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.

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.

World Down Syndrome Day
Believe it or not, socks get people talking! On Thursday 21^st  March, choose some socks that are going to get noticed! They might be mismatched socks or your craziest and most colourful socks, whatever takes your fancy! I’m sure we’ll be reading books about socks, matching socks and making some sock bunting. The idea is to start a conversation, so when people ask you about your socks you can tell them, “I’m wearing them to raise awareness of Down’s Syndrome”. You can find out more here: https://www.dsscotland.org.uk/

Can you help?
We are currently refreshing some of the areas of our nursery garden and wondered if you can help? Please find a list of some of the items we’re looking for. Thanks so much for your continued support.

Nursery Bookbug Week
We are delighted that Mrs Greig and Mrs Morton will be 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 26^th March at 9.15 Purple and Orange Group in Acorn Building
Tuesday 26^th March at 2.15 White Red and Pink Group in Sapling Building
Thursday 28^th 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 will have the opportunity to join in with our wonderful staff.

Community Events: Clarkston Tennis Family Open Day
Please see the flyer from our Active Schools Coordinator, advertising a free, family event taking place at Clarkston Tennis Club on Sunday 24 March from 1pm until 4pm. Contact information, should you require it is also found on the flyer too.

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.

This week we must say a huge thank you to Mrs Young for spending time sharing her knitting skills with children in nursery-we were in awe of her patience and talent! Thank you also to Mrs Finn for making a wonderful quilt with Sapling children, we’re really looking forward to next week when it’s the Acorn children’s turn to get quilting.

If you or your family have a skill or hobby such as sewing, weaving, gardening, card making, crafting, woodwork or pottery and would like to spend some time in nursery, please just let us know. We love to welcome visitors as children benefit so much from real-life experience. Thanks so much.

Nut Free Policy
As you will be aware, we have a number of young people and staff at school and nursery who suffer from serious allergies, most commonly to nuts, but also to a range of other allergens. People who suffer from allergies can develop a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Please note that nuts are not allowed in school or nursery in any form.  We ask that children bring no products containing nuts into school or nursery at any time.  This includes more hidden nut products eg many chocolate spreads, peanut butter sandwiches, cereal/granola bars, cakes etc and we would ask that ingredient lists are checked carefully before children bring food items into Netherlee. Thank you very much for your full support and ongoing understanding with this important matter.

World Book Day – Thursday 7^th March 2024
On Thursday we ask children to bring in their favourite story book to share with friends and staff (please write your child’s name inside the cover to avoid mix-ups). During nursery we will be encouraging children to select a character from their favourite book to make a paper bag puppet for taking home.  This year the theme for World Book Day is ‘Read Your Way’. During Thursday we’ll be watching World Book Day and Scottish Book Trust digital stories, listening to audio books as well as reading a range of books.  For more information, activity ideas or World Book Day events please visit the website: World Book Day.

Ramadan Celebrations
A group of our wonderful children have started planning our Ramadan celebrations for next week. In addition to classroom activities and a special assembly, they have suggested that children wear their Ramadan or Eid clothes on Friday 8 March. This is completely optional and families do not need to participate if they would prefer not to.Session Times
We all understand that there may be the occasional time when you are running late due to temporary traffic lights, road works, slow moving traffic etc. Please be mindful of your child’s session finish time as our ratios match the number of children we have in the playrooms at any given time. If you’re not sure when your child should be collected please just ask. We ask you to share this information with other family members who collect children as this avoids us having awkward conversations. Thank you for you cooperation.

Nursery Photographs
We will be welcoming Jane Henderson to take photographs of nursery children during next week. We will endeavour to keep children clean and limit our normal ‘messy play’ until photos are taken. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We hope the photograph will be a lovely memento of your child’s year in nursery. Please see attached timetable for further information.

Have a lovely weekend.

Hello everyone,

I’ve had such a lovely week as I’ve had time to reconnect with familiar faces in school and nursery and re-establish relationships within our Netherlee community. I’ll be taking time to get to know our nursery and P1 children, talking to them as they play and learn, observing and trying to remember all their names (not easy!)  – Mrs Kerr

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.

Lunch Times
Thank you for your understanding when ERC introduced a temporary menu. From Wednesday 14^th February we will revert back to the original menu. The first day back after any holiday is always Monday’s menu for that week which means Wednesday will be our ever popular pizza day! Our menu can be found here: https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/1223/Nursery-lunch-menu

Can you help?
Have you got any pasta, pulses, noodles or dried rice lurking in your cupboards that are past their use-by date? If you have we’d love these for children to use during sensory experiences or role-play. Please don’t be embarrassed or think we’ll judge, I know that I buy lots of dried items for my own house and have great intentions of using these but then they get overlooked and go past their sell-by.

We are always looking for old vegetables that are past their best for children to play with. If you have any old potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips children would love these to enhance their role-play dinners.

High School Musical – 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 this link: https://forms.office.com/e/RwTfrMqZJF .

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

Community Events:

World Gaelic Week/Seachdain na Gaidhlig
It has been lovely to see some examples of our youngest learners playing with different words and sounds during this Languages Week.  Please see attached an opportunity for more language exploration session aimed at pre-school children on Tuesday 20^th February.

Mid Term Break
The school and nursery will be closed tomorrow, Friday 9^th February and re-open Wednesday 14^th February. We look forward to welcoming all of our Netherlee children back again on Wednesday.

