Category: Lower School

Check out Crestwood’s own Cody Black in this unsettling drama from English playwright Dennis Kelly (co-writer Matilda the Musical), ORPHANS, which premiered at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in 2009, is a gritty urban tale that questions morality, loyalty, and family while trying to keep quiet the violence and evil that lurks inside everyone. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-hottest-tickets-in-town-five-things-to-do-in-toronto/article34691045/    

Crestwood Parents, Volunteer are still required for our Used Uniform Sale held April 25th-April 27, 2017. Your participation would be much appreciated. If you are interested, please click on the following web link to sign up. https://www.volunteersignup.org/TMRT8 Thank you, CSPA

Dear Parents Just a reminder that tickets are selling out fast for Crestwood’s day at the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, May 13th. Please submit order forms as soon as possible, as the deadline to purchase tickets is Friday April 28th. Don’t miss out on cheering for our Toronto Blue Jays and seeing Crestwood’s name

The JK and SK’s had a fun visit to the “BIG” (Don Mills Public) library. We learned about all the different kinds of books they have! Books about people, places and animals. Books in different languages; we even saw a book in Braille! We all had a good time picking books off the shelves to

Do you know what a “pedologist” studies?  The Grade 3’s became pedologists this week and got down and dirty with a variety of soil types. We discovered that soil is composed of earth materials and decaying organisms. We investigated the ability of different types of soil to hold water, as well as the factors that

On Thursday, award-winning author/illustrator Barbara Reid visited with the JK-Grade 2 classes. The children were incredibly excited to meet Barbara and learn about how she creates her incredible plasticine illustrations.  We learned that she often gets her inspiration from nature while out on walks with her dog, Ruby, who appears in many of her stories. 

On Wednesday night the CSPA hosted a meet and mingle event for parents and staff. The turn out was phenomenal and we all had a great time. We would like to thank all of those who were able to join us. Thank you for cheering on your fellow axe throwers. Thank you for your laughter

All of our students in Grade 3-6 are busy creating a Labyrinth of Art with Ms. Romanenko for Crestwood School’s annual Art Show. We are extremely proud to present this year’s Art Show as it will be one like no other. The Art Room will be transformed with self-portraits, sculptures, and masks which will all

Hello! My name is Judy H. Zeng. I am in class 5D and I am 10 years old. My favourite colours are black and white and my favourite classes are Language, Art, P.E., Math and Science. I like drawing, sketching, painting and doing cartoon characters (animates). I come from China and I have been living

On Thursday, March 30, the Grade 5 and 6 classes were visited by internationally acclaimed Canadian author Deborah Ellis.  Deborah wrote the international bestseller The Breadwinner, which was inspired by the true story of a young girl who cut off her hair and pretended to be a boy so she could earn money to support her family in

Today Class 1A and 1B magically turned into engineers when they participated in a Structures workshop. Once they learned what a “structure” is, they participated in 5 different centers. From building, to fastening, supporting, classifying different materials, and learning about foundations and frameworks, they did it all!! Thank you so much to all the moms,

Dear Crestwood Parents, The CSPA will be holding their spring Used Uniform Sale April 25th-27th, 2017 in the Music Room, located in the Primary building. This year available at the sale will be NEW TIES!! Your donations are still needed to make this sale a success! Please only send uniforms that are in good condition.  No stains,

Grade 3A and SK partnered up this week to begin a Reading Buddies program. The Grade 3’s will have the opportunity to be peer leaders to their kindergarten friends. Each week the two classes will come together to read themed stories and complete activities that focus on literacy development, phonics skills, sight vocabulary, and of

Choir is underway for the final term! The Junior Choir will start up again on Tuesday and the Primary Choir will begin on Wednesday, April 5th.  The Primary Choir will be practising every Wednesday at 12:50pm leading up to the Spring Concert on June 1st.  Any students in grades 1, 2 and 3 are welcome to come and sing.  See you there! -Ms.

We hope that everyone had a fabulous March Break. We often hear how difficult it is for parents to connect with fellow parents as we all live in different pockets of the city. The CRESTWOOD Parents Association is committed to solving this issue and we are hosting our first CRESTWOOD night out on Tuesday, April 4th,

Club forms will go home with ALL students tonite!!  We will mail the club forms to those students who were picked up early or absent today. 

On behalf of all Crestwood coaches, I would like to thank you for entrusting your child with us this past term. Encouraging our athletes with positive reinforcement and skills they require to improve their athletic performance throughout the season is a privilege we don’t take lightly. Our teams experienced success and hopefully your child created

Please be reminded that only the Primary Reports (JK-3) will be mailed out before the March Break. Junior Reports (Gr.4-6) will be mailed out in early April.

Congratulations to the grade 2 classes on a job well done performing their musical “Lemonade!”, a story about fairy tale characters making the best of life’s ups and downs. Thank you to Ms. Romanenko and the Art Committee for making the colourful sets and to all of the parents for their help with costumes. It

The goal of our new Lower School Facebook page is to create an additional means of communication between home and school, as well as to showcase our school. We will be sharing exciting events, activities, and initiatives. Photos and videos will highlight the achievements of students and faculty. You can find a link to our page at

Dear Crestwood Families, “A trip to Mastermind.”  “Buying a toy.”  “Hot chocolate after skiing.” “Going to see a movie.”  “A trip to McDonald’s.”  “Ordering from Pizza Pizza.” These are only a few of the treats and privileges that Crestwood students chose to skip in support of Lifeline Syria. This fundraiser grew out of the Grade

The JK boys and girls had a great afternoon being “Scientists” They found fossils like a Paleontologist. Made experiments like a Chemist. Explored the ocean like a Marine Biologist. And looked at the stars as an Astronomer. Maybe there is a little scientist in all of us! -Ms. Young & Ms. Sandler  

A clubs are finished this week EXCEPT for Monday Clubs (last session is on Monday, March 6th). And The deadline for Hot Lunch forms to be handed in at the office is Wednesday, March 8th. -Grace Cruz

Poetry in Pink Coming together once again like a beautiful poem and in complete solidarity the Crestwood student body and staff showed their strong support in the campaign against bullying on Wednesday. Widely celebrated as Pink Shirt Day throughout Canada, Crestwood participated by wearing as much pink as possible and taking part in several activities focusing

On Friday February 24, both Grade One classes had a visit with Scientist Fariba from Scientists in the School.  Our topic of the day was “Energy Makes Things Happen”! We learned all about the effects of wind, water, and light energy and about how important fossil fuels are.  We also learned about the the importance