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• Monday 11 May 2026 Hill Croft PTA Car Boot Sale Join us for the Hill Croft PTA Car Boot Sale at Hill Croft School, a great community event for parents, carers, and local residents. Whether you're looking to clear out unwanted items or find something new, you'll be sure to enjoy a friendly day with lots of bargains.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Emergency Early School Closure - Storm Amy
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Sports, Fun and Prize Week 2025 Please check the information below regarding your child's sports/fun and prize days.
• Monday 2 December 2024 PTA Christmas Raffle 2024
• Monday 25 November 2024 Christmas Cards 2024
• Monday 23 September 2024 Transition Information Session 2024 All parents and carers of pupils in Year 10 and above are very welcome to attend our Transition Information Session on Thursday 10th October 2024 from 10.30am-12.30pm.
• Wednesday 22 May 2024 Hill Croft Prize and Fun Days 2024 Week beginning 10th June the Hill Croft Departments will be holding Prize and Fun Days. All parents and carers have been invited using the new Parent Apps Connect.
• Friday 3 May 2024 Hill Croft Panto 2024
• Tuesday 16 January 2024 Play Dates Cancelled 16/01/24 Due to the weather we have made the decision to cancel Play Dates today and postpone the Sleep Information Session.
• Tuesday 9 January 2024 Strike Information January 2024 Dear Parents and Carers,
• Thursday 23 November 2023 Strike Information Teaching Staff 2023 As I am unable to ascertain which, if any teachers will be available for work that morning, I have conducted a risk assessment, and this shows that we are not able to safely open school for pupils before 12 noon on 29 November. While disappointed that the action has had to get to this stage, the governors understand the reasons for the strike but are also concerned about the disruption to the pupils and their families.
• Wednesday 8 November 2023 Strike Information
• Monday 12 June 2023 Take 5 Schools Level 3 Award
• Monday 12 June 2023 Hill Croft Eco Schools Green Flag Award
• Tuesday 30 May 2023 A Royal Week
• Tuesday 16 May 2023 Formal 2023! What a wonderful night we had at the Hill Croft Formal 2023!
• Wednesday 15 March 2023 Hill Croft Hi5 Performance On Tuesday 14th March 2023, Hill Croft School and Uplift Performing Arts came together to demonstrate how Hill Croft has adopted the Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing throughout the school- through the Hill Croft Hi5 Uplift Performance at the Theatre in the Mill, Newtownabbey. Hill Croft School is the first Special School in Northern Ireland to have achieved the Take 5 Level Two Award and this event was a celebration for the school community. Hill Croft were pleased to welcome Alderman Stephen Ross, members of the Board of Governors, past pupils, families and friends of Hill Croft. What a wonderful night showcasing the amazing pupils of Hill Croft School!
• Friday 24 February 2023 Eamon's Couch to 42K Challenge #CT42K
• Monday 12 December 2022 Hill Croft PTA Christmas Raffle 2022 Hill Croft PTA are proud to announce our Christmas Raffle prizes!
• Thursday 27 October 2022 Hill Croft Harvest Collection for Newtownabbey Foodbank Hill Croft School's Charity of the Year for 2022-23 is Newtownabbey Foodbank. This year for our Harvest Assembly we asked our school community to contribute long life food items that could be used by the Foodbank to support families in need.
• Tuesday 13 September 2022 School Closed due to passing of Her Majesty the Queen
• Wednesday 22 June 2022 Key stage 1 and 2 Sports and Fun Day Key Stage 1 and 2 held a Sports and Fun Day and invited the parents and carers to cheer them on. The pupils did extremely well in their running races and obstacle races.Check out our Facebook page for more photos.
• Thursday 16 June 2022 Foundation Department Fun Day Foundation Department welcomed our parents and carers to join with us for our outdoor play session. We are so glad to be able to join together to celebrate our pupils.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Hill Croft Wings of Hope #HillCroftWingsofHope
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Take 5 Schools Award We are proud to announce that Hill Croft School has achieved the Level 2 Take 5 Schools Award.
• Tuesday 3 May 2022 Massive thank you! A massive Hill Croft thank you to Adam Brosnan for raising £687 in aid of Hill Croft Parent Teacher Association by running his very first Belfast Marathon.We are so grateful for Adam's effort and for everyone's support of him.
• Friday 8 April 2022 Easter Letter from Mrs McFeeters
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Makaton Parents Group
• Saturday 2 April 2022 Remembering Taylor
• Saturday 26 March 2022 Confirmation Celebration A massive congratulations to our pupils who made their Confirmation today in St Bernard’s Church.

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