Miss Wilson, Mrs Howells, Miss Hayward, Mrs Loader, Miss Dover, Miss Weaver and Miss Hayward

• Tuesday 18th November - Lock down drill at 2.30pm

• Friday 21st November - SEND Coffee Morning at 9.00am. All welcome.

• Friday 21st November - Hillcrest Comedy Night

• 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

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• ​​​​​Check this page regularly for Yr 1 news, updates and reminders.

• Check your Friday Mailbag, emailed to you at the end of the day every Friday, for important whole-school news and updates.

• Friday 28th November - School Nurse Coffee Morning at 9.00am. All welcome.

• Monday 1st December - KS1 Choir Concert at 4.00pm in the hall

• Friday 5th December - Yr 1 Nativity dress rehearsal 2.00pm

• Sunday 7th December - Winter Fair

• Monday 8th December - Yr 1 Nativity 5.00pm

• Tuesday 9th December - Yr 1 Nativity 1.30pm

• Wednesday 17th December - Spelling Level & Boss Checks

• Thursday 18th December - House Day

• Friday 19th December - End of Term 2

• Monday 5th January - INSET Day, school closed for staff training

• Tuesday 6th January - Start of Term 3

• Thursday 8th January - Reception '26 Intake open event 9.30am

• Thursday 15th January - Reception '26 Intake application deadline

• 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 Yr 1 only are in TAN. 

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Videos from the parents meeting on Wednesday 24th September.

Mr MacIntyre's talk - Behaviour at Hillcrest

https://youtu.be/Fb-XKp9ErtM?si=XzSCLe2fnxhNiPpS

Ms Norman's talk - What you'll love about Hillcrest in 2025-26

https://youtu.be/gRWh5AH-Vy0?si=CG5TZKr8RT8t0z6P

Best Books for Year 1 | Ages 5-6 | The Reader Teacher

• Visit the Yr 1 Homework page HERE to download this week's Retrieval Questions.

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Click HERE to see what we've been doing.

Teachers
(please only email teachers on school days between 8am and 5.30pm)

Mrs Howells - thowells@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Mrs Loader - sloader@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk

Miss Wilson - hwilson@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk

Richie Hargreaves Class Rep:

Rosie Whiter

Colin Payne Class Rep:

Zoe Ford

You can contact the class reps by email at classreps@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk or via the class WhatsApp group.

Mrs Loader’s class (1SL) 

Richie Hargreaves is an ice hockey player who has worked tirelessly for well over a decade to build a thriving ice hockey community in Bristol and beyond. Richie start his playing career with Bristol Pitbulls and is now manager of the club. He has been determined to bring a family atmosphere to all aspects of the Pitbulls.

Mrs Howells’ and Miss Wilson’s class (1WH) 

Colin Payne is our local postman and has recently written a children’s book called ‘Hiccuppy Puppy’. He epitomises community spirit and our school values as he cheerfully delivers letters and parcels on his daily round. Colin is a Totterdown hero who always goes the extra mile.