Year 5


Ms Ackerman, Miss French, Miss Perkins and Miss Slotwinska

- Menu Week 3
- Wednesday 11th February - Spelling Level & Boss checks
- Friday 13th February - End of Term 3
- The children will be swimming under Luke Jerram's 5m diameter Sun - 'Helios' - at Jubilee Pool for their next couple of lessons! The installation will be closed to the public whilst we're there, and the Sun won’t be lit up, but it will still be an exciting thing to see.
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 regularly for Yr 5 news and reminders. It's 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.

- 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
- Friday 27th February - Inclusion & Community Coffee Morning with Growing up Multilingual 9.00am
- Friday 27th February - Hillcrest Iftar - community meal
- Tuesday 3rd March - Yr 5 Community Garden visit
- 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 - 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
- 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 5 only are in MAGENTA.

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)
Miss French - rfrench@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Ms Ackerman - nackerman@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Sherrie Eugene-Hart Class Rep:
Jess Fowler
Lara Lalemi Class Class Rep:
You can contact the class reps by email at classreps@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk or via the class WhatsApp group.

Miss French’s Class (5RF)
Sherrie Eugene-Hart is a sign language interpreter and TV presenter. She has received several national awards, such as one for her documentary Windrush Generation. Sherrie is also a former national Judo champion.
Ms Ackerman’s class(5NA)
Lara Lalemi is a PhD researcher in chemistry who works closely with organisations to bring about inclusive and sustainable change to the STEM environment. Her organisation Creative Tuition Collective seeks to equalise the educational playing field and provide support to young people from low-income backgrounds.

