COME DINE WITH ME EVENT

We are delighted to invite parents/carers to come along and enjoy lunch with their child at school. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience our school lunches, spend time together, and see what lunchtime is like for our learners.

Please see the poster for full details, including dates and House days. Your child should know their House but if they don’t please call in to ask the school.

We look forward to welcoming you and sharing the experience with you! 😊

JRSO Seminar 2026

We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Emma’s Dad for dropping us off in Kilwinning to meet Miss McMillan for our JRSO Seminar that was attended by various schools throughout the 3 Ayrshire Authorities.

We all had a great morning learning lots of new things all related to road safety. When we arrived, we were put into the blue group with another school. There were 5 different stations that we would spend time at.

Our first session was the arts and crafts area. This is where we were to create a poster highlighting all things ‘road safety’. We had a variety of paper and materials that we could choose from as well as sharing ideas from each other and with the other school that was in our group. Poster making is a big part of sharing our ideas and spreading our knowledge for the whole school to see.

The next station we went to was to spend time with Janis. She is one of the coordinators who was explaining what they would like us to focus on to support Ayrshire Roads Alliance with their campaigns to be shared into schools.

The Green Cross Code is such an important initiative and has been around for many decades. Janis showed us old videos and adverts that use to be televised throughout the 1970’s and onwards. These adverts were shown constantly throughout the day and were mainly aimed at teaching children to cross the road safely. The idea was to make instructions memorable for children. The government still supports The Green Cross Code, however they now call it THINK! As a team, we would like to re-introduce this very important message to Nether Robertland and share the importance of the message to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN & THINK whilst near the road.

We then moved onto the next station, which was a road safety game. It was based on snakes and ladders but also had areas where you landed and you had to answer a road safety question. Everyone did very well and Emma & Sophie won both the games…..no cheating, honestly!

After this it was break time where we had juice and a biscuit provided as well as a drink, sweets and chocolate that Miss McMillan gave us!!

Next task was where we went with Fiona. She is also one of the coordinators. She was highlighting distractions to us. Sophie and Rory had the worksheets and stop clocks to take note of the data, whilst Owen and Emma were being distracted. The timings that Rory and Sophie logged proved that you’re not concentrating on your surroundings when you are distracted.

Lastly, we went to Barbara who was going into detail about speed limits around schools. This is the other area of road safety that we are going to be investigating. Many areas in and around Kilmarnock have already introduced the 20mph speed restriction. It has already started in Kilmaurs, so it won’t be long until it is in Stewarton. Did you know though, that in and around our school is already a 20mph zone?

As you can see, we were involved in an action-packed morning that is vital for our journey. The information we received will be used throughout our road safety journey and we can’t wait to share lots of things with you all…..including a competition that we are already planning!!

Thank you to all the Ayrshire Road Alliance staff that put on the great seminar and thank you to Mrs Beveridge who picked us up to bring us back to school.

We look forward to sharing our learning with you.

Many thanks from Owen, Rory, Emma and Sophie.

FOOTBALL FUN FACTORY

I’m Blair Gray, Head Coach of the Football Fun Factory (https://thefootballfunfactory.co.uk/) in Ayrshire. We have been running a successful school holiday programme in Ayrshire for the past 4 years! It’s been great to be able to support Nether Robertland in the past!
We would love to continue to have as many local school children as possible attending! To help this happen I would love to offer the pupils at Nether Robertland Primary School a 25% discount to attend our upcoming 5 day camp in Stewarton! Single day bookings are also available!
 
Regards,
Blair

🧮✨ Maths Week Scotland 2026 ✨🧮

Last week, our learners have been taking part in a range of exciting activities to celebrate Maths Week Scotland! From problem-solving challenges and practical investigations to games and real-life maths activities, our children have been developing their confidence, skills and enjoyment of mathematics.
We are delighted to share some of the learning that has been taking place across the school. To see our Maths Week Scotland highlights, please click on the Sway link below:
Well done to all of our learners for their enthusiasm, teamwork and perseverance throughout the week! 🌟

JRSO ACHIEVEMENT

This years Junior Road Safety Officers are coming to the end of their time as Leaders of this team. They have worked incredibly hard throughout the year, and their efforts were recognised by Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) on Friday.

Representatives of Ayrshire Roads Alliance contacted Mrs Beveridge to ask if they could come to our school and present certificates. The team were also asked to create a short promotional video to showcase all the fabulous work they’ve done and to highlight the benefits of having a JRSO Team in more schools across Ayrshire.

I would like to say that it has been a privilege to work alongside Amber, Grace, Harry and Travis. I am extremely proud of the dedication and hard work over the campaigns and initiatives we ran this year. A lot of valuable road safety information was researched and shared with everyone at Nether Robertland.

An additional responsibility that the group has, is to choose the next Junior Road Safety Officers for the new term in August. This has now been completed, and I look forward to introducing them to you after the summer.

A big thank you to all our pupils, staff and wider community who have been so supportive; we couldn’t do this without all of your enthusiasm and engagement!

Many thanks

Miss McMillan

JUNIOR CHESS INFORMATION

JUNIOR CHESS EVENT

This will be run on one Thursday evening 14th May 2026 from 6.30pm to 9pm at Greenwood Academy. The league will comprise teams of four players arranged in order of strength, and each player may expect to play about three games each evening against players from other teams. Teams may be grouped by age and/or experience in the event. We do not require players names until the evening of the event but teams must be entered by email by Monday 11th May

ACA Junior league entry form 2026

JUNIOR CHESS LEAGUE

This will be run on one Thursday evening 14th May 2026 from 6.30pm to 9pm at Greenwood Academy. The league will comprise teams of four players arranged in order of strength, and each player may expect to play about three games each evening against players from other teams. Teams may be grouped by age and/or experience in the event. We do not require players names until the evening of the event but teams must be entered by email by Monday 11th May

Full details are on the attached entry form

Thanks

John Montgomery

Secretary

On behalf of Ayrshire Chess Association

Peaceful Garden Quote Competition📚🦉

Peaceful Garden Quote Competition📚🦉
We’re excited to invite children, parents/carers to take part in a special competition to help shape our schools Peaceful Garden Area, a quiet, calm space where imaginations can grow through the love of reading.
The winning quote will be designed and proudly displayed in the peaceful garden for everyone to enjoy.
Hand your inspirational quotes into Miss Sawyers, Mr Howie or Miss Ward by the 13th of March.
We are excited to receive your entries! Good Luck!