Roselands Primary School
Spring Term 1 Newsletter
2026
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year!
Staffing update
This term we have employed a new Midday Support Assistant: Victoria Perez. We welcome her to the Roselands team and are confident that she will have a positive contribution to the children at Roselands.
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Best wishes,
Mrs Emma Benzal Fowler - Headteacher
Attendance
Attendance
It is really important that your child is in school EVERY DAY. This week our whole school attendace has dropped to 95%. Learning is cumulative and each lesson builds on the last. Excellent attendance is vital for successful learning.
Class Attendance Summary:
Reception: 95%
Year 1: 94.7%
Year 2: 93%
Year 3: 95.2%
Year 4: 94.6%
Year 5: 96.3%
Year 6: 95.4%
Diary Dates for Spring
Diary Dates for Spring
Lab Tots Assembly - 4th Nov
Author Sue Murley visit - 5th Nov
FORS School Disco - 7th Nov
Wreath Laying at Hoddesdon Town - 9th Nov
Friendship week - w/c 10th Nov - Power for Good theme
Odd socks day - 10th Nov
FORS AGM will be held at school on 17th November at 6pm. All are welcome.
NSPCC workshops - 20th Nov
Occasional Day - 28th Nov School closed
INSET day - 1st Dec
Festival of carols - 3rd Dec
Rudolph Fun Run - 4th Dec
Musicians Christmas concert - 8th Dec 2.30pm
EYFS Christmas play - 9th Dec 9.30am
KS1 Christmas concert for Year 1 parents - 9th Dec 2pm
KS1 Christmas concert for Year 2 parents - 10th Dec 2pm
Ancient Greek workshop Years 5 & 6 - 15th Dec
Christmas Dinner day - 16th Dec
Haileybury Christmas Service - 18th Dec
End of term - Fri 19th Dec 1.15pm
Return to school for children - Tues 6th January
Dojo Points
The children have been busy earning Dojo points for themselves and their houses. Many have already achieved the
Here’s how the points stand:
1st: DAHL with points
2nd: ELGAR with points
3rd: TUDOR with points
4th: DARWIN with points
5th WENLOCK with points
Let’s keep up the great work and continue to support each other as we aim for the top!
Class News
Reception - Ash & Beech
Reception - Ash & Beech
Cedar
Cedar
Elm
Elm
Hazel
Hazel
Laurel
Laurel
Maple
Maple
Pine
Pine
Sycamore
Sycamore
Willow
Willow
Yew
Yew
2025 Rotary Shoebox scheme
2025 Rotary Shoebox scheme
A letter from the Rotary Club
A letter from the Rotary Club
On behalf of the trustees, we would like to express our sincere thanks to everybody who has supported us during the past year. Although the number of filled boxes is slightly down on previous years, we have still been able to send boxes to our colleagues in Cluj and very shortly, a container will be heading for Moldova with 11,250 boxes ready for their Christmas distribution.
That delivery will include boxes that will be given to Ukrainian children and their families both in Ukraine and living as refugees in Moldova.
The picture shows our warehouse filling up nicely and once these have been sent to Moldova, we already have requests for more to be sent to Romania and Albania so we look forward to receiving your gifts in the coming week and months. If we're lucky and receive sufficient boxes to make a load, it is our hope to send a delivery to Romania in time for Easter and after that, for Children's Day on 1st June.
Ther Rotary Shoebox Scheme works all year round, not just at Christmas so please continue to give us your support and from all of the trustees, may we wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR
Nigel Danby - Chair of Trustees
Friends of Roselands
Friends of Roselands
FORS will be having their AGM in school at 6pm on 17th November 2025. This is the time when the committee is selected for the next year. We encourage as many of you as possible to come. We are always looking for more committee members or just an extra pair of hands to help out at events. If you can spare any time please come and speak to us, we are a friendly bunch. Alternatively you can email us at roselandsfors@gmail.com
Everything we do benefits the children of Roselands Schhol. Thanks for your support!
Friends of Roselands committee
Roselands Primary School, High Wood Rd, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9AR
Tel: 01992 442407 Email: admin@roselands.herts.sch.uk
Website: www.roselands.herts.sch.uk
Headteacher: Mrs Emma Benzal Fowler
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