Hi everyone

We have lots of news to share as we near the end of this school year.

Tie Ceremony
We invite you to watch our Nursery Tie Ceremony from Wednesday 23rd June at 10am. All nursery parents and carers will have access to watch as our children, who are going off to school in August, perform some songs and are presented with their school ties. The ‘Tie Ceremony’ video will be available to watch securely on Google Classroom until 13th August.
Those leaving to start P1 will be able to wear their school tie and ‘Class of 2021’ t-shirt home on Wednesday 23rd June. For those who don’t attend on Wednesday, they will be presented with their tie and t-shirt according to their attendance pattern throughout the week. We realise that, while it’s really lovely to see confident children ready to take the next step in their education, this can be an emotional time for parents as you see your child reach another milestone.

Staffing News
We are sorry to say goodbye to Shona Ramsay, one of our Child Development Officers as she makes an exciting move to Cross Arthurlie Nursery Class. Shona is really looking forward to this move and is looking forward to her new venture. Shona has worked in Netherlee Nursery Class for 20 years and has been a really valued member of our team. She has worked tirelessly to promote eco initiatives, cleaned many a skint knee as our First Aider and delivered lots of innovative learning opportunities. We all wish Shona every success in her new post and in her future career.
We will also be saying ‘au revoir’ to Lauren Weldon who will be returning to the school to take a class next session. Lauren has shown, through her enthusiasm, that she has loved the opportunity to work with the children, families and staff in the nursery. As Lauren goes, we will welcome Lewis Strang-Roy as our new nursery teacher. Lewis has a wealth of experience with his own young family and as teacher in the school and we are really looking forward to him joining our team from August 2021. Our Modern Apprentice Holly Neely will be leaving to move to Cartmill Family Centre for her last placement. We all wish her every success as she embarks on her career as a Child Development Officer from August 2021. Good luck Holly, you have been a fantastic asset to our team in Netherlee.

August 2021
We are so lucky that all nursery staff have a staff buddy, which means that your child has two keyworkers and that our staff work closely as one team to support all of the children. We can share that those returning in August will remain in their same coloured group, have one of their familiar key workers and lots of familiar faces. Next session, the Orange, Pink and Yellow groups will move to the Sapling Building. We are currently piecing together this complicated jigsaw and will be in contact next week to let you know further information regarding starting back in August.

Congratulations!
A huge thank you to one of our parents, Gayle Owens, for entering a competition to win a ‘You Can’t Take an Elephant on Holiday’ book and activity packs. We’re delighted to share that Gayle won a great prize of a copy of the book and 30 postcards. You can download a free, fun digital activity pack by clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/ElephantOnHolidayActivityPack Thank you Gayle!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Angela Kerr (PT)