Hello everyone

Summative Reports (For children starting school in August)
We hope you enjoy taking time to read your child’s Summative Report. We know that children will continue to make progress in the home environment over the next few months and this will be recognised by their teacher when they start Primary 1.

Head Lice
Head lice can’t be prevented but regular checking ensures early detection and treatment if necessary. Parents and carers should aim to check their children’s hair once a week during hair washing. Please click on the links for more information:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/public/Netherlee/uploads/sites/95/2019/01/Head-Lice.pdf
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/public/Netherlee/uploads/sites/95/2016/10/25-Head-Lice-Information-for-Parents.pdf

School Holidays for 2021/22
Parent Council Newsletter

Have a lovely, long weekend everyone.

Many thanks

Yvonne Donaldson & Angela Kerr

Hello everyone

Attachments this week:-
Parent Council Newsletter
PTA Magic Night
P2 only Gingerbread Letter

We have had a fantastic “ACTIVE”ities Week. We hope you have enjoyed sharing some of the fun with us by looking at our Twitter feed where you can enjoy a selection of what the classes have been up to. We were particularly delighted with the “retweet” from Olympic athlete, Johnny Brownlee- it was lovely to see so many of the P6 children being so impressed, proud and also super excited!

PROGRESS REPORTS Your child will have brought home their end of year Progress Report today. We hope you enjoy sharing this with your child at home and you will soon have the opportunity to discuss this, and any other matters that you would like, with your child’s teacher during your Parent Appointment.

SCHOOL UNIFORM Please remember that our recycled uniform rails are available, just after 9am, each Monday morning. All are welcome to pop along on any Monday at this time to have a look at the large amount of good quality items available.

PARENT COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Thank you to the Parent Council for producing the next PC Newsletter which we hope will help you to keep up to date with the working of the Parent Council, school and nursery.

PTA MAGIC NIGHT Once again our wonderful PTA have not only been continuing to enhance our outdoor spaces by adding to the colourful shapes along many of the fences around the school and nursery, but they are now ready to share their latest virtual event with you. Please see the attached Magic Show Flyer above. Thanks as always PTA!

LITERACY NEWSLETTER Please click on the link below for the Newsletter. Our thanks to Mrs. Wharton for putting this together. https://sway.office.com/g3GjR2oA74JIq1oH?ref=email

I hope you and your family have a wonderful, long weekend and have an opportunity to enjoy spending some time together with your child(ren).

We look forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to school on Tuesday 1^st June.

Regards,

Netherlee Primary School

Good afternoon everyone, you will see there are some attachments this week:

PTA Baker Event
NHS Testing Information
P7 Events

HEALTH and SAFETY  Can I politely remind all parents that Netherlee is a nut free school and, as such, request that you ensure your child doesn’t bring any nuts, or any food containing nuts eg Nutella to school at any time. This is to help keep all children and staff as safe and well as possible.  Thank you for your support and vigilance with this.

PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION As outlined in the “return to school information for parents” issued after lockdown, I would like to remind you that playground and gate supervision is in place from 8.50am with school starting officially at 9am.  Although gates are opened before then, children do remain the responsibility of parents until 8.50am as there are no adults in the playground before this time.  I would therefore ask you to please be mindful of this as we have noticed an increasing number of children, which includes our youngest year groups, arriving at school quite early and well before 8.50am.

“ACTIVE”ities WEEK  As part of “ACTIVE”ities Week, next week, we will be challenging everyone to walk a little more if at all possible. This could be walking to/from school, or even walking part of the way. If this isn’t possible, a walk, cycle or scoot after school or in the evening would count as well.  We are really looking forward to a fun filled, active week ahead.

UNIFORM RECYCLING We have been delighted by the response of parents to make use of this newly introduced initiative.  I would like to thank the many parents who have taken the time to get in touch to express their thanks and appreciation for this being introduced.  Please remember that you can now make use of this system each week on a Monday morning (just after 9am).  Just drop by the Clarkston Road Gate, or the gate at the main entrance to the school near the pavilion, to have a look at what is available.  We have a great selection of items in super condition and the rails are fully stocked thanks to the volume of donations that you have given. There is a large red box at the main entrance to the school, just at the top of the stairs/ ramp where you can drop off uniform items that your child is finished with, including unbadged grey items or shirts and blouses and summer dresses- we would very gratefully take anything that is washed and still in good condition off your hands.  Thank you.

