Mr Barham, Mr Wilson, Mrs Hendy, Miss Mondewa & Miss Casey

• Monday 3rd November - Start of Term 2

• Tuesday 4th November - Yr 6 Community Garden visit

• Tuesday 4th November - Individual school photos

• Wednesday 5th November - All Hillcrest sibling pairs and groups will be photographed together during the school day. You can bring pre-schoolers in with their school-aged siblings for a group photo from 3.30, after normal pick up.

• 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. 

Yr 6 Camp

• Dates – Monday 8th June to Friday 12th June 2026
• Total Cost - £424 per child (or £340 if your child receives Pupil Premium Funding)
• Deposit - £50 to be paid by Friday 31st October 2025
• Remaining Balance - £374 (or £290 if your child receives Pupil Premium Funding) to be paid by Friday 8th May 2026

For full information, see the letter in 'Letters & Useful Information' below.

• Tuesday 11th November - Yr 6 at Armistice Day ceremony in Arnos Vale

• Thursday 13th November - Reception '26 intake open events 9.30 & 5.30

• Friday 14th November - Nasal 'flu vaccinations in school (unless opted out)

• 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

• Thursday 27th November - 6NW RWA trip

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

• Thursday 4th December - 6DB RWA trip

• Sunday 7th December - Winter Fair

• Monday 8th December - KS2 Choir Winter Sing at Bristol Beacon

• 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 6 only are in GREY.

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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 6 | Ages 10-11 | The Reader Teacher

• Visit the Yr 6 Homework page HERE to download this week's Retrieval Questions.

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Click HERE and see what we've been doing.

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

Mr Wilson - nwilson@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
Mr Barham - dbarham@hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk
 

Polly Ho-Yen Class Rep:

Sarah Hills

Donna Speed Class Class Rep:

Claire Broad

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

Mr Wilson’s class (6NW)

Polly Ho-Yen is an author who writes books for both younger and older children and has also written a novel for adults. Her debut novel, The Boy In The Tower (2014), was shortlisted for a number of awards. Polly is based in Bristol, where she set up the Bristol Teen Book Award for Bristol secondary schools.

Mr Barham’s class (6DB)

Donna Speed is CEO of We the Curious. She drives the organisation’s mission and loves engaging the curiosity of the science centre’s visitors and partners. Donna’s role is to lead the charity in line with their manifesto pledges, goals and values.