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• Year Group Focus—Reception

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  The children have made a great start to the new year, we have started with our mini topic ‘Wonderful Winter’ where the children have been learning all about Percy the Park Keeper and how he helps the animals in the snowy weather. The children have been completing lots of different activities that are linked to Winter. We have also been looking at other places in the world that have cold weather, the children have really enjoyed exploring our North Pole role play area.

   

  In maths the children continue to work on their mastering number, they have been learning how to match numerals to quantities, ordering numbers and understanding the composition of a number. The children enjoy using the Numberblocks characters to help them to understand these

  

• Sign of the Week

  Fri 16 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 16 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	Alma	3B	Ayat
  RB	Hashim	4A	Divine
  1A	Sonia	4B	Alisha
  1B	Humzah	5A	Sumaiya
  2A	Abubaker	5B	Billal
  2B	Jesse	6A	Saim
  3A	Zaki	6B	Aatikah

  

• PE Superstars

  Fri 16 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	Mirha & Muaz
  Year 1	Nazarii & Angel
  Year 2	Lainey & Maryam. J
  Year 3	Harun & Nikolas
  Year 4	Lana & Leaena
  Year 5	Abdul-Moeez & Zoya
  Year 6	Leila & Philipe

  

• Starbooks Reader - Winners!

  Fri 16 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	Aqsa	3B	Mila
  RB	Evie	4A	Hussain
  1A	Bella	4B	Aminah
  1B	Ibrahim	5A	Eva
  2A	Umaiza	5B	Rehan
  2B	Toby	6A	Minahil
  3A	Caleb	6B	Muhammad

  

• Year 3 Manchester Museum

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  On Tuesday 15th January Year 3 visited the Manchester Museum, they all had a wonderful time.

   

  

• Year 4 Roman Workshop

  Fri 16 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.

   

• Blue Badge

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  A reminder that if you have a blue badge please use it accordantly. The blue badge is for the person it has been allocated to, not a family member. Please display it clearly on your vehicle.

   

• Eco Shop

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  Happy New Year!  We hope you have some empty containers  ready to refill as we are looking forward to seeing you at our next eco shop on Tuesday 27^th January in the dance and drama room (next to the year 5 doors).

   

  We use too much plastic, and we’ve opened our refill shop to help everyone to use less.

  It’s important to use less plastic because it is very    polluting when it’s being made, and it’s really hard to dispose of.

  Some plastic is recycled but too much gets burned, or put into landfill, or just left, and it harms animals and fish.  

  We want to do what we can to reduce our plastic waste, which is why we’re running our shop.  

   

  Please remember it is CASH ONLY! We would really appreciate it if you could bring the correct change where possible. The price list is below:

   

  Cucumber & Aloe Vera Hand Wash £2.25

  Apple Orchard Washing Up Liquid £1.50

  Pink Grapefruit & Aloe Vera Body Wash £2.80

  Nourishing Coconut Body Wash £2.80

  Pink Grapefruit & Aloe Vera Hair Shampoo £2.80

  Pink Grapefruit & Aloe Vera Hair Conditioner £2.50

   

  Thanks,

  School Council

   

   

• After School Clubs

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  We still have places for the after school clubs.

  They are as follows:

  · Monday: KS2

  · Tuesday: KS2

  · Wednesday: KS2

  · Thursday: KS1

  If you are interested please contact the school.

   

  There will be no after school clubs next Tuesday.

  Thank you.