Hello everyone

We hope you had a wonderful October holiday week. From now until the end of term, it is going to be a very busy time with lots of opportunities and experiences for the children.

We want to wish a Happy Diwali to those who celebrated this week. We hope you had a wonderful time with friends and family.

Fire Brigade Visit
Bonfire Night will be celebrated on 5^th November.  On Wednesday 2^nd November, a member of the fire service will be visiting the Nursery to discuss fire safety. They will also show the children a real life fire engine and equipment! Please keep an eye out for pictures on our school and nursery twitter @sand_nc .

Parent and Carer Appointments
Please be reminded that our parent’s appointments begin week beginning 7^th and 14^th November. Sign- up sheets are now available at both nursery buildings for you to choose a suitable date/time.

Parent and Child Improvement Plan
Our P7 Community Councillors worked together to create a pupil and parent version of our School and Nursery Improvement Plan for Session 2022-2023. You can read this here.   Please note that this, along with the full version of the Improvement Plan can be found on our website under the School tab.

Halloween Menu Change
On Monday we are changing the menu. the options for nursery will be:
tomato soup, vegetarian sausage roll, mash and beans and fruit salad

Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Consultation Survey
East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) are required to consult with families every 2 years on the delivery of early learning and childcare.  This helps inform the models that children are able to access in nurseries and family centres so that ELC remains flexible, affordable and accessible. The link to access the survey is https://forms.office.com/r/LAn7MpRDMN. The survey will be open until Sunday 30^th October it only takes about 5 minutes. Thank-you for your support.

Autumn Fun Night
The PTA have an Autumn Event this evening, Friday 28th October 6pm to 8pm.  Please see message from the PTA below.

If you can come along and support we are sure you will have fun! They will have a pumpkin 🎃 carving competition where you can bring your carved creation and enter it in our competition. You can enter online or on the evening for £2. Every entry will get a flameless candle to light up your creation before we put it in display and you can take it home at the end of the night to use at Halloween 🎃!

There will be some free refreshments and games which will have a small charge 50p to £1 and of course to keep you in good spirits we will have a bar with beer and wine and some sausages on the BBQ to keep you all going too.

Please see the autumn fun night poster, or go to pta-events.co.uk/netherleepta for more details. Funds raised go towards the PTA fund, which has a key focus this year on renewing outdoor PE equipment and updating ground markings including the addition of a multi sports court painted on the playground.

All volunteers and new members are welcome to come along and join the PTA so if interested please email us at netherleepta@gmail.com.

Nursery WOW Wall
Here at Netherlee, we love celebrating children’s achievements both in and out of nursery. A gentle reminder that we would love to see your child’s recent achievements for example swimming, dancing show, can ride a bike themselves etc. Please let us know by sending us an email and/or bring in a photograph as we would love to display this on our Nursery WOW Wall.

Have a lovely weekend.

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

Hello again everyone

It has been another rainy but exciting week here at Netherlee Nursery. The children have been taking part in lots of excellent experiences; including making slime, working together to build structures in our blocks area and using their words to create imaginative stories.

Parent and Carers Meetings
Our Nursery parent and carers meetings take place the week beginning 7^th and 14^th November. These appointments will take place in person with your child’s key worker. We hope that many of you enjoy the opportunity to talk with staff about your child’s learning. Sign-up sheets will be made available from Tue 27^th October at each of our nursery buildings.

Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Consultation Survey
East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) are required to consult with families every 2 years on the delivery of early learning and childcare.  This helps inform the models that children are able to access in nurseries and family centres so that ELC remains flexible, affordable and accessible. The link to access the survey is https://forms.office.com/r/LAn7MpRDMN. The survey will be open until Sunday 30^th October it only takes about 5 minutes. Thank-you for your support.

Nursery WOW Wall
Here at Netherlee, we love celebrating children’s achievements both in and out of nursery. If your child has celebrated a recent achievement for example swimming, dancing show, can ride a bike themselves etc. please let us know and/or bring in a photograph as we would love to display this on our Nursery WOW Wall.

Recycled Donations
As stated in a previous Friday Bundle, we are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items that you would otherwise have thrown away. Each week in our Friday bundle email, we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance the children’s learning experiences. This week we would gratefully receive:

Home Corner Resources

• Telephones (old “digitally cleansed” mobiles or house phones)
• Recipe books and magazines
• Hats, scarves
• Chunky costume jewellery
• Aprons and oven gloves

Parent Council Meeting
The next Parent Council meeting will take place on Zoom at 7pm on Thursday 27th October. Further details will be published leading up to the meeting but if you have any questions or would like to attend please email netherleeparentcouncil@gmail.com. Items likely to be discussed include the new school homework policy, and physical activity for the children of Netherlee. We look forward to welcoming as many parents and carers to the meeting as possible.

