The after school clubs for Summer term are available to book on Parentmail. They will start the week commencing 22^nd April 2025 and will be up until the Summer holidays but there will be no clubs taking place the last week of the term. Sessions will run after school until 4.15pm each week. The cost will be £8- £10 for the half term.

Payment must be made in full (£8-£10) for the term when booking a place. We are unable to reserve places without payment. Places are limited and will be on a first come first served basis. Please note that payments for after school clubs are non-refundable.

Parents’ Meeting for Nursery, Reception, Year 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 will take place the week commencing  Monday 28th April. You will need to go to Parentmail to book a parents’ meeting appointment.

The parents’ meetings will be on the following dates:

Nursery: Monday 28^th April, Tuesday 29^th April and Wednesday 30^th April.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2: Monday 28^th April and Wednesday 30^th April.

Years 3, 4 and 5: Tuesday 29^th April and Thursday 1^st May.

Appointments will be available to book on parent mail/parent’s

This term, every week we will be looking at children’s attendance and all those children who have 100% attendance for the week will be put in to a draw to win 10 Dojos. There will be one random winner from each class.  To ensure your child is entered into this weekly draw, all you have to do is make sure they are in school on time every day.  Thank you for your continued support.

After the Easter holidays we will be commencing with our Summer menu. (Please see page 7)

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

If you wish for your child’s meal pattern to change after Easter you must email the school office: office@marlandhill.rochdale.sch.uk no later than Friday 18th April.

Well done to Zahra and Logan for being chosen as Breakfast Club Superstars!

The next reading workshop will be as follows:

· Friday 25^th April - Year 5

· Friday 2^nd May - Year 4

· Friday 9^th May - Year 3

· Friday 16^th May - Year 2

· Friday 23rd May - 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!

Please be aware that these will now take place on a Friday at 2.30pm.

Year 5 have had a very busy week, this week!

On Monday, the children took part in a really exciting and engaging PE lesson on the field. The children played a match of Jag Tag which is a version of American Football. The aim was to get the ball forward and past the line to score a point. The children really enjoyed this lesson in the sunshine, learning the skills of a new sport with their friends!

It was World Math's Day on Wednesday and all of year 5 took part in answering some very tricky         reasoning and problem-solving question focused on their fluency in number. The children had to think about different ways to express parts and whole and produced some really lovely work using bar models. WE were so impressed by the high-quality questioning from both classes and could see a real              improvement in their mathematical problem-solving skills. Well done Year 5!

In English, the children completed their final drafts, producing a detailed set of instructions on how to make scones. The children will be following their recipes next week when we get the opportunity to bake cheesy scones for DT!

In science, the children were investigating moon craters and conducted an experiment using a sand pit and different balls to determine if the height of an object dropped does affect the size of a crater made. This led into some in-depth discussions about the features and look of our moon and how its craters have been formed over the many years! 5B also spent a lesson researching an aspect of the Solar System of their choice and were able to present their findings in any way they liked. We saw posters on the biggest Black Hole and interesting information pages on our different planets. The children were able to gain so much information about their chosen specialty and, through a class presentation and peer evaluation, learn so much about our Solar System as a whole! It was a great lesson! 

World Maths Day was celebrated around the world on Wednesday 26^th March 2025. The children celebrated this by exploring, reasoning and problem solving activities. One of our target areas is to improve the way in which we solve reasoning and problem solving questions with children discussing and explaining how they know. Well done everyone who took part.