestwood Cubs managed to score 12 spectacular points, keeping the fans cheering all game long. The whole team worked together to play solid defense, only letting the other team score a

Yesterday the U9 soccer team had their first game of the season vs. Crescent School. Despite their determination and enthusiasm they fell short. Our 4 goalies (Jayin Vohra, Brayden Cox, Zidan Asghar and Coco Aylward) had a combined 33 saves! On the field every player worked hard to help protect the net and get the ball down the

The Crestwood U12 Traditional Soccer team traveled to Crescent for their opening game of the season. Playing our 4-2-3-1 System the boys started brightly and quickly took the lead with a goal from Co-Captain Adam Pearlman. Crestwood’s other Co-Captain, Dylan Wilkinson took control of the back line keeping the host team scoreless through the half.

The Crestwood School Parents’ Association would like to invite you to a viewing of the documentary SCREENAGERS. ABOUT THE FILM: Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a

On Monday the Crestwood Cross Country team traveled to Centennial Park for the first meet of the season. The students gathered on this rainy day and conquered a course through the muddy terrain of the park. Despite the weather we had some top 10 placements. Congratulations to all of our athletes! Special mention to our

At Crestwood we are proud of the commitment we have made to Community Service in the past. We are beginning the 2016-2017 school year with our annual Terry Fox Walk/Run, which will take place during the afternoon of THURSDAY, September 29TH, 2016. Students should be in their House t-shirts, Crestwood gym shorts or track pants

The Crestwood House Heads gave up a day of summer vacation to make sure that they were prepared to start the year off right and they are succeeding! All of our regular activities are now in full swing and we are doing our best to make positive additions all the time. The House Headquarters is

The year has started off in the most spectacular fashion! Our days have been filled with beautiful weather, lots of learning and a ton of fun! Students have already started earning House Points for their houses in a variety of ways! It’s a very close battle and all 6 houses are trying their best to