Year 2


Mrs Lamb, Miss Grimes, Miss Wyatt and Mrs Dix

- Friday 14th November - Nasal 'flu vaccinations in school (unless opted out)
- Nasal 'flu vaccination - Whether you want your child to have the vaccine in school or not, please complete the online 'flu vaccination form here: https://imms.sirona-cic.org.uk/flu/2025/consent?v=4. See the letter in 'Letters & Useful Information' below for full details.
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
- Check this page regularly for Yr 2 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.

- Tuesday 18th November - Lock down drill at 1.00pm
- Friday 21st November - SEND Coffee Morning at 9.00am. All welcome.
- Friday 21st November - Hillcrest Comedy Night
- Friday 28th November - School Nurse Coffee Morning at 9.00am. All welcome.
- Monday 1st December - KS1 Choir Concert at 4.00pm in the hall
- Tuesday 2nd December - Yr 2 Community Garden visit
- Sunday 7th December - Winter Fair
- Wednesday 17th December - Spelling Level & Boss Checks
- Wednesday 17th December - Carol Concert at Totterdown Baptist Church
- 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 2 only are in TURQUOISE.

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






Teachers
(please only email teachers on school days between 8am and 5.30pm)
Mrs Lamb - klamb@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Miss Grimes - rgrimes@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Samina Iqbal Class Rep:
Michele Curtis Class Rep:
Helen Sanderson
You can contact the class reps by email at classreps@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk or via the class WhatsApp group.

Mrs Flook’s class (2JF)
Samina Iqbal is the co-founder of Feed the Homeless in Bristol. She has helped to recruit volunteers to cook and distribute food to the homeless in Bristol City Centre. She also helps with cooking sessions during the school holidays, cooking and teaching families to cook healthy nutritional food.
Mrs Lamb's class (2KL)
Michelle Curtis is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer who is also the Founder and Director of Iconic Black Britons, a project which celebrates Bristol's Black History through art. Michele is best known for The Seven Saints of St Pauls – depicting the founders of St Paul’s Carnival through portrait murals on walls across St Pauls.

