Hello everyone,

Your little ones have had a fantastic week at nursery! They have been engaging in the world around them, noticing the seasonal changes. It has been lovely to see their wonder, curiosity and appreciation for nature!

Nursery Parent and Carer Appointments
Our nursery parent and carer appointments will take place during week beginning 30^th October and 6^th November. Sign-up sheets will be made available from next week at our nursery doors for you to choose a suitable date and time.  We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery to discuss your child’s progress at nursery.

Celebrating Wider Achievements at Netherlee
Recognising and celebrating children’s achievements is an integral part to Curriculum for Excellence and what we do in Netherlee. We currently share and celebrate our children’s achievements through our Nursery WOW Wall. For example, this may include winning a medal, taking part in a competition or simply have learnt a new life skill.

We also understand that recognising the achievements of the special adults in our children’s lives help to inspire our children to reach their goals and model the importance of resilience. We would also love to display the achievements of parents and carers with our children’s achievements on our WOW Wall for all to see! If you or your child has an achievement they would like to showcase, please send a picture of this with a small description to our email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

We look forward to hearing about you and your child’s achievements and celebrating them at Netherlee.

Home Learning and Google Classroom
Learning at home for nursery aged children should take place through everyday activities including play and general family life, such as food preparation, gardening, setting the table, sorting washing and cooking. It can also happen through curriculum related activities, home learning, reading and sharing books. Activities at home can be specifically designed to help you engage in your child’s learning and build upon playful learning experiences from nursery.

Each month, we will post a home learning experiences grid (previously known as ‘learning links’) on Google Classroom. This will feature some suggestions of fun, play based learning experiences that you may wish to complete with your child at home. These experiences will also give an insight into the children’s interests, learning focus and/or seasonal or cultural festivals.  The home learning experiences grid for October has now been posted to your child’s google classroom, which can be accessed via this link: https://sts.platform.rmunify.com/Account/SignIn/glow

PTA “Coming Together for our School and Nursery” – Reminder
Pumpkin Festival: Start planning your pumpkin entries for display at our Pumpkin Festival on Friday, 27 October between 6pm and 8pm. Bring the whole family, and your neighbours.

If you want to chip in and help, please email netherleepta@gmail.com Thank you to everyone who has already done so. You will find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Give us a follow and stay up to date with all we are doing. Thank you!

Community Events/Information Please See Various Below:

Culture & Leisure
East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure have a wide range of activities on offer for children. Please see the attached leaflet with more information.

Community Events – Pro Judo
Pro Judo are delighted to host a free block of extra-curricular activity for the Williamwood Cluster primary schools. The sessions will held at Parklands Country Club, home of Pro Judo, led by the club’s coaches. The club will run on a Monday on the following dates: 30/10; 6/11; 13/11; 20/11.
5:45pm – 6:30pm (4yrs – 7yrs)
6:30pm – 7:15pm (8yrs – 12yrs)

You can sign-up using the following links by selecting book trial option and select the 30^th October start date.
Under 8’s – 5:45pm – 6:30pm – https://projudo.classforkids.io/info/1121
Over 8’s – 6:30pm – 7:15pm – https://projudo.classforkids.io/info/1148

East Renfrewshire Equalities Forum: Outside the Box is working with people and organisations in East Renfrewshire to create a community-led Equalities Forum. Please see the attached poster, this is a great opportunity for parents/carers to have a voice in wider Equality issues in East Renfrewshire Council.
Equalities Forum

Let’s Talk About Campaign: Please see the leaflets regarding the support that we have available to help with mortgages, debt and energy bills.

National Sleep Helpline: Please see information regarding a wonderful free resource that can help parents and children to learn more about their sleep and develop better bedtime routines. Sleep is essential to brain function, by helping children to sleep better, we can help them to succeed in school.
Sleep Helpline

Childcare NC Opportunity from West of Scotland: Please see the information regarding a National Certificate in childcare that takes place during school hours – 2 days in a placement and 2 days at college – 1 day online. More information can be found here: https://www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk/courses/childcare/nc-childhood-practice-school-hours-november-start

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

Although it may seem a distant memory now, we hope you had a lovely September holiday weekend.

