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• Parent Page—Handling school drop off anxiety

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  Separation anxiety is a normal part of child development. Young children switch between wanting to be independent and needing to cling to the security of a parent/carer. If your child is shy or timid you will find helping them cope with separation will make them more confident in school and improve their education.

   

  Tips for effective transitions in to school. 

   

  · Let your child know you are leaving in a predictable routine way. Do not sneak away to avoid a tantrum as this will only increase your child’s anxiety.

   

  · Say goodbye briefly and say something positive about their time away from you. i.e. “I will see you later, have a lovely time playing with your friends today.”

   

  · Let them know who will be picking them up and when. i.e. “Daddy is picking you up at 3.20.”

   

  · Encourage your child’s independence by giving simple instructions. i.e. “hang your coat up and go and sit on the carpet.”

   

  · Avoid giving to much attention to your child’s normal protests.

   

  · Separate quickly and allow school staff to comfort your child if needed.

   

  · When you return let your child know you are happy to see them and show interest in their day.

   

• Year Group Focus—Year 2

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  Spring 1 has been a great half term in year 2! This half term’s History topic was the Great Fire of London which the children have used to inspire diary entries in their writing.

   

  In DT, year 2 have been designing and evaluating their fire engines and learning the importance of free and fixed axles. They will begin making them next week!

   

  Unfortunately, because of the weather out Great Fire of London workshop was postponed. However, this did not stop us and we still had a lovely morning recreating our own art work to re create London and the fire burning. This will then help us with our English writing as we are learning how to write a diary entry.

   

  In Maths this half-term, we have been learning about multiplication and division, using practical resources to help us share equally and write number sentences using the division and multiplication symbols. 

   

  

• Goodbye and Good Luck

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  We wish to say goodbye and good luck to Mr Darbyshire.

   

  Thank you for all your hard work, we wish you all the best in your future.

   

• Sign of the Week

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  At Marland Hill, we are learning a new sign every week. Why not learn with us at home too!

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

• Captain’s Table

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  Every week children that display good manners are chosen to sit at the Captain’s Table for dinner. Well done to the following children that have been selected to sit at the Captain’s Table.

  RA	Zahra	3B	Mila
  RB	Fatima	4A	Hussain
  1A	Yusuf	4B	Amelia
  1B	Aayah	5A	Marwah
  2A	Umar & Hadiya	5B	Anaya
  2B	Toby & Wyatt	6A	M. Awais
  3A	Imaan	6B	Sidrah

  

• PE Superstars

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  Every week during PE, coaches will be choosing pupils to be their PE superstars of the week. Well done to the following children who were fantastic in PE last week:

   

  Reception	Musa & Aqsa
  Year 1	Zara & Dahlia
  Year 2	Hallie, Ella. E, Raiya & Ibrahim
  Year 3	Arthur and Rayyan
  Year 4	George & Arsh
  Year 5	Zunaira & Willow
  Year 6	Ayaan & Philipe

  

• Starbooks Reader - Winners!

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  The following children have been awarded ‘Star Reader’ and enjoyed going to the ‘Starbooks’ cafe in the library to enjoy a drink and a treat as their reward. Fantastic!

   

  RA	Zayaan	3B	Inaaya
  RB	Sophia	4A	Divine
  1A	Noah	4B	Joshua
  1B	Ibrahim	5A	Zoya
  2A	Ahmed	5B	Shaam
  2B	Bobo	6A	*
  3A	Reggie	6B	*

  

• Presentation Week Awards

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  Presentation awards commenced last week. Two children from each class were awarded a presentation award.

  One for best presentation and the other for most improved over the course of the week. Certificates were awarded in assembly

  Well done to all the Presentation Week Award winners!

  Best Presentation
  RA	Zaki	3B	Arshaman
  RB	Wania	4A	Aizah
  1A	John	4B	Aminah
  1B	Ibrahim	5A	Azbah
  2A	Jannat	5B	Amelia
  2B	Joshua	6A	Saim
  3A	Abdulaziz	6B	Adam

   

   

  Most Improved
  RA	Baba	3B	Zahid
  RB	Fatima	4A	Izaan
  1A	Mia. S	4B	Hayyan
  1B	Muhammad	5A	Sarim
  2A	Umaiza	5B	Yahya
  2B	Toby	6A	Jordan
  3A	Aydin	6B	Ayaan

• Year 4 Roman Workshop

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  As part of their History topic, Year 4 will be having a visit from the Balestra Living History Project who will be doing a workshop named: The Roman Britain Primary History workshop. This will take place on Tuesday 10^th February. This is an exciting opportunity for the children.

   

  On the day the children will be taking part in different workshops led by a Roman expert. They will have the chance to handle Roman artefacts and will be trained like Roman soldiers. The children will have the opportunity to use equipment to create different army formations. The children will also create an  interactive timeline. This will be a full day workshop. For more information please visit: www.romanschoolworkshop.co.uk

   

  School will be heavily subsiding the cost, we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £4. You can pay for this on parent mail by going to  payments/shop.

   

• KS2 Music after school club

  Fri 30 Jan 2026

  There will be a new KS2 music after school club starting after February half term– every Tuesday 3.10pm-3.50pm.

   

  Places are limited and are on a first come first served basis, there is no cost. As the children will be learning and practising to take part in an opera performance it is important that children attend weekly.

   

  Please go to parent mail/payments/shop to book a place.

   

  Thank you.