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• Menu week commencing 13th October

  Mon 13 Oct 2025
  

• Parent Page

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  Child directed play

   

  Playing with your child for 10 – 15 minutes a day is a great way to support your child’s development and build positive relationships with your child. Play is an opportunity for your child to learn, discover and explore. Play improves behaviour. Play develops the basic skills for social interactions i.e. language development, turn taking and expressing feelings appropriately.

   

  Tips for child directed play

   

  · Be an attentive and appreciative audience. Turn off the television and put mobile phones away.

  · Follow your child’s lead; let them choose what to play with.

  · Go at your child’s pace, follow do not lead the activity.

  · Do not compete with your child; they will not want to play with you if it is stressful.

  · Engage in pretend or imaginative play/ role-play.

  · Give your child choices and allow them to change their mind.

  · Curb your desire to ask for help, give enough support so your child does not become too frustrated but do not take over.

  · Reward quiet or purposeful play with your attention.

  · Have fun, these times are special.

   

• Presentation Week Awards

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  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	Muaz	3B	M. Mahad
  RB	Eddie	4A	Zainab
  1A	Bella	4B	Yaran
  1B	Jasmine	5A	Zunaira
  2A	Nusaybah	5B	Zaynab
  2B	Maryam	6A	Hibah
  3A	Dawud	6B	Emad

   

   

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  Most Improved
  RA	Aminah	3B	Logan
  RB	Usman	4A	John
  1A	Ayat	4B	Joshua
  1B	Aayah	5A	Abel
  2A	Zain	5B	Adeem
  2B	Alfie	6A	Maleeha
  3A	Marwah	6B	Aatikah

• New Nursery and Reception

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  If any parents are considering applying to our nursery or reception classes next year, and would like to look round school our open day will be Wednesday 22nd October at 9.30am, if you would like to attend please email the school office: office@marlandhill.rochdale.sch.uk

   

  Thank you.

   

• Halloween Pumpkin Challenge

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  We are running a Halloween competition starting next week.  The children must enter using the purchased pumpkin template. NO REAL PUMPKINS TO BE USED OR BROUGHT INTO SCHOOL. We will come round to classes with the templates from Monday.

  Please see page 10 for more information.

   

• Choir

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  KS2 School Choir will be restarting as an after school club on Thursday 6^th November. This will be as follows:

   

  · Thursday's KS2 (Year 3 - Year 6) 3:10pm - 4:00pm 

   

  If you wish for your child to participate you will need to book a place on parent mail by going to shop/payments to book and reserve a place. There is no cost. Places are on a first come, first served basis. We do encourage the children to ensure they attend each week to be able to learn and perform.

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Fantastic Achievements

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  Well done to Jack—he has done so well performing The Nativity at Middleton Arena this week.

   

  

• High School Applications

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  The deadline to apply for high school is Friday 31st October 2025. You will need to apply online:

  https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/school-admissions-appeals/apply-secondary-school-place

   

• Captain’s Table

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  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	Riann	3B	Ibrahim
  RB	Noor	4A	George
  1A	John	4B	Maliha
  1B	Amaal	5A	M. Ben Cheikh
  2A	Adam	5B	Rania
  2B	Hassan	6A	Mishal
  3A	Phoebe	6B	Esa

  

• PE Superstars

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  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	Azaan & Kyra
  Year 1	Fiza, Angel, Aayah, Ahmad. K
  Year 2	Eimaan, Musa,
  Year 3	Nikolas, Ayat. A, Momina. A, Caleb
  Year 4	John & Safaa
  Year 5	Ayesha. Mus & Safaa
  Year 6	Ethan & Ella