ERC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO P5-7 PARENTS ONLY If your child is interested in learning a musical instrument in school, please ask them to share the video from ERC Instrumental Music Services that your child’s teacher has placed on their Google Classroom.  This video will allow you and your child to find out a little about each of the instruments that are on offer. If you have any questions about this, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the school office, Mrs Wharton or Mr Watson who will be happy to help.

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING AND AGM This virtual meeting will take place on Wednesday 16^th June at 7pm and, as always, all parents and carers are welcome to come along.  Please visit the “Parents and then Parent Council” tabs in the school website for information on how you can join us.

HOLIDAY WEEKEND  School and nursery will be closed for the long holiday weekend on Friday 28^th and Monday 31^st May and we look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday 1^st June.  Please note that, as always when we move into the month of June, homework will stop and therefore next week will be the last week of homework for your child for this session.

Have a good weekend everyone, please stay safe and well.

Mrs Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher

Hello everyone

​“ACTIVE”ities Week Mon 24th – Thurs 27th May
Due to the ongoing COVID restrictions, unfortunately, we will not be able to have a whole nursery Sports Day. Instead, we plan to have an “ACTIVE”ities week. The focus of the week will be on being really active, in terms of exercise, competition, healthy living and looking after our bodies. We will have obstacle courses, bootcamp exercises, flat races, potato and spoon races and lots more!

To make it as easy as possible for children to participate in all these activities and have lots of fun, they should wear suitable clothing and footwear every day please.

​Parent and Carer Appointments
We hope that many of you have  enjoyed the opportunity to talk with staff about the progress your child has made during their year at nursery. It’s a really lovely time to reflect on your child’s increasing independence and progress while playfully learning lots of new things. For all children starting school in August, please look out for an email later on today with the time slot for your telephone appointment with your child’s keyworker.

​Photographs
Should you decide to order your child’s recent nursery photograph, all orders require to be returned by Wednesday 26^th May please. The purchase of these photographs is, of course, entirely optional and there is no obligation at all to buy them.

​Holiday
We would like to remind you that nursery is closed on both Friday 28^th May and Monday 31^st May.

​Special Books
We are sure that you have really enjoyed sharing your child’s Special Book at home. We ask that you now return these to nursery as staff continue to use them with the children until the end of term, during transition discussions and when reviewing progress.

Netherlee Equalities Parent Forum
Netherlee Primary and Nursery have representation on the East Renfrewshire Council Equalities Parent Forum. However, we are looking for a nursery parent or carer, to volunteer to be part of the group. It will only mean attending a few meetings where you can contribute to the discussion.  The focus of the last meeting centred around supporting families living with poverty, especially in light of the financial fallout of Covid.  Next session, we will also be focusing on ensuring that we consider and celebrate the diversity of the Netherlee Community and we would love to include nursery parents in this. If you are interested in representing our nursery please just let us know.

Uniform Recycling
We have lots of age 3-4 polo shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies that you are free to take from the table outside the Sapling Building.

For those going to Netherlee Primary School, Mrs Wharton (Principal Teacher) wanted to share that ‘Netherlee’s School Uniform Recycling System’ have received lots of P1 sized uniforms. If you would like to take any of these in advance of your child starting P1, the Recycling Uniform Rails will be available to view every Monday morning, from just after 9am, at the Clarkston Road Gate. There is no charge for any item at this stall, however, if you would like to make a very small donation towards school funds for using this service, you would be most welcome to do so. In order to comply with current restrictions, please be mindful of the requirement to maintain social distancing when viewing these rails and remember that face coverings should be worn.

NHS Test & Protect Flyer

We hope you have a really lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Angela Kerr (PT)

Hi Everyone

We’re really looking forward to sending home your child’s Special Book next week. Our Special Books are a really valuable way of sharing your child’s learning story across their time at nursery. We hope you thoroughly enjoy looking at the book together. We ask that you also update your child’s ‘Personal Care Plan’ (in Special Book) where needed, and then return the book to us. For children returning to nursery in August, these books will then continue to be added to by the children themselves and also their keyworker and staff. For children leaving nursery to start P1, Special Books are an important and very useful tool in our “transition to school” processes and these will be shared and discussed with your child’s new P1 teacher. These will then, once again, continue to be added to in P1.

We ask that, when dropping off or collecting your child from the Saplings building, you continue to only use the gate beside the Saplings building please. The gate beside the Acorns building is only for dropping off or collecting from that building. We respectfully ask you to remind any other adults involved in the drop off or collection of your child from nursery of these procedures as they should not be in the school grounds or crossing playgrounds during the nursery or school day. Many thanks for your help, support and understanding with this safety measure.

