Reception
Mrs Caudwell, Ms Belcher, Mrs Hornsby, Mrs Dix, Miss Payne, Miss Awil and Miss Dover
(1:1 Support Worker)
Monday 17th March to Friday 21st March
- Monday 17th March - Adventure house (orange t-shirts) have Forest School at Arnos Vale today and on the next two Mondays. We need at least three parent helpers for each session. Please speak to one of the Reception team if you can come along on any or all of those Monday afternoons. Helpers should arrive for 1.10pm and we'll be back at school by 3.00.
- Monday 17th March - Neurodiversity Week begins
- Friday 21st March - Red Nose Day - Wear something red and make a donation to Comic Relief via Hillcrest's Red Nose Day JustGiving page HERE
- Please make sure that any messages about your child's attendance - illness, absence, appointments, early pick-up etc. - are given to the school office, not just to their teacher. You can either drop in to the office or contact them by
Free text message on Arbor
Telephone - 0117 3772440
Email - school@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Keep your finger on the pulse!
- Look out for your Friday Mailbag, emailed to you every week in term time, to keep up to date with news for the whole school. (You can find all the weekly Mailbags on the website, under the News and Events tab.)
- You'll find the news that's just for the Reception classes on this page. It's updated every Friday so make it your one-stop-shop for class news.
For a guide to using ARBOR, our parent portal, click HERE.
We recommend downloading the Arbor app to your phone. You can receive, and send us, free text messages via the app.
You can add a second parent or guardian, if there is one, and any other carer who would also like to receive communications from school, including the weekly eMailbag. Please let the office staff know once you have entered their details so we can amend the settings.
Friends of Hillcrest - Our PTA
All parents, carers and teachers are members of Friends of Hillcrest and are welcome to all meetings to hear what's happening, contribute views, suggest new ideas and/or offer to volunteer.
Read more about Friends of Hillcrest here:
Friends of Hillcrest (our PTA) | Hillcrest Primary School
- Monday 24th to Friday 28th March - Book Fair before and after school until Friday am.
- Monday 24th March - Road Safety Week begins
- Tuesday 25th March - SEND Coffee Morning 9.00am
- Thursday 27th March - Hillcrest Musical Extravaganza
- Friday 28th March - Adopters Coffee Morning 9.00am
- Monday 31st March - School Nurse Vision & Measurement (see Letters below)
- Wednesday 2nd April - School Nurse Vision & Measurement (see Letters below)
- Wednesday 2nd April - Spelling Level Check & Bosses
- Thursday 3rd April - End of Term for children
- Friday 4th April - INSET day
- All our dates and events for the year are on our website calendar. Click to view it in...
- calendar format
- or as a list of events
- In the calendar layout events are colour coded. Events for everyone are in BLUE. Events for Reception only are in GREEN.
Teachers
(please only email teachers on school days between 8am and 5.30pm)
Ms Belcher - kbelcher@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Mrs Caudwell - lcaudwell@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Mrs Hornsby - shornsby@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Andy Day Class Reps:
Jo Ford - jo_franks@hotmail.com
Mya-Rose Craig Class Reps:
Zoe Ford - zoeford18@hotmail.com
Ms Belcher’s class (RKB)
Andy Day is a television presenter and actor. He is best known for his work on the BBC's CBeebies channel. He is also a patron of Anti Bullying Week. Andy and his band, Andy and the Odd Socks, came up with the idea for Odd Socks Day which delivers an all-important, all inclusive message every year.
Mrs Caudwell’s and Mrs Hornsby’s class (RCH)
Mya-Rose Craig, also known as Birdgirl, is a birdwatcher and author. She has an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Bristol. Mya-Rose published her autobiography, Birdgirl. She created the charity Black2Nature to run nature camps for black and minority ethnic children with her sister and her mother.
