Our summer “Baskets of Fun” donations are coming along great. Please bring in any/all items ASAP. We would like to begin wrapping them up first thing next week. This initiative is in support of the CSPA in purchasing 2 new play structures for our school. The baskets will be auctioned off at Fun Fair! Thank […]
Category: Lower School
Elevating Ideas into Action
On Friday, 6A and 6B ventured out to the Apple store at the Eaton Centre. There we created posters in their program “Elevating Ideas into Action”. Our posters focused on the devastating problems surrounding child labour and what we, as Canadians, can do to help these children preserve their childhoods. Our students used the programs […]
Friday’s Gr.3 Track Meet
What a beautiful day for a track meet for the Grade 3’s. We all walked up to TFS for a friendly meet against Crescent, Bayview Glen, The York School and TFS. Our grade 3 athletes rotated through 9 stations of track and field events. Running events included hurdles, relay races, long distance and sprints. Crestwood […]
Musical is a Must See
Crestwood School’s Musical Theatre students have been working extremely hard to put on the BEST GREASE YET! This production is for all Crestwood students, families, and friends so please pass on the word to any and all theatre enthusiasts. We hope you can join us for this “Must See Show” on Thursday, May 17th @ Ryerson […]
Keep Track of this Team
Crestwood’s junior track team traveled to the Pan Am Stadium at York University on Wednesday to participate in their second meet of the season. Even though we didn’t have all our team members, it was a gorgeous day to compete. All athletes showed their best effort at each of the events and we are very […]
Grade 2 Rocks The House!
2A and 2B have been working tirelessly to put together their musical, Making The Band. Their hard work truly paid off as they brought the house down with classics like Twist and Shout and Livin’ On a Prayer. Making The Band is a musical that begins in a mechanic’s garage and ends with a killer garage band. The students […]
What a Medieval Time!
The Grade four classes travelled back in time to the Middle Ages on Wednesday. There they learned about the Code of Chivalry, feasted on poultry, mash and ale (Pepsi) and took in all of the sights, sounds and smells of Medieval culture. During the jousting tournament, Crestwood’s black and white knight valiantly competed but was […]
“Bee’ the Change
On Tuesday, the Eco-Team had a guest speaker from our very own school community: Ms. Davies! Not only is she a fantastic music teacher, she is a beekeeper! She taught our team about the big job of little pollinators! We explored the importance of pollinators for plants, animals and humans! We discussed threats they encounter […]
Farming for Energy in Gr.5
The Grade 5 students had an incredible opportunity this morning to hear from Dave Hayles, the operations coordinator at Grand Valley Wind Farms, about the process of constructing, operating and managing a wind farm. Students enjoyed seeing pictures of the construction process and were amazed to hear the amount of time, effort and money that […]
Congratulations to You!
Congrats to our Crestwood community on your excellent turnout for our Curriculum Share/Art Auction evenings. Between both nights were able to raise close to $7000 by auctioning off class art pieces. All monies will be used to pay for our new Junior playground as well as upgrades to our current Primary play area. Your support […]
3A and 3B Visit Apple
On Tuesday, Grade 3A and 3B were greeted warmly by the staff at the Eaton Centre Apple Store. Our instructors provided us with a lesson on Keynote Presentations and how we can use this tool to create interactive stories. We used I-Pads to type in some funny, wacky weather stories and then added both animations […]
Successful Sale!
A huge thank you to all parents who came out to support our Used Uniform Sale this week, it was a huge success. Special thanks to Linda Fata-Glover for having run the uniform sale for us this year and her team of parent volunteers!!! We are looking forward to next year when Somayeh Walton will […]
Olympic Effort by Suckstorff’s Science Squad
On Saturday April 28th, nine Crestwood students participated in the Junior Science Olympics at Crescent School. The students competed in engineering challenges like the Marshmallow Tower, Egg Drop, Wall Run, Tin Foil Boats, Bridge Building, Marble Ramp, Laser Maze, and many others. These students worked hard, had fun, showed stellar team work, and demonstrated great sportsmanship. […]
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Musical Theatre Fun!
Grade 3 had a great day with Jacqui Burke, artistic director of Jaybird Productions! Through games and fun exercises they were able to gain a deeper understanding of their characters and what it means to truly be a performer. Jacqui brought with her an arsenal of theatre arts activities and techniques to reinforce the essence […]
Multiple Sclerosis Support
Read, read, and more reading…all of our students have been busily reading books and raising funds for the MS Read-A-Thon. Since it’s inception in 1977, students across Canada have read millions of books and raised millions of dollars in support of the MS Society’s work to fund multiple sclerosis research and provide programs and services […]
Toronto is Blooming!