We want to thank you, most sincerely, for your support during the recent industrial action. We understand the challenges this situation may have presented for your family and your partnership and support has been invaluable – thank you.

Parent and Carer Volunteers
Do you have a particular skill or interest? The children and staff would really love to learn from you!

We are welcoming parent and carers who would be willing to volunteer to come to the nursery to carry out an activity with our children based on particular skills or interests you might have, such as sewing, playing a musical instrument, dancing, gardening or woodwork.

Also, it is always interesting for the children to find out about professions such as any emergency or health care services so if you have a profession you think you could share with the children please do let us know. For example, this may include a visit from a dentist to talk to children about looking after their teeth.

It would be lovely to hear from parents and carers who would be willing to come in and share cultural or religious festivals or experiences with us too – for example, showing photos of celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi, teaching children how to use chopsticks or write numbers in Chinese, sharing stories in different languages or helping to teach the children Irish dancing. If you are interested, please get in contact with Jennifer McCann (Principal Teacher) via email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or by telephone 0141 570 7260.

Celebrating Wider Achievements at Netherlee
Recognising and celebrating children’s achievements is an integral part to Curriculum for Excellence and what we do in Netherlee. We currently share and celebrate our children’s achievements through our Nursery WOW Wall. For example, this may include winning a medal, taking part in a competition or simply have learnt a new life skill.

We also understand that recognising the achievements of the special adults in our children’s lives help to inspire our children to reach their goals and model the importance of resilience. We would also love to display the achievements of parents and carers with our children’s achievements on our WOW Wall for all to see! If you or your child has an achievement they would like to showcase, please send a picture of this with a small description to our email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

Gaelic Medium Education Information Event
Please see attached information about an upcoming Gaelic Medium Education information event. Gaelic Medium Education is now open to all children entering P1 in East Renfrewshire and no prior knowledge of Gaelic is required.
Gaelic Medium Education Information Event

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

The weeks are flying by so quickly and the weather has definitely got a little cooler! Despite the rain, the children have been enjoying lots of time both indoors and outdoors. They have been listening to the pitter patter of the rain, splashing in the puddles and discussing the changing colours of the leaves.

September Weekend and Proposed Strike Action
The school and nursery will be closed for the September weekend on Friday 22^nd and Monday 25^th September.

As of yet, we have not heard any further updates in relation to the planned 3 days of industrial action next week and I would therefore ask you to please check ERC social media for any updates with regards to this.  If industrial action is called off later today, or over the weekend we will look forward to welcoming all children back to school on Tuesday.

What to bring
A bit of rain does not stop us here at Netherlee Nursery! Please be reminded that it is helpful if wellies are brought to Nursery each day and a suitable outdoor jacket. Many of our children enjoy and benefit from getting messy with mud or water whilst playing outdoors. We have a small supply of spare nursery clothes but we would be grateful if a spare change of clothes could be brought to nursery if at all possible. Thank-you for your support with this.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery

Hello everyone,

Thank-you to those who were able to attend our Stay and Play sessions this week. The children and staff just loved welcoming parents and carers into our nursery. They are such a valuable way to play alongside your child and to experience ‘a day in the life’ of your child here at Netherlee!

Personal Care Plans
Each child has a ‘Personal Care Plan’ which focuses on the wellbeing indicators (Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included) from Getting it Right for Every Child. Our Personal Care Plans allow parents to share information to identify next steps to support children’s learning and wellbeing within nursery or at home. These are sent home every six months. If you have recently received your child’s personal care plan to complete, please ensure these are returned to nursery as soon as possible- thank you.