PTA Events
The PTA have some events planned for the next few months with the next event being an Autumn Fun Night on 28th October, including a pumpkin carving competition. Please see the poster or go to pta-events.co.uk/netherleepta for more details and how to enter!  Funds raised go towards the PTA fund, which has a key focus this year on renewing outdoor PE equipment and updating ground markings including the addition of a multi sports court.

All volunteers, new members are welcome to come along and join the PTA so if interested please email netherleepta@gmail.com

Book Week Scotland – Book Sale
Please see letter regarding Book Week happening in school between 14^th and 18^th November.

Wooden Planters- What a Lovely Surprise- Thank You!
We would like to give a huge thank you to the 91^st Netherlee Cubs and Mr McHale for making and delivering two wooden planters to us. As part of their DIY badge, the children made the planters from recycled pallets. They look fantastic! The P4 Gardening Club are really looking forward to planting in them to brighten up our outdoor spaces! Thank you once again for this kind contribution.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday week.  We look forward to welcoming our children back on Tuesday 25^th October (please note Monday 24^th is an In-service Day and therefore children should not attend that day).

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 changed! Despite the rain, the children have been engaging in lots of lovely experiences both indoors and outdoors. They have been listening to the pitter patter of the rain, discussing the changing colours of the leaves and enjoying counting the conkers on the ground. Please ensure you check out our weekly Learning Links on your child’s Google Classroom where the children’s upcoming play experiences are detailed and also Netherlee’s Twitter page to see what the children have been getting up to!  If you have any problems or difficulties accessing Google Classrooms, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will be able to help you.

Chatter Café
Thank-you to those who attended the informal Chatter Café this week. It was a lovely chance to get together to discuss ideas and have a blether with some lovely coffee and cakes made by our pupils. We really enjoyed chatting to everyone and were delighted that so many parents managed to come along.  If you did not manage to attend, please be assured that our Chatter café will take place on a termly basis and the next date can be found here link.

Pitter Patter
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 please. 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 for any donations of pre-loved trousers if at all possible. Thank-you very much.

Recycled Donations
As stated in a previous Friday Bundle, we are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items that you would otherwise have thrown away. Each week in our Friday bundle email, we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance the children’s learning experiences. This week we would gratefully receive:

• Junk modelling materials: cereal boxes, cartons, plastic milk bottles, yoghurt pots
• Other materials such as bubble wrap, scraps of fabric and ‘loose parts’ such as corks, shells, milk tops to enhance models

Save A Life Scotland
We would like to say a huge thank you to Dr Fiona Burton and her team of medical volunteers who kindly gave up their time to come into school today to support us with a very successful Save a Life Scotland Day. We are delighted that over 700 of our pupils are now CPR ready! Well done to everyone for taking part

Change to Lunch Menu
We have been informed that there is a temporary change to the lunch menu from Monday 10^th to Friday 14^th October. Please see the menu link (week 3) here.

PTA Agenda and Events
Please see the agenda for the PTA Meeting on Wednesday.

Thank you and have a lovely weekend

Mrs Donaldson (HT) and Miss McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

The children had lots of fun during maths week this week. The children have been counting using natural materials, exploring capacity in the water tray and practising number formation in the art area. Bravo!

We have started our Forest Adventures with our pre-school children this week. The children and staff have had so much fun exploring Linn Park. We have been taking part in lots of fun activities, such as sliding down mud hills and skimming stones in the river.  Please do have a look at our Twitter feed @sandnc where we’ve shared some photos of the fun our children have been having!

Upcoming Event Reminders:
Chatter Café: Wednesday 5^th October 9.15-10am
Save a Life Scotland Day: Friday 7^th October

Consent Forms
If you have not already done so, please be reminded that all consent forms should be returned to nursery as soon as possible. If you have any queries regarding the completion of these forms please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Security and Collection Times
For safety and security of children, it is important that we know who is allowed to collect your child. We would ask that if anyone out with your usual collection arrangements is collecting your child, please let us know by email, phone or in person.

Recycling Items
As stated in last week’s Friday bundle, the nursery are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items that you would otherwise have thrown away. Each week in our Friday bundle email we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance the children’s play experiences. This week we would gratefully receive:

• Small world items (e.g. small dolls, animals, plastic figurines)

Have a lovely weekend.