Have a wonderful weekend with your family..

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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.

Netherlee Library Pop Up – Valentine’s Cosy Read
After the success of our first event, our Netherlee Library will be open once again on Thursday 15th February from 3.15-4.00pm. Our second library ‘pop up’ will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a focus on enjoying a cosy read with a family member or friend. We have a wonderful collection of reading texts available for you to enjoy with your child (ren). You are welcome to read with your child in the library at this time or take a reading text out on loan. There will be a small collection of adult texts to choose from too! Mrs Pollock, Mrs Ford and some of our P7 librarians will be on hand there to help you and to serve a wee selection of food, juice and teas/coffees. If you are interested, then please come to the main school entrance as close to 3.15pm on Thursday 15th January from 3.15-4.00pm and we can take you to our library. Thank you for your support.

Gong hei fat choy!
Chinese New Year
As part of our Chinese New Year celebrations, we are inviting your child(ren) to come to nursery on Thursday 8 February wearing their traditional Chinese clothes. If you do not have traditional Chinese clothing, you are welcome to wear an item of one of the lucky colours of this year: yellow, green, gold, silver, purple or red as part of your normal nursery clothes on this day. Of course, this is completely voluntary and if you do not wish your child to take part, they can come to nursery wearing their normal clothes.

Farewell from Miss McCann
To the Netherlee Community, as my post at Netherlee comes to an end, I would like to thank every member of the Netherlee community for their continued support and kindness.  The wonderful children, dedicated staff and the welcoming families have made my experience truly special. Thank-you for everything- I will miss you all dearly! – Miss McCann

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.

Thank-you to all parents and carers who joined us for the stay and play sessions in the nursery this week. We hope you enjoyed a glimpse into the daily life of Netherlee Nursery!

Participatory Budgeting
Thank-you to all staff, pupils and parents/carers that voted this week our Participatory Budgeting local community project. The Young Leaders of Learning are delighted to announce that the most favourite suggestion and therefore the winning vote for the allocated budget of £1000 (£500 for school and £500 for nursery) is to be spent on equipment/resources to develop some areas within our existing grounds/ playgrounds to enhance learning outdoors. Thank you for your involvement –  Jen McCann. Continue reading →

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday with your family.  It has been a delight to welcome your little ones back, reconnect with familiar faces and form new friendships. As we begin a new year, we are excited to see your children continue to blossom and progress here at Netherlee Nursery. Here’s to another year of learning, fun and laughter!

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.

Diversity Month
Building on the success of last year’s Diversity events, all children in our school and nursery will be participating in Diversity Month during the month of February. We were incredibly lucky last year that lots of our parents and carers came in to share their cultural background with cooking, music, languages, dance and so much more and we would love to welcome even more of you again this year.

We have been looking at all themes of diversity during our Pupil Parliament time: race, gender, socio-economic, neuro, ethnicity and religion and wish to develop our Diversity Month even further to include more of these throughout the month.

If you feel this is something you would be able to help with, please contact Mrs Linn through school mail: SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk. You are welcome to speak to individual classes or whole stages about your experiences and/or lead active sessions, with the support of school staff and we can work around a time that suits you best. Continue reading →

Hello everyone

As we approach the end of term, we extend our warmest wishes to you and your family.  Our nursery and school will open the doors again on Monday 8^th January, ready to welcome our wonderful children back. Until then, we hope you have a peaceful holiday surrounded by family and friends. We hope this special time is filled with joy, laughter and cherished moments with loved ones.

We wish our families who celebrate Christmas a very Merry Christmas, filled with hope and happiness and a Happy New Year to all.

Halal Lunches in January
We have been made aware from our supplier, that there is a supply issue with the diced Halal chicken we purchase and that regretfully there will be no resolution until early January.  As a result the Halal Chicken Satay meal option will be unavailable to any young person that normally accesses this choice when we return after the holidays.  Pizza or Baked potato will be the two hot options available to any young person wishing a follow a Halal diet.  As soon as the diced Halal chicken supply resumes we will immediately add this back to the menu.

Have a lovely holiday.

Hello everyone,

Wow, what a busy and festive week it has been! We had our Celebrations this week in Nursery. It was such a joy watching the children perform for the grown-ups. Thank-you again to our wonderful staff who helped put this together, our talented Primary 7 helpers and of course the fantastic Mr Watson. Thank-you to all parents and carers who came along- we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Netherlee Nursery Staff News
Next Wednesday (20^th December), we will say goodbye to the amazing Mrs Fiona Daley, who is retiring after 20 years of working at Netherlee Nursery. Thank you for all the laughs, your hard work and kindness you have shown to the children in your care. It’s now your time to relax! On behalf of everyone at Netherlee- we will miss you all very much and wish you all the very best in what’s next. Continue reading →

Hello everyone,

The children and staff have been busy practising their festive songs with our music teacher, Mr Watson and his P7 helpers. We cannot wait to welcome you all to our performance! Ho! Ho! Ho!

We also want to say a big thank-you to parents and carers who have volunteered to read with the children. If you would also like to volunteer or would like more information, please contact Jennifer McCann on 0141 570 7260 or nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk. Thank-you.

Happy Hanukkah
Happy Hanukkah to all our families celebrating over the next 8 days. We hope you have a lovely time. Continue reading →