Hello everyone

It’s been really lovely for children to share with their special adult during our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions this week. I hope you have enjoyed having time to see the activities children choose to engage with and to talk with staff about nursery life.

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. If you are having problems viewing the calendar, you can change the view by selecting view week/month/agenda at the top right and change to view by agenda where you will then see a list of events. Continue reading →

Hello everyone,

What a beautiful week of sunny weather, the children and staff have really enjoyed being outdoors in the sunshine.

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. Continue reading →

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.

Our Netherlee Apple Tree
Over the last few weeks our children have been picking apples, making juice and crumble with some of the apples from the Netherlee apple tree.  We were so glad to be able to share our bumper crop of cooking apples with you too. We’d really love to see photos of what you made at home as these can then be used in one of our floor books. Thank you. We know that some of you have been concerned about the apple tree looking a bit sorry for itself since it blew over during summer. Please don’t worry, we’ll soon have it staked up and growing happily again soon. Continue reading →

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.

Chatter Café
All nursery and school parents and carers are very welcome to come along to our Chatter Café on Friday 13th September from 9:15am until 10am 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.   It is always really helpful to share ideas and thoughts about Netherlee life and to enjoy a coffee/ tea together. You’ll also be able to enjoy some delicious home baking, made and served by a group of pupils too! Please do pop in if you can, even just for 10minutes- we really look forward to seeing you. Continue reading →

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.

Community Events: Culture & Leisure
Please see the attached flyer for over 120 classes and clubs that are currently available across East Renfrewshire Council All information can be found through visiting the website or scanning the QR code, both of which can be found of the flyer.

Community Events: Parental Employment Support Programme
Please find attached a flyer for the Parental Employment Support Programme.

We hope you have a lovely weekend with your family.

Hello everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I share the calendar of events in school and nursery for the 2024/25 session. For your ease please see attached PDF, however please note that going forward all calendar updates will be made via the electronic website calendar. These will be added to the website calendar by the end of next week.  We are so delighted that we can welcome you into school and nursery at regular points throughout the session.  I hope you find that having these dates at the start of the session helpful.  Thank you for your understanding if any dates require to be changed due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances.  If this needs to happen we will of course give you as much notice as possible.

Annual Data Check
Our annual data checks have been sent home with your child today, we would be grateful if you could please have a look over this and update (if required).  Please return all data checks to nursery staff or the school office by Friday 6^th September. Continue reading →

Hello everyone

We have had a fantastic first week back as staff and children reconnect with each other and re-establish trusting, warm relationships together.  It has been wonderful to see all the smiling, happy faces coming into school and nursery each morning. The staff team are taking the time to get to know your child, learn about their likes and dislikes and help settle them into life at Netherlee.

Continue reading →

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.

In-Service Day
We’re looking forward to a really busy in-service day on Tuesday 7th May. We’ll be joining in with a whole school and nursery outdoor learning session and reviewing our progress towards priorities in our School and Nursery Improvement Plan (link to parent friendly version of the SNIP on the website). Then in the afternoon, our school and nursery staff will be attending workshops to enhance our knowledge and understanding of supporting children. We will be joining staff from Busby, Carolside, Overlee FC, Cart Mill FC and Williamwood HS.

Fundraising
We all had a fantastic time last Thursday and Friday with our “fun”draising.  Thanks to the hard work of the House Captains and your amazing generosity we raised £2,318.69 for our school and nursery funds

Can you Please Help?
We’re looking for newspapers and magazines for children to use during their art work. If you have any we could use, please just hand them in at drop off or pick up. Thanks so much for this.

Parent Meetings
Thanks to everyone who has signed up for a Parent Meeting during this week. We have appointment sheets available in both buildings for you to sign up for a Parent Meeting with your child’s key worker. Should you prefer a meeting with Mr Strang Roy, our nursery teacher he will be available from 4pm-6.30pm on Tuesday 21st May and 4pm-6.30pm on Wednesday 22nd May.

Stay and Play
Sign in sheets will be available from Wednesday 8th May for our last ‘Stay and Play’ sessions of 23/24. Our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions will be during week beginning 13th May 2023. ‘Stay and Play’ can be a really special time where the focus is on your nursery child and their experience and relationships. Due to the popularity of these sessions we ask that one adult attends as children can be overwhelmed by too many adults in the building. We look forward to seeing you.

Parent Council Meeting Highlights
Thank you to the Parent Council for producing the latest Meeting Highlights Newsletter.  We had a very productive meeting and the highlights can be found here: Meeting Highlights

Menu Change – Friday 10^th May
Please find our planned menu change for next Friday, 10^th May. The allergy information is include. If you have completed a lifestyle meal request form a suitable alternative will be provided. However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact your catering team via the school office.

We wish you a very happy, long holiday weekend. We look forward to hearing all of our children’s news when they return from Wednesday of next week

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.

Photograph Orders
The order forms for the photographs will be sent home with your child on Monday 15^th April. If your child is not in school or nursery on Monday 15^th, we will send their order form home as soon as they are back in.  All the details for ordering any photographs are included in the pack. Please note that the deadline for all orders to be received back into school and nursery is Friday 26^th April. Thank you.

Community Events – ERC Library Activities
Please visit the website for a list of activities in your Community Library this Spring – https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/libraries/children-and-young-people/

Have a wonderful holiday and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to school and nursery after the Spring Break on 15th April.

Hi everyone,

What a lovely surprise we had today when the Easter Bunny took time from his/her busy schedule to appear in both nursery gardens.

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.

Nursery Bookbug Week
We are really looking forward to Mrs Greig and Mrs Morton hosting Bookbug sessions for nursery children, their special adults and younger siblings. We’ll have a spring in our step as we join in some fun action songs and read books with a Spring/Easter theme.

We invite you to come along on the following days:
Tuesday 26th March at 9.15 – Purple and Orange Group in Acorn Building
Tuesday 26th March at 2.15 – White Red and Pink Group in Sapling Building
Thursday 28th March at 9.15 – Yellow and Green Group in Sapling Building

Please don’t worry if you or your child’s special adults can’t attend, no child will miss out and they’ll have the opportunity to join in with our wonderful staff.

Last Day of Term
Please remember Nursery is normal hours on Thursday (8am-6pm) when school closes at 2.30pm. We look forward to welcoming everyone back after the Spring Break on 15th April 2024.

Personal Care Plans
Our Personal Care Plans allow families to share information to help identify next steps to support children’s learning, care and wellbeing. If you have your child’s Personal Care Plan at home we ask that you hand it in once completed. We really appreciate you taking the time to do this.

Psychology of Parenting Project (PoPP)
The following PoPP Sway shares information on the availability of PoPP groups within East Renfrewshire during 2024. These groups are for any parents/carers who have children 2-12 years and are interesting in extending their knowledge of how to manage behaviour. https://sway.cloud.microsoft/gWOLYNyk1D3CLLGg

Community Events: ERC Culture & Leisure
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure’s new term of sports classes for children start this week. With over 100 classes per week, including; Badminton, Basketball, Football, Mini Kickers, Netball & Athletics – all led by their expert coaching teams. This is a great opportunity to introduce your child to a brand-new sport. You can search and book classes here: https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/sports-arts/sports/kids-sport-classes/

Have a lovely weekend with your family.