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.

Please can we remind parents/carers to please be careful when parking and driving around school. Please be mindful about not blocking local residents’ driveways.

Thank you for your continued support.

We still have places for the KS2 Choir on Thursdays until 4pm. Places are free. If you are  interested you can email school:                                       office@marlandhill.rochdale.sch.uk.

Thank you.

Congratulations to Miss Hughes, who has given birth to a baby boy over the Christmas Holidays. They are both doing well.

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. Thank you.

To apply for a reception place the deadline is 15th January 2026. You will need to do an online application form:

rochdale.gov.uk/school-admissions-appeals/apply-primary-school-place

If you have any queries please contact School      Admissions services:

Email: school.admissions@rochdale.gov.uk

Telephone: Call 0300 303 0340

Below are the weekly attendance winners for each class. Please help support this achievement by reminding our winners and parents that they are to look after the prizes and they must be returned to school on Monday.

A reminder that meal patterns are set per half term and cannot be swapped or changed in between.

School dinners are £3.10 per day– please ensure any outstanding balances are paid. Thank you.

Year 3 will be visiting Manchester Museum on the following date:

· Thursday 15^th January 2026

The cost of the trip will be £6. This is a voluntary contribution towards the cost of the visit and transport. The cost of the visit has been heavily subsidised by school. If we do not   receive sufficient funds we will have to cancel the visit.

Please complete the consent form on parent mail, which can be found in the forms section. To pay the £6 voluntary contribution, please go to parent mail, payments/shop.

Reading workshops this half term will be as follows:

· Friday 9^th January – Year 6

· Friday 16^th January – Year 5

· Friday 23^rd January – Year 4

· Friday 30^th January – Year 3

· Friday 6^th February – Year 2

· Friday 13^th February – Year 1

They will be taking place in the school hall  2.30pm-3pm.

Tea/Coffee will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!