Recycled Donations
We are always on the lookout for opportunities to make use of any old items that may otherwise be thrown away. These are items which we can use to support and enhance the children’s play and learning experiences in the nursery.  We would therefore kindly ask for any of the following items if you have them and are just about to dispose of them. Thank you.

• Kitchen items and utensils (e.g. spoons, forks, whisks, pots, pans, salt/herb shakers)
• Jigsaws

• Measuring scales (e.g. kitchen scales)
• Old telephone (landline)
• Recipe books and recipe magazines

Diversity and Equality Parent & Carers Group
Our Primary 7 Diversity Councillors had our first, successful meeting on Wednesday and we are looking for adults with an interest or passion for celebrating Diversity and Equality here in Netherlee to join us. We are hoping to build on the success of our previous Diversity events, celebrating the wide range of religion, culture, gender and neurodiversity we have in our school community. We will meet the last Wednesday of each month, from 2.40pm- 3.10pm and you are welcome to come along to all or just some of the meetings. If you would like to be part of this group of if you have any further questions, please contact Mrs Kelly Linn at school mail SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

Theme Day on 27^th September
Please find attached ERC’s planned menu change for Wednesday 27^th September. The allergy information is included. However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact our catering team via the school office.
World Travellers Day NNC

A Note from PTA – Coming Together for our School and Nursery

Save the Dates – Fundraising Activities
Some of you may be aware that the PTA, volunteers and everyone who participates in any of the events help raise funds that support some of the extra items beyond the core school budget. Last school year this included items like sumdog subscriptions, new playground markings, sports equipment and the colour dash. Without the support of everyone, whether you volunteer, donate or participate in the events none of this would be possible so a huge THANK YOU for all your support! We hope everyone can get involved in some way again this school year and look forward to enjoying the fun across the school community.

As we mentioned in last week’s bundle the PTA are getting ready for 2023/24 with some fundraising activities planned for autumn and winter and have provided some dates to save below. We will shortly be sending out lists of all the activities and events where you or other family members can get involved in supporting our school, however in the interim if anyone would like to note their interest please email netherleepta@gamil.com.

• Design a card project – Please see the attached flyer and hopefully you will find a form in your child’s school bag.
• The Autumn Pumpkin Event is planned for Friday 27th October 6pm – 8pm  – Please see the attached flyer for a flavour of what to expect. More details of how you can get involved to follow in the next couple of weeks.
• The collections of bottles or chocolates for the Winter Event will take place on Friday 1st December with the actual event taking place on the evening of 7th December.

If you have any questions or wish to get involved in any aspect of the PTA please reach out to us at netherleepta@gmail.com.

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

What beautiful weather we have had this week! The children have been having lots of fun in the sun with their friends, having their snack outside and keeping cool in the shade.

They have also loved taking part in Mini Kickers football sessions on a Wednesday afternoon, run by ERC football development. They have been practising lots of physical skills, including running, jumping, catching and kicking. Thank-you to Tommy Millar who has carried out the sessions with the children. They have had a brilliant time.
Mini Kickers

This week, music with the fabulous Mr Watson, our school music teacher, has also started. The children have been working on their rhythm and keeping to the beat whilst practising some singing. Mr Watson will alternate between the Acorns and the Saplings buildings each week, along with some P7 helpers too.

Playground Crossing
In order to minimise footfall and to ensure we can keep everyone safe, we kindly ask that parents and carers refrain from entering and crossing the P6/7 playground when dropping off and collecting children. Parents and carers should use the lane beside the pitch and enter/exit using the gate nearest the Acorns or Saplings building. Thank-you for your support.

Celebrating Wider Achievements at Netherlee
Recognising and celebrating children’s achievements is an integral part to Curriculum for Excellence and what we do in Netherlee. We currently share and celebrate our children’s achievements through our Nursery WOW Wall. For example, this may include winning a medal, taking part in a competition or simply have learnt a new life skill.

