All pupils in Mr Rimmer’s Year 5 class are participating in the Halle World Music Project with 3 other schools from the IPLCN. The finale session on Monday 9^th July includes a rehearsal from 3.00pm to 5.00pm for pupils, and a concert from 6.00pm to 7.00pm for pupils.  Pupils will need to bring a packed tea to school on Monday 9^th July as they will be staying in school between 3.00pm and 7.00pm.  They will have a break for tea at 5.00pm.

Children do not need a costume, they need to come to school in their school uniform. Pupils taking instrumental lessons with Mrs Brooks (recorder/flute/clarinet), and Mrs Kent (brass) will need to bring their instruments in to school on each of the workshop and concert dates.

Parents can come to the concert which starts at 6pm and finishes at 7pm. Tickets are available from the school office. If your child is participating please ensure they are collected from the school office at 7pm. Thank you.

Our Medal Ceremony for all Year 6 children is in on Wednesday 11th July at the new time of 5.30pm. To start the ceremony there will be entertainment by Year 6 Singers followed by awards for all the Year 6 children.  This ceremony will be to recognise the achievements of Year 6 and every child will receive a medal and be presented with a certificate by the governing body of the school. We hope that as many parents as possible will attend. Tickets are not required for this ceremony.

Younger children will be allowed into the performance, it would be greatly appreciated if children are encouraged to keep quiet during the performance to minimise distraction to pupils performing.

We will be having an ice pop sale, run by our PTA, on Thursday 5th and Thursday 12th July. Ice pops will cost 10p each and will be available to buy after school. Thank you. 

Some of our Year 5 and Year 6 children were involved in an IPLCN Musical Workshop on Wednesday 4th July 2018 here at Marland Hill. They performed some songs with some other schools from the IPLCN on their musical instruments. It looks like they had a fantastic time. Well done Year 5 and 6. 

Our parents meeting are scheduled over the next few weeks. Letter went home on Friday 29th June 2018 to all parents. Please ensure you fill in the slip at the bottom and return to school as soon as possible to ensure you book a slot to see your child's class teacher. Parents meetings are on the following dates:

Nursery           Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July

Reception        Monday 10th July

Year 1              Tuesday 11th July

Year 2             Thursday 12th July

Year 3             Thursday 12th July

Year 4             Tuesday 17th July

Year 5             Thursday 12th July

Year 6             Tuesday 17th July

A group of our Year 6 pupils did a fantastic job of presenting speeches to the Mayor and other Council members at Rochdale Town Hall on Tuesday. Their ideas prompted a lively discussion for all involved and they were excellent ambassadors for the school. The Mayor was very impressed!

We had arranged for 2 showings of Year 5 and Year 6’s performance of Marland’s Got Talent, one on Friday 29^th June in the daytime and one on Wednesday 4^th July.  Unfortunately due to the low number of parents requiring tickets for the daytime performance we have cancelled this show. There will be no performance on Friday 29^th June and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The performance on Wednesday 4^th July will take place. The performance starts at 6.00pm but we are asking children to be back for 5.30pm. There are a limited number of tickets still available from the school office. Due to health and safety, there will be only 2 tickets available per family in the first instance. We will message parents via text to let them know if they can collect additional tickets.

We hope to see you on Wednesday 4^th July.

Some of the children from the Hearing Impaired Base went to visit the Manchester Opera House last week to watch the production of Awful Auntie. They have been reading the book by David Walliams in class. They had a fantastic time. 

Please note there is no more swimming this Year 4 in the summer term. They will be taking part in PE instead so please ensure their PE kit’s are in school. Thank you.

Please note that due to the warm weather Sports Day for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have been cancelled. We have also cancelled our athletics and cricket competitions. We will be in touch with parents to let you know the dates of the re-arranged days. Thank you.