Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Parent Consultations
Thank you to all those parents who have already signed up for parent consultations with our keyworkers or nursery teacher. The appointment sheets are still in the foyer for you to choose a day and time that suits you best. We look forward to sharing all the progress with you.

Woodland and Local Walks
Over the next few weeks, we will be going for walks in Linn Park. Children will be offered this choice as part of the ongoing provision and we will display a reminder on our noticeboard and in the foyer. The children get so much from connecting with the natural world with friends, exploring the local green spaces and being out in the community learning about local shops and business.  We also plan to visit the local care home to sing a few songs and have a chat with the residents. The children and residents enjoy these visits and offer a great opportunity to practise conversation skills. These local walks are already covered by the local outing consent forms completed by parents and carers when children start with us at Netherlee. We are sure that the children will share their learning with you when you discuss their day!

Tie Gifting
We are very excited to invite you to our Nursery Tie Gifting for children leaving Netherlee Nursery to start school in August. This will take place on Wednesday 18th June and Friday 20th June between 9.45-10.30am.  Both events will take place in the Saplings building. We kindly ask that a maximum of two guests per child attend the Tie Gifting.

Please see dates and times below for the groups:

Wednesday 18th June: 9.45-10.30am
Owl
Deer
Rabbit
Butterfly
Fox

Friday 20th June: 9.45-10.30am
Otter
Hedgehog
Squirrel
Badger

The ceremonies will take place in the outdoor play area at the back of the Saplings building unless there is adverse weather. Parents and carers should arrive through the Saplings gate and enter through the side gate in the P3/4/5 playground.

Those not attending the tie gifting (including our younger children) on the above dates should still attend their normal nursery session. If your child does not normally attend on the days of the tie gifting, please just let us know should they still wish to take part- they are of course more than welcome!

Sports Week
Our annual sports week is fast approaching and we have already started to make plans to ensure this is a fun and exciting week for all children involved. We have been very lucky in previous years that parents and carers have come in to deliver sports sessions and presentations to make this a very memorable week.

If you have experience of coaching or participating in a sport, dance or any area of physical and mental wellbeing (Yoga, Pilates, Meditation) or you have links with a local club or group, Mrs Linn would love to hear from you! You could even come in to share a sport or activity from a different country! Please email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued support.

Planned Menu Change – Thursday 22^nd May
Please find attached our planned menu change for Thursday 22nd May. The allergy information is included to enable your child to select a suitable option.  However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact your catering team via the school office. If you have completed a lifestyle meal request form a suitable alternative will be provided.

School and Nursery Photographs
If you have ordered photographs, these will be sent home with your child today. If your child is not in school or nursery, the photographs will be sent home as soon as they are back in. Thank you.

Community Event: Starting Solids Event
Please see attached a flyer regarding an upcoming Starting Solids event on 19^th and 20^th May.

Community Events: ERC Summer Holiday Camps
Join us for a summer of FUN! Our Summer Holiday Camps are now on sale, with lots of options across East Renfrewshire. You can search and book our camps here: https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/summer-holiday-camps/

This year, we’re running:
All Star Sports Camps (5-14yrs)
Theatrical Costumes and Props Camp (9 – 12yrs)
Time Travellers Camp (5 – 12yrs)
Play In A Week – The Musical Camp (9 – 12yrs)
Technical Theatre Camp (12 – 15yrs)
Eco Art Camp (5 – 9yrs)

Our Summer camps are very popular & early booking is highly recommended.

Routes out of Crisis Project at East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Please see attached a flyer about a new support offer from Citizens’ Advice for families experiencing hardship. If you know someone who might benefit from the ROOC project, please contact: Grace Deighan through email: Grace.Deighan@EastRenfrewshireCAB.casonline.org.uk or mobile: 07564 661470.

Reminder of Holiday Dates
The school and nursery will be closed on Friday 23^rd May and Monday 26^th May. Nursery will reopen at 8am on Tuesday 27^th May.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

We hope you all had a really lovely break and enjoyed the sunshine!