We also understand that recognising the achievements of the special adults in our children’s lives help to inspire our children to reach their goals and model the importance of resilience. We would also love to display the achievements of parents and carers with our children’s achievements on our WOW Wall for all to see! If you or your child has an achievement they would like to showcase, please send a picture of this with a small description to our email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

We look forward to hearing about you and your child’s achievements and celebrating them at Netherlee.

Stay and Play
Please be reminded that our first Stay and Play sessions will take place next week (week beginning Monday 11^th September).  These sessions are a fantastic opportunity to play together with your child and see our wonderful spaces and experiences. We kindly ask that a maximum of two adults accompany each child. We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery. Please speak to a member of staff when dropping off or collecting your child if you have not managed to sign up to a suitable slot but would like to join in.

Maths Week Scotland
We are delighted to share with you that our school and nursery will once again be taking part in Maths Week Scotland from 26^th September – 29^th September. This year the focus is ‘Maths in Motion’. Our Maths Champions, Child Development Officers (CDOs) and class teachers are busy planning and organising a variety of exciting, engaging and fun activities to enthuse our children in all things maths, but we would really like to involve our Netherlee parents and carers and we need your help please.

We would like to invite volunteer parents, carers and relatives to speak with the children about how maths ‘makes the world go round’ and is crucial and relevant to all of our day-to-day lives and work. As always, we want to continue to promote a positive attitude towards Maths across our nursery and school.

If you feel that you could share how your life involves maths, we would very much appreciate you coming into school and /or nursery to share your expertise, experience and knowledge. As the theme is ‘maths in motion’ your knowledge could be about maths through travel, sports, space, film, technology, time, financial education, decision making, problem solving, budgeting, planning or timetabling… anything at all! Our children really enjoy seeing ‘real life adults’ out with our school and nursery staff, they gain so much from these experiences and are always very keen to ask lots of questions!

If you would like to talk to us about how you could help us during Maths Week, please simply contact us via email at SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk by Wednesday 20^th September. If you are unable to visit us in person but are keen to share your knowledge and experiences, we would be delighted to arrange for you to speak virtually to the children over Google Meet or to even send us any material that you feel we could share with them.

Thank you very much for helping us and for volunteering in this way, if you can.  Lynn Sweeney (DHT)

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

A Note from the Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

*Coming Together For Our School*
The PTA is getting ready for 2023/24. Start getting your pumpkins carved and ready for our Pumpkin Trail in October and we are looking forward to another smashing winter fair. We will keep you updated and the school calendar at will be updated with further events and activities.

*Offer a smile and lend a hand*
If you can pack a uniform, sort tombola, pour a cup of coffee, hand out sweetie bags, stuff a sausage in a roll, be a Santa or do any such tasks, there is a place for you. None of this will be possible without the invaluable support from our parents and carers. A special shout out to all our new parents and carers, and any grandparents who said they want to get involved.  Email netherleepta@gmail.com with your contact details and let us know that you are here to help.

Community Events: Libraries
East Renfrewshire libraries have a fantastic range of free events and activities throughout the month of September. Pease visit the website: East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure

Community Events: Mini Kickers
Please see attached a letter East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure regarding their football mini kicker programme. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

The children have adapted amazingly to the new routines and are showing great independence and resilience. They have been engaging in lots of lovely experiences this week; noticing their environment, solving problems together and chatting about their family.

Calendar of Events
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there have been a few small date changes to the calendar of events sent out last week.  An updated copy has been attached for your attention and the online school calendar, on the website, will be updated next week to reflect all events.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2023-2024 v2

Stay and Play Sessions
Please be reminded that our first Stay and Play sessions will take place on the week beginning Monday 11^th September. These sessions are a fantastic opportunity to play together with your child and see our wonderful spaces and experiences. Sign-up sheets will be made available next week (Monday 4^th September) at our nursery doors for you to choose a suitable date/time. We kindly ask that a maximum of two adults accompany each child. If at all possible, younger siblings should not attend the sessions. We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery.