This week lots of children (and staff!) have had so much fun splashing in puddles or playing with the taps and this resulted in wet feet and therefore us having no spare socks! If you have any spare socks that we could use for changing children we’d really appreciate these. We would also be very grateful if you could please continue to put spare clothing in your child’s bag every day, as we often need to change wet, muddy or painted clothing. Thank you once again for your help with this too.

We hope you have a lovely weekend getting out and about with your family.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Angela Kerr (PT)

Hello again everyone,

SCHOOL UNIFORM
Thanks you once again for contributing to our uniform recycling processes. We are delighted with the response and would like to remind you that from next week, you can now begin to benefit and make use of the recycling system. I have re-attached the letter that Mrs Wharton sent out a couple of weeks ago which explains when and how you can drop by the school to look at what is available for you to take away for your child.

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DAY 21^st June 2021 (P5-7 children who play a musical instrument only)
Throughout this past year and especially during the recent lockdown period, we appreciate that many children have been continuing to conscientiously practise their musical instrumental playing at home. We are also delighted that musical tuition in school is slowly being reintroduced and we are so proud of these children for their efforts and dedication. As such, we would like to recognise International Music Day on 21^st June this year. Please find attached a letter from Mrs Wharton and Mr Watson in relation to these exciting plans.

PTA MEETING WED. 19^th MAY 2021
Please find attached the agenda for the next PTA meeting. All parents and carers of Netherlee are very welcome, please see the attached agenda for details of how to join us.

“ACTIVE”ITIES WEEK (24^th – 27^th MAY 2021)
To continue our focus on outdoor learning and the importance of being active to stay well, both physically and mentally, we are delighted to share our plans for “Active”ities Week in the attached letter from Mr Bryce- lots of fun to look forward to.

BIKEABILITY – P7 ONLY
Please note that due to a clash of dates the full day Bikeability session for p7c has been moved from Friday 11th June to Friday 4th June.

GETTING IN TOUCH
We continue to respond very quickly to any phone calls or emails that we receive from parents and are very appreciative that many of you have, and continue to, get in touch with us about a range of matters. Please be reassured that we would never hesitate to give you a call if we wanted to have a very quick chat with you about anything at all- even if this was about, what may seem like, a very small, non-urgent matter or if we wished to arrange a meeting with you to have a more in depth discussion. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to take this approach yourself too. All you have to do is give the school office a quick call or drop us a line in an email if you would like to chat to myself or any member of staff. Please don’t ever feel that you would be taking up, or wasting, our time in any way… parent/ school partnerships and ongoing communication is something that myself and all of my staff are very committed to- therefore there is nothing, in relation to your child or the school, that could ever be a waste of time. Even the smallest matters can be really important to you, us or your child and are often very easily and quickly sorted for your child or yourself. (Phone: 0141 570 7260 or email: schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk).

HEALTH AND WELLBEING SWAY
And finally, I hope you enjoy the latest in our ongoing series of SWAY Newsletters- thank you to Mrs Roberts for putting this one together for us. As you know, a focus on health and wellbeing always plays a huge part in the life of Netherlee however, never before has this ongoing focus been so important than over this past year. Please click on the link to get a flavour of what this looks and feels like in school and nursery. https://sway.office.com/LUpCCR0sFEOU4Bk7?ref=email.

A warm Eid Mubarak to everyone who celebrate the festival of Eid and… to all families… have a really lovely weekend.

Mrs Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher

Hello again everyone

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS- We are delighted that we have been able to welcome the photographer into school this week to begin taking class and individual photographs of the children.  As I said last week, at one point we really didn’t think that this would be able to happen this year due to Covid restrictions and therefore watching the children all line up excitedly as they wait in line for their turn to have their photograph taken has been really very special indeed and another little sign that life continues to get back, step by step, to normal.  I really do hope, and hope you agree too, that it will be so important going forwards that everyone continues to really appreciate the little things, like a simple photograph, that now seem so very important and special.

PTA SUMMER EVENTS- Please find attached a reminder poster from the PTA detailing lots of events that they have organised for Netherlee children and families.  These events are all free to everyone to take part with the option of making a very small donation if you would like to and are able.