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

Hello everyone

Despite the shorter week this week, we have been very busy here at Netherlee Nursery. The children have been enjoying splashing in puddles, developing their mark making skills within role play and have practised their motor skills while climbing, sliding and riding on the bikes and scooters.

Our Stay and Play sessions have been a great success this week! Our children and staff loved welcoming lots of parents and carers to our nursery.  Please be reminded that we are offering two extra sessions to those who did not manage to attend on Friday 30^th September and Monday 3^rd October. Please get in contact should you wish to arrange a suitable date/time.

Forest Adventures
Next week, we will be starting Forest Adventures with our pre-school children. Children and staff from both buildings will explore Linn Park and take part in lots of fun outdoor play experiences. We are incredibly lucky here to have such a wonderful outdoor space on our doorstep! It would be very helpful if wellies can be brought to nursery each day for outdoor play experiences- thank you.

Care Inspectorate: Choking Hazards
Care Inspectorate offer advice to parents on potential choking hazards:

• boiled sweets
• chocolate eggs with small toys inside
• raw carrots
• popcorn
• nuts (whole peanuts should be avoided until the age of 5)
• sweet items such as mini eggs and raw jelly cubes
• If providing grapes or cherry tomatoes, please quarter them.

Recycling Items
As stated in last week’s Friday bundle, the nursery are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items that you would otherwise have thrown away. Each week in our Friday bundle email we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance the children’s play experiences. This week we would gratefully receive:

Role Play Items:
Old catalogues or brochures
Hats
Scarves
Old jewellery
Old phones

Introducing Netherlee’s NEW Chatter Café (Wednesday 5^th October 9.15- 10am)
We always strive to have excellent ways for you to get in touch with us and we have therefore introduced termly drop in sessions for any parent from nursery or school who would like to pop in for a coffee and chat with the Leadership Team. Some of our pupils would love to serve you a juice or a coffee/ tea and there may even be some of their delicious baking there too. This is a very informal opportunity to chat to us. You maybe have an idea or a suggestion on any aspect of Netherlee life or you may have concerns or looking for some advice.  Our PTA will also be with us so you can find out about the PTA or volunteering in school and nursery too or even if you just fancy a quick coffee and a chat with some other parents!  We will also have the recycled uniform rails available to browse as well. We look forward to welcoming anyone who has a spare few minutes on the date and time above.

Gardening and Cooking
Our school gardening and cooking exploits have hit the ground running this term and we are very grateful to a number of businesses for providing us with their invaluable support, providing us with both kind donations and materials. A big thank you must go to Robert Findlay Stone Masons, Greensleeves, Ocean Plastic Pots and Kilduff Farm. We are all very appreciative.

Save A Life Day
Many of you will be aware that we have held very successful and enjoyable Save a Life Scotland events in previous sessions, aimed at equipping our children with basic cardiac resuscitation (CPR) skills. Save a Life Scotland supports the training of people of all ages in “bystander CPR” techniques, which can make a vital difference in emergency situations. We now plan to reintroduce this as an annual event. This year’s Save a Life Scotland Day will take place on Friday 7^th October. Once again, it will be led by one of our parents (a consultant in emergency medicine) and a team of fully-trained NHS professionals; we are deeply grateful to them for their dedication and expertise.

We are delighted that our nursery children will also have the opportunity to take part in this event too, led by some of our senior pupils, who will be able to share their learning from their training that day.  Nursery children do not need to bring in any soft toy though.  You can find more information about Save a Life Scotland on the website.  http://www.savealife.scot/

Whilst we feel that these skills are important for our children to experience and develop, we also recognise that some of our children may potentially, for personal reasons, find this activity upsetting.  If you therefore wish to discuss this in relation to your own child, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us so that we can help and work this out together.

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

Hello everyone

The children have been engaging in lots of lovely experiences this week- noticing their environment, solving problems together and sharing their likes and dislikes.

Our staff are always seeking to develop their professional knowledge. Last week, Mrs Greig (Senior Child Development Officer) and Miss McCann (Principal Teacher) attended a two day early years workshop at the University of Edinburgh. They cannot wait to use what they have learned to enhance the children’s learning experiences.

Stay and Play: Extra days
To accommodate for school and nursery closures on Monday 19^th September and Friday 23^rd September (September Weekend), we are offering two extra days for Stay and Play sessions for those who cannot attend next week (Tue 20^th, Wed 21^st and Thurs 22^nd). These will be Friday 30^th September and Monday 3^rd October.  Should you wish to arrange a suitable day/time, please contact the Nursery by emailing NurseryMail@Netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or by phoning 0141 570 7260.