Child smile Tooth Brushing
Please find attached the Childsmile tooth brushing consent letter for the upcoming academic year. Your child will be enrolled in the tooth brushing programme automatically. You do not need to do anything. However, if you do not want your child to take part in the Childsmile tooth brushing programme please contact us via email (nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk) within two weeks of receiving this letter (Friday 15^th September 2023).  Childsmile

Home Learning and Google Classroom
Next week, we will begin to issue information on how to access your child’s Google Classroom. Each month, we will post a home learning experiences grid (previously known as ‘learning links’) on this platform. This will feature some suggested activities that may be some fun activities for you and your child to do together.

Nursery Uniform
Nursery uniform is of course entirely optional. Should you wish to make a nursery uniform order, forms will be available from next week.  Forms should be completed and handed to the school office at the main entrance. We kindly ask that payments are completed by Friday 15^th September using ParentPay. Please ask a member of staff at our nursery doors for a form should you wish to place an order. Please note that orders cannot be placed until payment is complete. Thank-you.

We also have a selection of pre-loved nursery sweatshirts and polo shirts available outside the Saplings nursery doors which are looking for a new home! Please help yourself to these from our Saplings building.

Chatter Café
All nursery and school parents and carers are very welcome to come along to our Chatter Café on Wednesday 13th September from 9:10am 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 to share your thoughts and ideas about any aspect of Netherlee life! You’ll 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.

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

What a marvellous week we have had in Netherlee Nursery! The children are settling in really well and are becoming more confident with our daily routines, which is great to see! They have been enjoying playing and learning together and making lots of new friends.

Add-on Hours
Please find attached communication regarding Availability of Additional Hours to Purchase for Netherlee Nursery Class for next session.  If you have any queries on the attached, please don’t hesitate to call 0141 570 7260 or email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.
Add-On Letter

Stay and Play Sessions
Our first Stay and Play sessions will take place during week beginning Monday 11^th September. These sessions are a fantastic opportunity to play together with your child and see our wonderful spaces and experiences. Sign-up sheets will be made available on the week beginning Monday 4^th September at our nursery doors for you to choose a suitable date/time. We kindly ask that a maximum of two adults accompany each child. If at all possible, younger siblings should not attend the sessions. We are really looking forward to welcoming you to our nursery!

Home Learning and Google Classroom
Learning at home for nursery aged children should take place through everyday activities including play and general family life, such as food preparation, gardening, setting the table, sorting washing and cooking. It can also happen through curriculum related activities, home learning, reading and sharing books. Activities at home can be specifically designed to help you engage in your child’s learning and build upon playful learning experiences from nursery.

Each month, we will post a home learning experiences grid (previously known as ‘learning links’) on Google Classroom. This will feature some suggestions of fun, play based learning experiences that you may wish to complete with your child at home. These experiences will also give an insight into the children’s interests, learning focus and/or seasonal or cultural festivals.  You will receive Glow log in details and information regarding our Nursery Google Classroom in due course.

Parent and Carer Volunteers
Do you have a particular skill or interest? The children and staff would really love to learn from you!  We are welcoming parent and carers who would be willing to volunteer to come to the nursery to carry out an activity with our children based on particular skills or interests you might have, such as sewing, playing a musical instrument, dancing, gardening or woodwork.

Also, it is always interesting for the children to find out about professions such as emergency or health care services or a visit from a dentist to talk to children about looking after their teeth. If you have a profession you think you could share with the children, please do let us know! If you think this is something you could help with, please drop us an email at nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or give Jennifer McCann (Principal Teacher) a call on 0141 570 7260 to discuss in more detail.