With that in mind, we would like to remind parents and carers about keeping your child safe at nursery during sunny weather.

Keeping Safe in the Sun
Preparing for sunnier days ahead, could parents/families please provide a named tube/bottle of sun protection cream that can be kept in nursery? We would appreciate if parents/carers could please do the first application of sun protection cream before dropping off at nursery and nursery staff will reapply cream thereafter.

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Stay and Play
Sign in sheets will be available from Monday 28^th April for our last ‘Stay and Play’ sessions of 24/25. Our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions will be during week beginning 12th May. ‘Stay and Play’ can be a really special time where the focus is on your nursery child and their experience and relationships. (Max of 2 adults per child)

Parent Appointments
Please keep your eyes peeled in next week’s newsletter for more information about how to sign up for the forthcoming parent meetings.

Parent Council – Amendments to Constitution
In their last meeting on 26 March 2025, the Parent Council agreed some changes to their constitution.  These are now available for view by the parent forum for 20 school days before taking effect.  The amendments are highlighted as “track changes” to the existing document.  This is available on the Parent Council page of the school website: Parent Council Constitution

If any parents/carers of the school or nursery have any questions or comments regarding the constitutional amendments, please email these before the end of the day on Wednesday 28 May 2025 to the Parent Council on netherleeparentcouncil@gmail.com

If no responses are received, the amendments to the constitution will take effect from the following day.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Music Wall
Thank you to all those who have already given us items and/or feedback about improvements to our proposed outdoor Music Wall. We would still gladly accept any of these items for our wall: wooden spoons, old pots, pans, tins.

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Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Evaluating our Services
Care Inspectorate regularly visit services to observe the quality of children’s care, play and learning. As part of this, your feedback using the attached link would be appreciated. The online survey should take no longer than 10 minutes.  Please click here to share your views :Care Inspectorate Parent /Carer Survey

Yummy recipes!
We are looking for recipe books for our young cooks and for our role play area. If you are having a clear out, we would be happy to use your old recipe books in the nursery. Please just hand in during drop off or collection.

Pre-School Vision-Screening Programme
Children will be bringing home consent letters for the vision-screening programme. These require to be returned as soon as possible please.  The nursing team will be in nursery on Wednesday 23^rd April.

Community Events: Spring Holiday Camps / Swimming Intensive Lessons
Don’t miss out on Spring Holiday Camps! Enjoy All Star Sports Camps at Eastwood & Barrhead High Schools, Intensive Swimming Lessons in leisure centres & Art Workshops in Eastwood House. Spaces are selling fast – book now! There are so many options to choose from – search all camps, lessons & activities here: https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/spring-holiday-camps/

Community Event: Thrive Under Five
Grow, Cook, Inspire family learning opportunity open to Netherlee families with children under 5. Please see the leaflet for booking information. Hope to see you there!  As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Early Finish – Friday 4^th April
School will close slightly earlier than usual on this day. P1 and P2 will finish at 2.25pm and P3-7 will finish at 2.30pm. Nursery will be open until 6pm.  We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday when it comes and we look forward to welcoming everyone back on Tuesday 22^nd April.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Bikes and Scooters in the Playground
To ensure the safety of all children, we kindly ask that bikes and scooters not be ridden inside the playground. Please ensure your child dismounts before entering to help prevent accidents and keep the area safe for everyone.

We appreciate your cooperation and support in maintaining a safe and enjoyable environment for all.

Jungle Jamboree – Show Programme Adverts for Sale
Do you have a business? We need you! We are looking to raise funds for our Primary 7 school show by selling advertising space within our programme. If you are interested, please read the  flyer and follow the link.

Come Fly With Me
In recent weeks at nursery there has been a lot of chat about making things fly, experimenting with different materials for making aeroplanes and measuring how far they can fly. So….we had a visit from a pilot to explain about his job, the skills and tools he uses, his flight log, safety checks and the exciting places he flies to.