It’s Spring and everything beginning to bloom. On Tuesday, the Grade 3’s went to the Toronto Botanical Gardens to check out the growth and changes that are happening with the plants in our community. We noticed that plants come in all shapes, sizes and colours as we hiked through the Wilket Creek ravine. We spent an […]
Grade 3 Pedologists
All of the Grade 3 student’s became pedologists this week as we investigated the importance and the make up of soil. A pedologist is a soil scientist and boy, did we get our hands dirty with soil and wriggly creatures. We learned that good, rich soil is made up of organic matter and plenty of […]
CBHL Ball Drops on Tuesday
The Crestwood Ball Hockey League will launch on Tuesday, April 24th at lunch recess. We held a short meeting today to see how many players were interested and ended up with close to twenty boys and girls. Each player is asked to bring in their helmet, stick and gloves in order to protect themselves during […]
Earth Day – Every Day
The message was loud and clear in this morning’s all school assembly. Each and every one of us can and needs to do more in order to protect and sustain the planet on which we live each day. The grade 5 classes did an excellent job in conveying to their audience that the current issues […]
Artists Selene and Judy
Congratulations to both Selene Wen and Judy Zeng on being selected as Crestwood School’s Artist of Month. Hello, my name is Judy Zeng. I am 10 years old and I am in 6C. My homeroom teacher is Mrs. Krashinsky. My favourite classes are Language, P.E., Math, Science and Art. I play the piano and clarinet. […]
Track Takes Off!
It was an excellent day for Crestwood’s Track and Field team yesterday. The team participated in 50m sprint, 200m dash, hurdles, javelin, high jump, long jump, and more. Congratulations to all the runners at yesterday’s meet, as they truly did their best. The U10 relay team came 2nd place. Congratulations to Grade 4 students, Aidan […]
“Grease” is a Must See!
Crestwood School’s Musical Theatre students have been working extremely hard to put on the BEST GREASE YET! This production is for all Crestwood students, families, and friends so please pass on the word to any and all theatre enthusiasts. We hope you can join us for this “Must See Show” on Thursday, May 17th @ Ryerson […]
Next week is…
Dear families, Next week is Earth Week! The Eco-Team has some great activities planned for Crestwood students throughout the week. Every day, students are encouraged to wear outfits inspired by our beautiful planet. The Eco-Team will also facilitate themed games and activities at recess inspired by important ecological issues. The games will be optional and students who choose to […]
MS Readathon Ready
Today, Crestwood students will be receiving their MS Readathon package. Earlier this week we conducted an assembly introducing our students to this important endeavor. Each package explains the process for raising funds. All money will be collected up until Monday, April 30th. We will be conducting a school “Read In” on Tuesday, April 24th where […]
Gr.1 Studying Structures
On Thursday April 12, 1A had a visit with Scientist Kathy from Scientists in the School. Our topic of the day was “Structures: Under Construction!” A structure is an object that has a definite size and shape and serves a definite function or purpose. We learned that structures can be human or nature made. 5 amazing experiments were completed […]
Art Room Rumblings
With the Art Auction quickly approaching, every class is busy creating their masterpiece canvases! Ideas are brewing, and so far the pieces look great! We are all very excited to showcase our finished products alongside our first ever mandala colouring book! -A. Romanenko […]
#hockeyhockeyhockey
Crestwood School and Crestwood Preparatory combined forces to take on Blyth Academy in some exciting exhibition hockey games at Scotiabank Pond this past Wednesday. Players from Grade 5, 6, 7 and 8 were invited to participate and we created two equal teams to take part in three games. Our final game was fantastic as the […]
Harbourfront Fun!
It might have been a dark, dreary day yesterday, but the Grade Twos were bright and cheery at the Harbourfront Centre!! We were happy to participate in two different workshops. Half of the day was spent creating original sock puppets. We can’t wait to perform with them! For the second part, the children learned printmaking […]
Hakuna Matada
Founder of Neema International, Canada and Crestwood School graduate, Ali Hanson, stopped by this morning to share a presentation with our student body about her work in Tanzania. She described in detail the daily routines of the two schools she runs (plans for a third) and how our contributions through our Crestwood Cares community service […]
Spring Sports Season
The Spring Sports season is warming up here at Crestwood School. The U12 softball and the Jr. track & field teams will launch their seasons next week on Monday, April 9th. We welcome students from grades 3-6 interested in track & field to join us as we kick off our season. Athletes interested in Softball try-outs, please […]