On Thursday 14th May, our P7 Young Sports Leaders organised and ran a mini sports day for all primary 1 children. The leaders did a fantastic job and have now qualified as Young Sports Leaders.

The primary 1 boys and girls had a lovely morning trying out all 12 sports challenge stations and they earned lots of points for their houses as they took part. House points were issued by our sports leaders to children who tried very hard, cheered for their team and  showed good sportsmanship.

The points for each of the scoring stations were  added up and the winning teams were awarded bonus house points. In 1st place and winning 300 points for their house was Baird 2. Murray 1 came 2nd winning 200 points and in 3rd was Burns 1 who won 100 points for their house.

Thank you and well done to all of our P1 pupils and the P7 Young Leaders for working so hard.

On Saturday over 100 adults, staff and children climbed Ben A’an. Everyone managed to the top and enjoyed a well-deserved picnic at the peak of the mountain. Everyone involved had a great day out and rose to the first ‘family fitness’ challenge. Well done everyone!

Our P4 Tennis Team of Katie Needleman, Olivia McIvor, Gregor Chalmers Thomson and Irvine Robertson went to Busby Tennis Club on Wednesday 6th May to compete in the Williamwood Cluster Tennis Tournament.

Each player competed in 4 matches against players from Busby and Carolside.

Our players worked very hard and showed great tennis skills and sportsmanship. In the end, Busby Primary won the tournament and have now qualified for the East Renfrewshire Finals. Despite this, our children still enjoyed their experience and the challenge of playing very skilled opponents and we are all very proud of them. Well Done!!

NETHERLEE VS ST JOSEPH

On a windy Thursday afternoon, Netherlee Primary football team faced a strong St Joseph’s team at Netherlee playing fields.

Netherlee started off to a strong start putting lots of pressure on the St Joseph’s defence. Inside the first 5 minutes, we slaughtered home a well worked goal that was nicely finished by Kerr Mackie. With the wind against us and our defence struggling by St Joseph`s high pressure, Ewan McCall pulled out a last minute save. However, soon we could not cope with St Joseph strikers and lost 3 goals in short succession. With half time looming, we were playing some good football but couldn’t take our chances.

In the second half, Shay O`Dowd made good decisions and changed our formation to 2-1-2-1. From there Netherlee began their comeback with Daniel Gear whipping in a great corner and nicely headed in by Kerr once again. The defence coped well and put in some strong tackles annoying the St Joseph`s attack.

Our attack once again put through some great balls and eventually got the third and last goal. We fought hard and brought it back to 3-3. Ewan McCall made some brave, strong and difficult saves to keep us in the game.

With 10 minutes to go, we once again lost 2 fatal goals which sadly lost us the game 5-3.

Written by Ewan McCall, Daniel Gear and Adam Diab

On Wednesday 22^nd April all the P7 pupils from Netherlee , Carolside and Busby went to a sports day to Williamwood High School. We all got put into different teams and all of the schools were mixed up. Then we all started to do the different sports. The activities were hockey, football and basketball and we all had fun. The S6 pupils who are doing their Young Leaders Award (like the P7 pupils in our school) were in charge of the groups. It was a great opportunity to meet some of the children that might be in our new classes and to top it all off, the sun was shining the whole day!

Written by Emma Davidson and Emma Wood

Netherlee Extra Curricular Term 4 Timetable 15

Above you will find a link to our timetable for extra-curricular clubs taking place at Netherlee in the Summer Term.

Check back over the coming weeks to see pictures of the clubs in action!

On Saturday 18th April at Kirkcaldy High School, 19 of our primary 6 & 7 pupils competed in the Scottish Schools Cross Country Championships.

It was a beautiful warm and sunny day which was perfect weather for spectators but made running the mile course even more challenging. The standard of competition was extremely high and all of our runners gave their best and did themselves and the school proud.

Netherlee competed in the second race for each group as schools with names beginning A-K run in one race and L-Z in a separate race. Around 150 pupils were in each race.

First up was the primary 6 girls race. Our top finisher was Erin Fraser in 51st place. Lucy Elliott and Anna Winter came home close behind in 54th and 60th. Completing the team were Anna Lucas in 71st and Erica Makin in 121st. In the team results, the girls were 11th out of 22 teams.

Next up were our primary 6 boys. Charlie Tomkinson was Netherlee’s first finisher in 46th place. Just 10 places behind him was Thomas Pavri in 56th. Matthew Norrie finished in 65th, Lewis Gough came 84th and Joe McNally completed the team in 104th.  In the team results, the boys were 14th out of 27 teams.

Our primary 7 girls team competed next. In 59th place Stella Cowey was our first girl home. Following behind her was Anna Ghiro who used the last of her energy in a great sprint finish for 68th place. Sophie Lauder and Nina Jackson finished the race in 87th and 98th respectively. Serena Marchon also made the team but was unfortunately unable to compete on the day due to illness.  In the team results, the girls were 16th out of 20 teams.

Last to run after being fantastic supporters of our other teams were the primary 7 boys. All boys had brilliant runs with the whole team finishing in the top 60. Christopher Watson-Sweeney was the school’s top finisher in an excellent 27th place. Stephen Alpine and Michael Alba pushed each other in the race to finish just 1 place apart in 47th and 48th. Ben Galloway came home in 54th place and Robbie Currie completed the team shortly after in 58th place.  In the team results, the boys were 7th out of 21 teams.

Congratulations to all of our runners, they were a credit to the school in their performances and behaviour! Thank you to them and their families for taking a day out of their Easter holidays to represent Netherlee.