Reading, reading and more reading
As always we would love for parents and carers to join us for Bookbug sessions. These sessions are great for exploring and enjoying stories, characters and settings, listening and spotting rhyming patterns and words. Here is a reminder of when these are:

Bookbug in the Acorns Building
Bookbug Tuesday 18/3/25 2pm with the Otter, Fox, Deer Groups
Bookbug Wednesday 19/3/25 9:30am with the Rabbit, Butterfly, Owl Groups
Bookbug Wednesday 19/3/25 2pm with the Badger, Squirrel, Hedgehog Groups

Care Plans
If you have recently been looking over your child’s Care plan documentation at home, we would appreciate if they could be returned with your comments. Thanks for your full involvement in this important information sharing.

Eid and Ramadan Celebrations
We are very fortunate to have such wonderful children who have met with Mrs Linn this week to start planning Ramadan and Eid celebrations. In addition to classroom activities and a special assembly, they have suggested that children wear their Ramadan or Eid clothes on Thursday 27^th March. This is completely optional and families do not need to participate if they would prefer not to. May we take this opportunity to thank the families who have already came into school to lead crafting and information workshops? All children and staff have been very grateful of your time. Many thanks.

Chatter Café
All nursery and school parents and carers are very welcome to come along to our Chatter Café on Friday 28^th March from 9:15am until 9:45am in our school Hub. This is an extremely informal opportunity to chat to members of the Leadership Team and to meet other parents and carers to share your thoughts and ideas about any aspect of Netherlee life! You will also be able to enjoy some tea, coffee and delicious home baking, made and served by a group of pupils too! Please do pop in if you can- we really look forward to seeing you.

Community Events: Spring Camps
East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure’s Spring Holiday Programme for kids is now on sale! Enjoy All Star Sports Camps at Eastwood & Barrhead High Schools, Intensive Swimming Lessons in leisure centres & Art Workshops in Eastwood House. There are so many options to choose from –  search all camps, lessons & activities here: https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/spring-holiday-camps/

Community Events: Clarkston Tennis Club Open Day
Clarkston Tennis Club are hosting an open day at the club on Saturday 29^th March. It is free to attend and all information can be found on the flyer.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

‘For the Love of Reading’ Open Library Thursday 6^th March 2025
As part of the celebrations for World Book Day, the Librarians would like to invite families to come along to enjoy a read in the school library! We have comics, novels and a plethora of fiction and non-fiction titles to explore!  Open Doors from 3.15 pm to 4.15pm- feel free to pop in for 5 minutes or stay the hour!  Hope to see you there!

Designs
At nursery we have been talking and thinking about what Netherlee Nursery means to us and how this is reflected by our Logo.  We are looking for your ideas to help us with this design. Please add any ideas that you and your child may have to the display board in the foyer of the nursery. We have been discussing possible images with the children already but always welcome views from parents/carers.

Food Glorious Food!
Netherlee Nursery Class provides a hot lunch for the children.  The 3 weekly rolling menu can be accessed using the following link: Nursery Lunch Menu.

If you wish to provide your child with a packed lunch please have a look at https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes which provides nutritious lunch ideas and inspiration. We would also request that you place an ice pack in the packed lunch to keep cold foods at low temperature. If providing grapes or cherry tomatoes please ensure that, they are quartered to minimise choking incidents.

Cooking Skills and Recipes
The children learn skills of counting, weighing, measuring, chopping and mixing when following recipes for many healthy, tasty breads and scones. We want to have bread making as part of our routine in nursery. We would appreciate if you would share any favourite bread recipes you use at home with us. Please share them at drop off/collection or email them to nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

Netherlee Nursery Lending Library
We hope that you are enjoying the books from the lending library available in the foyer from 2:45pm. Please let us know if you have any special requests for titles and we will try our best to find you the perfect read!

Sleep
We often have chats with families about sleep patterns. The following link might be of interest to you: www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/life-skills/sleep

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

The Joy of Reading Together
We are pleased to offer fantastic books from our Netherlee Nursery Lending Library. These will be available for you to browse and choose a title or two to take home and enjoy with your child. They will be set out in the foyer of the nursery from 2.45 p.m. each day to give you time to browse when collecting your child for 3.OO p.m. We hope you find the tips for encouraging reading useful. Click here Parent Zone Reading.