Cosy Corner
At Netherlee Nursery, we try hard to ensure our spaces mirror the home environment, where possible. In order to meet our children’s needs, we have established a ‘Cosy Corner’ in both our Nursery buildings. This space allows children the time and space to relax in a calm, comfy and safe environment. We will be continuing to add family photographs to these spaces to make these spaces even ‘cosier’. Should you wish to include a family photograph in our Cosy Corner, please send these in to nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.

Dates for your Diary
It is with great pleasure that I share the calendar of events in school and nursery for the 2023/24 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 updated on the 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.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2023-2024

MMR Vaccines
Please see attached letter regarding children being fully vaccinated against measles.
MMR vaccine letter

Parent Council Meeting
We are really looking forward to our first Parent Council Meeting of the new session which will take place on Wednesday, 30^th August at 7pm in our school Hub. If you are a new or existing parent, we would love to welcome you along! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents and carers and to also hear about and be involved in the life and work of our Netherlee school and nursery community. The agenda for the meeting is below:

Minutes of previous meeting
Head teacher report – including School and Nursery Improvement Plan (SNIP) review
PTA update
PC cluster collaboration
Parking Clarkston Road
Mobile phone community action
Update: Communications – Constitution review
Communication to PC members (WhatsApp group – Minute taking volunteers)
Membership update: Election of any new members, Resignations according to the constitution (non-attending members).

Community Event: STEM Event at Barrhead Foundry
Come along with your family and friends to our interactive, inspiring exhibitions with some fantastic companies in the amazing world of STEM. From robots to VR and even electric cars!  Insp-Hire is an initiative geared towards targeting parents and carers of children and young people from ages 4-14 to learn about industry 4 and how this will impact their children. This event is FREE to attend, it’s great for a family fun day and lots for everyone to join in with some amazing prizes to be won throughout the day!  More information can be found here: Insphire Event.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

We’ve had a fantastic first week back as staff and children reconnect and build relationships with our new children and families. It has been wonderful to see all the smiling faces coming in to school each morning. Our amazing staff team are taking the time to get to know your child, learn about their likes and dislikes and settle them into their new routines.

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all new children and families who have recently joined our Netherlee community. I know that our existing parents will also look out for new faces and help where they can too.  Thank you for helping us to make Netherlee School & Nursery such a lovely, warm and welcoming community.

The roads and car parks are very busy at the start and end of each school day, please remember when dropping off or collecting children, to be mindful of other adults and children, use official parking spaces and be respectful of any school or council staff.

If you have not already done so, please click on the link for more information about our School and Nursery:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/

Nursery Staff
We would like to share who the keyworkers are and information about their groups. These are the keyworkers who will be responsible for administration and gathering information about your child. Our staff are on hand to support all of the children in the Nursery, not just their own group.

Ms. Mellissa Dorran: White Group
Ms. Lynne Morton/ Mrs Lyn Gemmell: Orange Group
Mrs. Harjeet Kaur: Red Group
Mrs. Mary Nimmo and Mrs. Sarah Mackie: Yellow Group
Mrs. Susan McBride: Pink Group
Mrs. Fiona Daley and Mrs. Amanda Hicks: Green Group
Miss Pamela Montgomerie (currently on maternity leave) and Mrs Joanne Greig: Purple group

Playworkers: Elizabeth Beattie and Clare McAndrew

Our teacher, Mr Lewis Strang-Roy and our Senior Child Development Officer, Mrs Joanne Greig will alternate between both Nursery buildings (Acorns and Saplings). Our Principal Teacher, Miss Jennifer McCann will alternate between both Nursery buildings and the school.

You can see photos of our staff team, including important information about our nursery in our Welcome Sway: https://sway.office.com/boYOb7qzRu2piboy

What to Bring
Please be reminded that all clothing, particularly anything that can be taken off, has your child’s name on it. Children should bring soft indoor shoes to wear inside the nursery and outdoor shoes to wear whilst playing outside. It would also be helpful if children have wellies with them every day and a suitable outdoor jacket as we go out to play in all weathers J.