Donations
As stated in last week’s Friday bundle, the nursery are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items that you are finished with and would otherwise be throwing away. Each week in our Friday Bundle email we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance children’s play experiences. This week, we are looking for:

Mud Kitchen/Home Corner Resources:

• wooden spoons
• cooking utensils (e.g. whisks, spatulas, no knives please J)
• pots and pans
• paint brushes

Our Community: Netherlee & Stamperland Church
Please see attached a flyer from Netherlee & Stamperland Church regarding an upcoming event.

Stepping Stones Support
Please see flyer for ‘Stepping Stones about support sessions for parents/carers of children and young people recently diagnosed with ASD or currently undergoing assessment.

Just a reminder that school and nursery will be closed on Monday.  We look forward to seeing everyone back in school again on Tuesday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone

The children are settling in well and are becoming more confident with our daily routines. They have been enjoying playing and learning together, making lots of new friends and having some fun in the sun…. and rain! Mr Watson, Netherlee’s music teacher has also been visiting our nursery on a Wednesday afternoon. The children and staff have been loving singing songs and playing rhythm games.

Stay and Play Sessions
Please be reminded that our Stay and Play sessions are running week beginning 19^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 at both nursery doors next week (week beginning the 12^th) 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.

What to Bring to Nursery
We ask that parents supply sun cream (named and in date) for their child to be kept in nursery. On particularly hot days, it would be helpful to apply sun cream in the morning before nursery. Staff will then re-apply when needed. Children should have suitable indoor and outdoor shoes (possibly wellies) to wear every day in nursery please- thank you.

Consent Forms
You should now have received nursery consent forms. If you have not already done so, please ensure these consent forms are returned to the nursery as soon as possible.  You will also have received Glow log in details and information regarding our Nursery Google Classroom. If you have any difficulty accessing either of these, please do not hesitate to contact us.  NurseryMail@Netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk

Religious and Cultural Events
One of our school and nursery improvement priorities for this session is to celebrate and mark important religious and cultural events for everyone in our school and nursery community. If you would be interested in helping us with this, perhaps by sending in information, pictures and videos or coming in to the nursery to talk to the children please let us know. With that in mind, Rosh Hashanah is in a few weeks. If you would be happy to help us mark this occasion please do just get in touch.

Recycled Donations
The nursery are on the hunt for donations of any pre-loved items. Each week in our Friday Bundle email we will highlight any items we are looking for to enhance children’s play experiences. Of course, we are only requesting pre loved items that you would be getting rid of anyway.  This not only helps us in nursery but also helps the environment too.  Thank you, please do not hand anything in this week, more info to follow next Friday.

ASN Provision
Please find a letter from East Renfrewshire Council regarding ASN provision in East Renfrewshire.

Parent Council Meeting
Please see the meeting highlights newsletter from the Parent Council Meeting on 31^st August.

Maths Week
Please see a letter regarding Maths Week.

Getting in Contact and Absence Procedures
If your child isn’t coming to nursery on one of their allocated days, please inform our school office at the earliest convenience. We are available by emailing NurseryMail@Netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or by phoning 0141 570 7260. 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 as we do not have clerical staff to answer the phone during the day.

In light of the news about the passing of the queen yesterday, I wish everyone a peaceful weekend.

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

Hello everyone

Website
This may also be a good opportunity to remind everyone that our website, as always, has a very good range of learning activities, organised into stages for the various areas of the curriculum, and includes resources our children should be familiar with.  This is always available on our website and can be found here. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/learning-at-home/

PTA Uniform Sale
If you need new badged uniform items they are now on-sale again from Netherlee PTA until the 12th September. Sample sizes are available in the school reception to check before you order. Please use the following link to make an order. Thank you.

Meet the teacher P3-P7 Tuesday 13^th September 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Please remember that the above event will take place and hope that many of you can join us then.  More information will be included in next week’s Friday Bundle email.

P4 Gardening Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming Gardening Club.

As always please do not hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher

Netherlee Primary School and Nursery Class
East Renfrewshire

Hello everyone

Stay and Play: Rescheduled Date Please note a change of date for our Stay and Play sessions, which will now take place on the week beginning 19^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 at the nursery doors on the week beginning 12^th September 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.

As always please do not hesitate to get in touch at any time.

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
 Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone,

We’ve had a brilliant first week back as staff and children reconnect and also build relationships with our new families. We are taking time to get to know our new children and learn about their interests and unique personalities.

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

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