Scottish Book Trust   This link also has some useful tips on the importance of reading together for pleasure.

Mid Term Break
The school and nursery will close for the mid-term break and re-open on Thursday 20^th February. We look forward to welcoming all of our Netherlee children back again on Thursday.

World Book Day: Thursday 6^th March
As always, we encourage parents and families to participate in all aspects of nursery life. If you would like to share your skills as an illustrator, author or storyteller, please let the staff know at drop off or collection or by email to school mail.

Ramadan
With lots of our families looking forward to the beginning of Ramadan on Saturday 1 March, our P7 Diversity Leaders have already made a start on planning learning experiences for the children in school and nursery. We are also fortunate that one of our parents has also volunteered to come into school to lead some crafting activities in Primary 1!

Mrs Linn would welcome your input on how best to celebrate this special festival. If you have suggestions of what we can do in school, please email at SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or, you are welcome to pop into the school office at morning drop off or pick up time to discuss your ideas with Mrs Linn. Many thanks for your continued support.

Community Events: FREE Golf Taster Sessions
Mearns Castle Golf Academy are offering free golf taster sessions for children aged 5-12 during the February holiday.  They have 1hr long sessions running 10am-3pm from Saturday 15^th – Tuesday 18^th February. All information can be found in the flyer.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Childhood Illness
NHS Scotland guidance on infectious diseases has recently been updated and can be found here.

School and Nursery Photographs
We will be welcoming Jane Henderson back into our school and nursery from Monday 24^th February until Friday 7^th March. She will take:

• class, individual and sibling photographs of children in P1 and P7
• class and individual photographs of children in P2-P6
• our nursery children will have individual photographs taken

The photographs will be taken indoors so we don’t have to worry about the weather!  As always, we will do our very best to include all children in the photographs but this may not be possible if a pupil is absent during Jane’s time at school and nursery.

Nursery children can wear their normal nursery clothes.

Please see attached timetables, which details the days and times your child’s photograph is due to be taken. We hope the photographs will be a lovely memento of your child’s year in school and nursery.

Community Events: Dyslexia Scotland Meeting
Please find attached information regarding Dyslexia and Apprenticeships Meeting on Wednesday 19^th February.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello everyone,

Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up.  This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.

Photos
To help create a homely atmosphere in the nursery setting, it is good to have photographs of family members in our role play and dining areas as you perhaps would have at home. Please send in any family photos that you would be happy to have on display in this way and look out for them in nursery.

Collection Times
If your child has a core attendance pattern of 9.00 a.m. to 3.00p.m. you will have seen that this can be a very busy transition time.  We appreciate your help to ensure that our children are calm and kept safe by ensuring that you collect your child by 3pm sharp please.  This ensures that the playrooms continue to run smoothly with ongoing learning through play for the rest of the children and that staff are available to share relevant information with you if needed etc.   Thank you.

It has been another busy week at nursery with many of you participating in Stay and Play sessions. We thank you for your feedback and we hope you enjoyed your time with us playing, learning and even making new friends!

Head Lice
It is always a good idea to periodically check your child’s head for any little creepy crawlies. We have lots of useful information on this in our website so please click this link if it would be of help to you.

Community Events: Sports Classes
Participating in sport can have many positive impacts on children’s lives including developing life skills such as respect, responsibility, confidence, compassion and friendship- all in an active environment!

East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure run over 100 sports classes for children each week from Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Netball & Tennis!  Book a FREE taster session here: https://ercl.classforkids.io/term/2

Our super popular Beginners Gymnastics classes now have a limited number of spaces available, book here: https://ercl-gymnastics.classforkids.io/term/1

Community Information: Family First
At Netherlee, we are always here to support our families if they need help, whether that be a chat at the door, through telephone calls (0141 570 7260) or by email (schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk). Family First is another useful source of support as well, please click here to view useful information about this service.

As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery.  We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Have a nice weekend.