Personal Care Plans and Special Books
If you are new to Netherlee Nursery, you should have been given a Personal Care Plan for your child. These focus on the wellbeing indicators (Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included) from Getting it Right for Every Child. Our Personal Care Plans allow parents to share information to identify next steps to support children’s learning and wellbeing within nursery or at home. These are sent home every six months.

Each child has a ‘Special Book’ that reflects their reflective learning story. We ask that you decorate the front cover at home and write a little bit about their interests on the first page. If your child has recently received their personal care plan and special book, we kindly ask that you return these to nursery as soon as possible.

Rhythm of the Day
We are being very flexible with nursery hours to meet children and family needs. If your child has been allocated 8am-6pm, you are free to drop off your child any time before 9am and pick up any time before 6pm. Children who attend from 9am -3pm should be dropped off at 9am, or after, and picked up by 3pm please, when their session ends. This video shows a ‘day in the life’ of a Netherlee Nursery child:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dfufilVACZDNfndw9yL24WjjZmjLCbKA/view

Lunch this week has also been a great success! It is helpful to talk through the choices with your child before each day to support their independence at lunch time. You can view the nursery lunch menu by clicking the link below:
https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/nursery-menu

Parent Council Update
Our first Parent Council Meeting of the new session will take place on Wednesday, 30^th August at 7pm and we would love to welcome new and existing parents/carers along. The School & Nursery Improvement Plan will be shared at the first meeting, and we trust everyone is keen to hear about the exciting plans for the year ahead at Netherlee.

Moving forward the Parent Council and PTA will be working closely together therefore the PTA will update on activity at all PC meetings.  We look forward to welcoming you all on 30^th Aug.

SCQF Childhood Units
Please click to view flyer from East Renfrewshire Adult Learning Service for the new SCWF Childcare units, which also runs in partnership with West College Scotland. These will be running locally in The Foundry from September.

Getting in Contact and Absence Procedures
We are always happy to chat, answer any questions and support your child and family. Please feel free to contact us by phone (0141 570 7260) or email NurseryMail@Netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or while dropping off or picking up your child.

If your child will be absent from Nursery, please inform our school office at the earliest convenience. If need to pass on an urgent message such as changes to collection information after 4.30pm please call Acorns 0141 570 7272 or Saplings 0141 570 7271. These numbers should only be used after 4.30pm please as we do not have clerical staff to answer the phone during the day before 4.30pm.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and enjoy lots of family time together.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone

We hope you thoroughly enjoyed our Tie Gifting ceremonies this week. It was certainly a joyous occasion (with some happy tears!) and lots of fun celebrating those who start school in August.

The children and staff worked so hard to practise all of their songs. I am sure you will agree that they did such a fantastic job and sang with gusto! Thank-you also to Mr Watson and the P6 helpers who came along too- you were just fantastic!

We are so proud of everything the children have achieved whilst at Netherlee Nursery and we are going to miss them very much but we also know that they are going to thrive as they take their next steps into school.

Netherlee Staff News
Next Friday (23^rd June), as well as saying farewell to our wonderful P7 children, we will also say goodbye to some of our wonderful staff members here at Netherlee. We wave farewell to two of our amazing Child Development Officers from our nursery, the amazing Mrs Debbie Heron and Mrs Jo-Anne Welsh, as they move on to other nursery classes. Your creativity, dedication and sense of fun will be so greatly missed by us all in Netherlee. Next, we say a big congratulations to Mrs Alison Di Paola and Mrs Vanda Carlin in their retirement- you have both been fantastic, invaluable support assistants- helping, caring for and supporting many children over the years.  You have most certainly earned your right to a long, healthy and happy retirement.  We also want to say good luck to three of our teachers Mrs Julie McCahon, Mrs Catherine Williamson and Miss Rosalind Burns as they continue their careers in teaching, any school will be very lucky to have you.

