Year 4
Mrs Willis, Miss Bluett, Miss Thompson, Mrs Price, Mr Chesters and Mrs Metcalfe
- The first week of term will be Week 1 on the menu.
- Monday 23rd February - Start of Term 4
- Tuesday 24th February - World Thinking Day - Rainbows, Beavers, Cubs, Brownies, Scouts & Guides can wear their uniforms to school
- Thursday 26th February - Travelling Light Theatre production for Yrs 2 - 4
- Friday 27th February - Inclusion & Community Coffee Morning with Growing up Multilingual 9.00am
- Friday 27th February - Hillcrest Iftar - community meal
- See details of our swimming lessons in Letters below.
Yr 4 Camp
- Dates – Wednesday 1st July to Friday 3rd July 2026
- Total Cost - £203 per child (or £162 if your child receives Pupil Premium Funding)
- Remaining Balance - £158 (or £117 if your child receives Pupil Premium Funding) to be paid by Friday 8th May 2026
For more information see the slides from the Camp meeting and the Yr 4 Magdalen Farm Camp letter under 'Letters & Useful Information' below.
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 here for Yr 4 news, updates and reminders for the coming week, updated every Friday.
- Read your Friday Mailbag, emailed to you at the end of the day every Friday, for important whole-school news and updates.
- The price of a lunch is £2.90. Please make sure that there is enough credit in your child's dinner money account BEFORE they order a meal. We are charged a small percentage on every transaction so we appreciate payment for a block of five or more meals at a time, if possible.
Coming up in Term 4...
- Tuesday 3rd March - Parents Evening (all years except Yr 6) 4.00 - 7.00pm
- Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
- Thursday 5th March - Parents Evening (all years except Yr 6) 4.00 - 7.00pm
- Monday 9th March - Science Week begins
- Tuesday 10th March - Yr 4 Community Garden visit
- Tuesday 10th March - Evacuation Drill
- Friday 13th March - SEND Coffee Morning 9.00am
- Monday 16th March - Neurodiversity Week begins
- Friday 20th March - Eid (TBC)
- Friday 20th March - Red Nose Day
- Monday 23rd to Friday 27th March - Scholastic Book Fair!
- Tuesday 24th March - Yr 4 Bristol Museum trip
- Wednesday 25th March - Hillcrest Music Extravaganza 2.00pm
- Thursday 26th March - Hillcrest Music Extravaganza 6.00pm
- Friday 27th March - Adopters Coffee Morning 9.00am
- Friday 27th March - Hillcrest Eid Celebration
- Wednesday 1st April - Spelling Level & Boss Checks
- Thursday 2nd April - House Day & End of Term 4
- 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 4 only are in BLACK.
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
Teachers
(please only email teachers on school days between 8am and 5.30pm)
Mrs Willis - kwillis@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Mrs Price - sprice@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Miss Bluett - abluett@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Ellis Genge Class Rep:
Louise Padbury
Myles Jay Linton Class Rep:
You can contact the class reps by email at classreps@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk or via the class WhatsApp group.
Mrs Willis’ and Mrs Price’s Class (4WP)
Ellis Genge grew up in Knowle West. Like some of the children, he played for Old Redcliffians as a child and now plays for Bristol Bears and the England Rugby team. Ellis has dyspraxia and is known for his very powerful ball-carrying skills and work-rate.
Miss Bluett's Class (4AB)
Myles-Jay Linton leads research into young people’s mental health. He is one of the core members of Kiki Bristol which has created a safe social space for queer, trans, intersex, black people and people of colour across the South-West. He is also a visual artist and illustrator which reflects his work in psychology.