TRANSITION INFORMATION- As a staff team we had a very productive In-Service Day yesterday,  In- Service Days are a very important opportunity for staff to share and discuss best practice with each other and also to receive training and professional development.   Yesterday, many of our Pupil Support Assistants received further training on how best to support pupils with literacy and reading skills which they felt was very useful and helpful to them in their important role within the school.  At the same time, teachers spent time looking in detail at all of the information (both learning and wellbeing) that they have gathered on their children throughout the whole session and in particular since returning to school after lockdown.  They also looked at their curricular planning documentation to ensure that the children’s learning continues to be appropriately paced and that they have accurate transition information to pass on to the new class teacher towards the end of term, ready for the new session in August.  Staff also spent time yesterday suggesting and considering priority areas which we feel should be included in our Improvement Plan for Session 2021-2022.   This work carried out by staff yesterday will be carefully considered, alongside your own suggestions that you gave via the Parent Council recent survey, for inclusion in our new session’s improvement plan.   I will of course share our plan with you at the start of the new session in August.  Hopefully, (fingers and toes crossed) by that time we will be able to once again welcome parents back into the school and nursery and we will be very keen to utilise the many skills that you have as parents which could help us to achieve our priorities eg volunteering and helping in school, input into Community Learning, sharing family cultures and traditions, running after school clubs etc.

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING- Please find attached the Agenda for the PC Meeting on Wednesday. Please remember that every parent/ carer who has a child at Netherlee is welcome to attend our Parent Council Meetings and you don’t need to be a member of the council to come along (virtually at the moment).  Information on how you can join the meeting is contained in the agenda and is also available on our website under the Parents then Parent Council Tab.

NUMERACY AND MATHEMATICS SWAY NEWSLETTER- Please click on the link to view the latest in the series of SWAYS which will give you an insight into what is, and has been, happening in Numeracy and Maths recently in Netherlee.  We do hope you are enjoying these new Sway Digital Newsletters.  These have been introduced to help keep you informed about various aspects of life in Netherlee as well as specific areas of the curriculum.  https://sway.office.com/MDpBRvRrlUhVNpnj?ref=email

UNIFORM RECYCLING SYSTEM- We are delighted by the response to our uniform recycling initiative.  We are very grateful to the many parents who have popped up to the front door of the school to drop off bags of uniform that they are finished with into the donation box.  We even had to empty our box several times over the course of the week which is wonderful.  Please remember to continue to do this at any time as this initiative is now part of our ongoing practice within the school and we hope that it will really help families as well as, of course, the environment.  Next week, I will remind you of how you can pop up to school to have the opportunity to take away any items of recycled uniform that may be of use to your child.

HAPPY EID-  On behalf of the school, nursery and Netherlee community, we would like to wish all families who celebrate Eid a very happy  Eid Mubarak next week and hope that you enjoy celebrating this important festival, safely with your loved ones.

As always, please get in touch if you have any ideas or suggestions that you would like to share or, of course,  if you have any concerns or questions in relation to your own child.  We are here and very much want to help in any way we can.

Enjoy the weekend.

Mrs Yvonne Donaldson

Head Teacher

Hello everyone,

It’s been a short but very busy week as children and staff have enjoyed lots of opportunities to play inside or out, in spite of the hailstones and rain.

Staff have also been busy preparing to share good practice with each other during the In-Service Day. It’s really important to have opportunities such as In-Service Days where staff can share expertise and ideas across the whole team.  This also reminds us that, although we may have two nursery buildings, we are very much one nursery community. During our In-Service Day yesterday, some staff shared their training and experience of Virtual Nature School (Miss Dorran, Miss Montgomerie and Mrs Kaur), our newly introduced Bucket Time Sessions (Mrs Greig and Miss Ramsay) and all staff also had opportunities to help identify priorities for the ‘School and Nursery Improvement Plan’ for next session starting in August.

We’re really looking forward to the photographer taking some lovely photos of our children next week. Please don’t worry if your child misses their slot as you will see that we a have a catch-up day for all children across both buildings on Friday 14^th May. As photos are being taken  outside this year,  let’s hope the weather is kind to us! Photographer Timetable

For all children returning to our nursery in August, please look out for an email later on today with the time slot for your telephone appointment with your child’s keyworker.  We will then follow this round of appointments with a similar email for parents of children who are leaving us to start their exciting journey into P1.  These telephone meetings will take place from 1^st June 21.  If your child is moving on to P1 in Netherlee Primary, you will receive transition information from the school shortly which will include induction visit dates and other useful information for you.

Please find attached the agenda for the upcoming Parent Council Meeting on Wednesday.  Please remember everyone, who has a child at our nursery or school, is welcome to attend.  Please see the agenda for how to join us if you would like to.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Angela Kerr (PT)