A massive “thank you” to each of you, thank you for being part of our Netherlee team and for the kindness you have shown to the children in your care. We will miss you all very much and wish you all the very best.

We are also delighted to welcome in August, a new Principal Teacher to Netherlee, Mrs Jackie Toman. We are certain that Jackie will be a real asset to the Netherlee Community. Jackie is looking forward to getting to know all of our wonderful Netherlee children and families after the summer holiday.

And finally, …. here comes the bride….. the very lovely Miss Catherine McMillan, currently one of our P2 teachers, is getting married over the Summer and she will return as Mrs Anderson.  You will be a beautiful bride Catherine, enjoy every moment of your special day.  We can’t wait to see the photos when we return in August.

Beach Party: Wednesday 21^st June
A little reminder about our upcoming Beach Party on Wednesday 21^st June 1pm-3pm. The children will be having a selection of snacks (pom bear crisps, homemade fairy cakes, ice cream cones and sugar free diluting juice) and will take part in lots of fun activities. You may wish to provide your child with a sun hat and a change of clothes for water play on these days.  Please let staff know if your child does not attend on a Wednesday and they still wish to come along- they are more than welcome!

Medication
If your child has any medication at nursery, please ensure that this is collected on your child’s last day.  If your child is returning to nursery in August, this medicine can be handed in again, with the appropriate paperwork, a copy of the medicine form can be found here: Administration of Medicines Form

Netherlee Times
We present to you, the Netherlee Times! A wonderful group of Primary 6 and 7 pupils have been working very hard to create the latest issue of our school newspaper. We hope you enjoy having a read at all of the fantastic things that have been going on in the school this term. Please have a look by clicking here: Netherlee Times.

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

Recruitment Fair
Please see the attached recruitment flyer for Cleaning, Catering and School Crossing Patrol positions.
Recruitment Fair

Community Garden Drop Ins
Our parent volunteer, Helen who leads the Netherlee Budding Minds gardening clubs is organising some community garden drop ins. All are welcome to please come along to any of the dates (see attached poster) if you can to help in our Acorns garden across the summer months. Many thanks for your support.

Have a lovely, hopefully sunny, weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hi everyone,

It has been a very busy and exciting few weeks here at Netherlee. This week, our older children took part in transition to Primary 1 activities. It was just lovely to hear their stories about their time in school, meeting their teacher and making new friends!

Family Focused: Gold Award Accreditation
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have received our Family Focused Gold Award for both nursery and school. This award recognises our good practice, particularly with regards to supporting and working with our families. We could not be more proud of this huge achievement and would like to thank-you for your support in helping us to succeed.

Nursery Beach Party
The Nursery Beach Party will take place on Wednesday 21^st June 1pm-3pm in the Acorns and Saplings Buildings. The children will be having a selection of snacks and will take part in lots of fun beach activities. You may wish to provide your child with a sun hat and a change of clothes for water play on these days. Please let staff know if your child does not attend on a Wednesday and they still wish to attend- they would be very, very welcome.

Special Books
We kindly ask that all special books are returned to Nursery as soon as you have finished reading through them with your child. Our staff continue to use these to document children’s learning. They are also a key part of our transitions process. We hope you thoroughly enjoyed reading them!

Nursery 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 Thursday 15^th June and Friday 16^th June between 9.45-10.45am.  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:

• White, Red and Orange (Acorns) and Blue Group (Saplings): Thursday 15^th June 9.45-10.45am. Staff will take children to and from the Acorns to the Saplings on the day of the Tie Gifting.
• Yellow, Pink, Green and Purple Group: Friday 16^th June 9.45am-10.45am

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 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!

Change of Menu: 15^th June
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 15^th June. 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 our catering team via the school office.
BBQ Nursery Menu

Community News – Libraries
Please see the link below with upcoming free activities in the libraries throughout the month of June: Library Activities.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class