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

Dear Year 6 Families

Many thanks to everyone who was able to come along to last night's Year 6 meeting.

See Letters & Useful information below to download the slides from the meeting, which include key information for SATs week (Mon 11^th - Thurs 14^th May) and Year 6 Camp (Mon 8^th - Fri 12^th June), along with information about Term 6. 

You can also download the recommended kit list from Kilve for children who are joining us on camp this year.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting us.

Many thanks, and have a great bank holiday weekend.

Nigel and Dan

This week...

• Tuesday 5th May - Fire Drill 1.30pm

• This is Week 1 on the menu

• Spelling Saga Section C

• Friday 8th May - Yr 5 & 6 Disco 6.15 -7.15pm, book here ttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/friendsofhillcrest/2139392

• Yr 6 were approached by the Royal British Legion to undertake a very exciting art project called Diversity in War Effort. The children's work will be in an exhibition in July (watch this space!) along with that from other schools. Because the Year 6 art and PE session is Friday afternoon now, each class is going to alternate double art with double PE so we can really get stuck in to the art and let our strengths shine through!

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 payable by Friday 31st October 2025
• Remaining Balance - £374 (or £290 if your child receives Pupil Premium Funding) to be paid by Friday 24 April 2026

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

• Monday 11th May - SATS week begins
• Friday 15th May - Adopters Coffee Morning
• Friday 15th May - Diversity Day
• w/c Monday 18th May - Sponsored Walks
• Thursday 21st May - Yr 3 Cake Sale
• Friday 22nd May - End of Term 5

• 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.