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  • Raffle Winners

    Wed 31 Mar 2021
    We have the winners of the Easter Raffle! 
     
    Congratulations to our 3 winners!! Your prizes will be waiting for you at school reception from 12pm.
     
    Thank you to everyone who contributed ❤️
     
     
    Jeni Easterbrook
     
  • WBD Fancy Dress

    Wed 31 Mar 2021
    We postponed our usual World Book Day fancy dress day until we were all back at school to join in the fun.
     
    Here we are, dressed up as our favourite book characters on the last day of term...
     
    Mae's Impya costume got retweeted by both the author and the illustrator of her chosen book character!
     
     
     
  • Easter Egg Hunt

    Mon 29 Mar 2021

    Friends have hidden 14 eggs, beautifully decorated by Hillcrest students, in windows around the local area. 

     

    The eggs can be spotted throughout the Easter holidays (from Friday 2nd until 18th April). Download the map and clues on our Latest News Documents page.

     

    You can use either the map OR the tough clues - depending on how challenging you'd like the egg hunt to be! 

     

    When you find an egg, note down the accompanying letter in the column on the Clues sheet. Collect all the letters to reveal a secret message.

     

    Happy Hunting!

  • ASD Awareness Raffle

    Fri 26 Mar 2021
    Autism Awareness Easter Raffle
     
    World Autism Awareness Week is from 29 March to 4 April 2021 - the same time many of us will also be celebrating Easter.
     

    To raise awareness about Autism and support Hillcrest in providing resources and books on communication, mental health and wellbeing, Hillcrest parent Jeni Easterbrook is raffling an amazing Easter box from Mendip Chocolate Chef, worth over £40.

    Only £1 per entry!

     
     

     The more entries, the more chances you'll have of winning this fantastic prize!

     

    The winner will be announced on Wednesday 31st March and you will be able to collect your prize from school the same day, just in time for Easter. Click on the link above to enter. Do remember to include your full name. 

     

    The sumptuous box includes:

    Easter Egg Hunt pack

    2 x All Things Easter Creme Egg Heart

    1 large Brownie Bunnies Solid Easter Egg

    Ginger & Fennel Milk Chocolate Bar

    Fudgaholic Milk Chocolate Bar

    Raspberry & Coconut Chunky White Chocolate Slab

    Fudge & Honeycomb Rochers

  • Discovery Forfeit

    Mon 22 Mar 2021
  • Guitar Club

    Mon 15 Mar 2021
    Face to face guitar lessons will have to wait a while, but Hazel Winter's popular, small-group guitar tuition will be continuing after Easter on Zoom.  
     
    She has made this video to show what young guitarists learn in her sessions...
     
    Contact Hazel at hazel@hazelwinter.co.uk for information and bookings.
     
     
    About Hazel:
     
    She took her first musical steps clad in leopard skin playing guitar for all-girl R&B band Gorilla My Dreams.  Over the next few years she played with thrash psychobilly outfit The Rhythm Wreckers and alt-country all-girl band Scouting For Boys.  She toured with Bristol’s Blue Aeroplanes in 1991-2, playing on Glastonbury Pyramid stage and headlining Reading Festival. 
     

    Hazel’s solo debut album Put Away the Sharp Knives was released on Bristol-based independent label Clearwater at the end on 2000, and met with instant national critical acclaim.  Produced, overdubbed and mixed by John Parish (P.J.Harvey, Eels, Tracy Chapman) and Adrian Utley (Portishead).  

     

    She has gone on to release three more critically acclaimed independent albums on her own Death Row Bride label:  Death Row Bride, Situation Normal Then and Dusting For Prints.  Hazel recently played in Adrian Utley’s guitar orchestra with conductor Charles Hazelwood.

     

    She lives in Bristol where she teaches guitar and is currently playing with the Flux Capacitors.

     
  • Easter Holiday Club

    Mon 15 Mar 2021

    Book Future Stars' Easter Holiday Club at Hillcrest HERE.

     

    See the flyer on our Latest News Documents page.

  • All Things Eco

    Mon 15 Mar 2021
    Our whole school theme this week is ALL THINGS ECO.
     
    4CS kicked off on Monday morning with a litter pick in the school grounds, the streets around the school and in School Road Park. They collected a sack and a half of rubbish! Good job!
  • World Book Day Winners

    Fri 12 Mar 2021

    Reading competition One Weird and Wonderful

     

    Winner – Molly 6RT – Reading on a trampoline

     

    Reading Competition Two Easy as 1, 2, 3

    Reception winner: Beau – 1,000 words

    Year 1 winner: Martha – 1,438 words; Special mention to Erys with 1,000+ words, Lily 1,000 words

    Year 2 winner: Ruben – 10,000 words; Special mentions to Orla 1,978 words, Daisy 1,000 words, Wilf 1,060 words, Jack 1,100 words, Sam 1,000 words and Ella 1,100 words

    Year 3 winner: Lottie – 75,000 words; Special mentions to Zayn 1,000 words, Rosa 1,300 words and Isaac 3,000 words

    Year 4 winner: Jasper 2,000 words; Special mention to Lenny 1,600 words, Lilly 990 words

    Year 5 winner: Isabelle W 222,053 words; Special mention to Elliot 20,718 words, Joseph 18,000 words, Otto 113,762 words, Max 64,636 words

    Year 6 winner: Aya 85,141 words; Special mentions to Sophie 13,806 words, Eveie 19,975 words, Jorja 62,500 words, Ruben 1,000 words, Jet 1,000 words, Austin 1,000 words, Moses 1,000 words, Maab 1,000 words, Fergus 1,000 words, Akshara 1,000 words, Alex 1,000 words

    Random 1,000 word winner: Lenny in 4CS

     

    Writing Competition – The Adventures of Wilma and Barney

    The winners are Lily G in Year 1, Ella S in Year 2 and Sophia K in Year 5

     

    What have they won?

    The winners of the reading competitions can pop into the school office on Wednesday 17th March to select their prize.

     

    The winners of the writing competition will have their stories read by an adult via video.

  • Dear Hillcrest

    Wed 10 Mar 2021
    We were all hugely touched to receive this lovely poem about our school.  It brought a happy tear to many an eye. Thank you to Hillcrest parent Emilia Mildmay. We think you've all been amazing too!        
     
      
                Dear Hillcrest

    I’ve loved the record-breaking post it notes

    Tennis balls and orange hair

    The jelly bath to come

    And the newsletters that care

     

    I know how hard you work

    It’s an out of hours job

    But you did it with a smile on

    Whilst the country had a swab

     

    There’s a lot of different homes out there

    All asking different questions

    And I’m sure there were a lot of times

    A few surplus suggestions

     

    There’s no present I could give you

    That can sum up how I feel

    And we don’t need more material stuff

    Whilst we all begin to heal

     

    But I’d like tell you that I love you

    That it hasn’t gone unseen

    I know you’ve got your grades to meet

    Still, our kids are no machine

     

    And the fact that you acknowledge this

    That you think outside the box

    Putting mental health before percentages

    Is perhaps quite Unorthodox

     

    I would also like to thank Wilma

    Who can’t go without a mention

    She’s a special kind of asset and

    She’s got my kids attention

     

    So have a massive heart felt hug

    Even if it’s from a distance

    I have only really got through this

    Having had your kind assistance

     

    Emilia Mildmay

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