Hello again 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.

Nursery Application for New Session 2025-26
The early learning and childcare application for session 2025-26 is currently open online but will close at the end of this month. This application is for children who will be 3 years old or over from the 1^st of March this year.  The initial deadline for submitting an application is 31 January 2025 when it will close for approximately 8-12 weeks while applications received are processed thereafter it will reopen for late applications. If you have a child who will be entitled to a nursery place in session 2025-26 and you haven’t already applied, please ensure you do so before the end of this month. Applications are due to be checked and confirmation will be issued from the Early Learning and Childcare Team in due course.

Parent/carers of children who already have a placement and who wish to apply for a change of setting or provision can also submit an application, however a change to a child’s current allocation is not guaranteed.

Please complete the form at the following link while reading the guidance within the application: https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/apply-for-a-nursery-place-for-3-or-4-year-olds-2025-26

Change of Menu
Please find attached ERC’s planned menu change for next Thursday 23^rd January. 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.

Netherlee Chatter Café
All nursery and school parents and carers are very welcome to come along to our Chatter Café on Friday 31^st January from 2:45pm 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.

Diversity Month and Diversity Evening
Monday 13 January marked the start of our school’s Diversity celebrations with Diversity Evening being held on Thursday 30 January from 6.30pm -8pm.

We already have some visitors organised to come and speak to the children however, there are still opportunities for more parents/carers to come in a share with the children about their home language, culture and religion as well as any particular skills you have i.e. cultural cooking, dance, sport. If you have experience of a neurodiversity or you work in a workplace that is typically dominated by one gender, Mrs Linn would really love to hear from you.

Space for stalls at Diversity evening are also available- you could be selling some homemade cooking, crafts or sharing information about you religion or heritage. The possibilities are endless! Please email Mrs Linn at SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk if you are able to help or if you have any further questions.
Many thanks for your continued support.

Parent Council Meeting: 7pm Wednesday 22^nd January in The Hub
The next meeting of the School and Nursery Parent Council will be at 7pm on Wednesday 22^nd January.  This will be in the Hub in the school.  We hope to see as many parents and carers as possible and as ever will hear from the school leadership team on a number of topics, with the opportunity for free and open discussion.  If there is anything you would particularly like us to raise at the meeting then please email netherleeparentcouncil@gmail.com. The agenda for the meeting is below:

• School Update
• Recruitment training update
• Constitution update
• PTA update
• SNIP item: Supporting Pupils Policy (consultation questions)
• AOCB

Message from the PTA – Uniform Sale
January 2025 New Badged School Uniform Sale is live until Wednesday, 22 January. Click on the link to place your orders: https://www.pta-events.co.uk/netherleepta/.

This is just a friendly reminder to check sample rails in the school reception for sizes. We do not carry stock and therefore cannot exchange items that are ordered in the wrong size.

Thank you very much for your continued support. For any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at netherleepta@gmail.com

Community Events: WorkER
Please see attached leaflet with regards to parental employment support and in work training grants.

Primary 1: Height and Weight Screening Programme
Please check your child’s bag for an NHS Letter regarding the P1 Height and Weight screening programme. These letters should be returned to the school office by Friday 31^st January.

Primary 5 Photography Club
Our wonderful Primary 7 Sports Leaders, with the support of a staff member will be starting a multi-sports club for children in Primary 1 this term. Further full details are as follows:

Day and Time: Monday 3.15 – 4.15pm.
Dates:  3, 10, 24 February and 3 March
No of Pupils: 16
Delivered by: Mr Bryce and Mr Waterson (parent)
Venue: Learning Lounge
Cost: Free

If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/e/DS7ZgPpbXm no later than 3pm on Thursday 23^rd January. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.

P6/7 STEM Saturdays
The Educational Academy of Scotland (EAS) and My Science Club are delighted to invite applications from Primary 6 and 7 pupils for the first ever STEM Saturdays Scholarship Programme.

This exciting 6 week STEM programme is completely free to all participants, but with places limited to 20 it’s important to get signed up as quickly as possible.

The Saturday STEM sessions take place on consecutive Saturdays from 22^nd February to the 29^th March from 10:00am – 11:30am. Sessions will take place at The Saunders Centre, Glasgow Academy, G12 8NE.

The focus for the first block is centred around physics themes and developing maths skills for analysing data.  Sessions will be run by primary science experts, and trained primary school teachers from My Science Club with guest contributions from local STEM ambassadors who will give context to the themes and link them to the world of work and innovation.

All the information is in the attached flyer and the sign up link is below.

https://educationacademyscotland.co.uk/scholarships/stem-saturdays/

P7 Leavers’ Hoodies
We know how much our P7 pupils look forward to wearing their P7 Leavers Hoodie.  We are pleased to let you know that the Leavers Hoodies are now available to order should you wish to do so. Please have a read of the attached letter regarding how to order.

We will have a rail available in the school reception hopefully next week; we will email all parents when this is available.

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

Have a happy 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.

Early Finish – Friday 20^th December
School will close slightly earlier than usual on this day. P1 and P2 will finish at 2.25pm and P3-7 will finish at 2.30pm.

Winning House – Term 2 – Blue House!
We are delighted to announce that the children in the Blue House are the overall house winners for Term 2! To celebrate, we have arranged a Dance Party on Monday 16^th December in the afternoon. Please could the children in the Blue House come to school on the 16^th wearing their uniform, as usual, but they can also wear blue accessories eg socks, scarf, t-shirt. The children will join the rest of their house, from each stage, to party! We look forward to seeing everyone then.  Thank you- The P7 Blue House NPs

Digital Devices
The links below are helpful if you are thinking of getting your child a new digital device at any time.
Internet Matters – Device set up checklist
Our Safer Schools – my child’s first device
Parental controls on mobile and broadband networks
Parent guide to gifting tech
My First Console Guide
Children’s Tech Guide 2024

Parent Council Meeting Update
Please note that the date of the next Parent Council meeting has been changed from what was originally in the calendar at the start of the school year and this will now take place on Wednesday, 22 January 2025. It would be lovely to see some new parents/carers join us for school and nursery updates and improvement priorities.

Primary 2c Class Update
We are delighted that Mrs Mairi Dempster will be returning from her maternity leave on Monday 16^th December to teach in P2c along with Mrs Ewelina Short, their current teacher.

Mrs Dempster will teach the class alternate Mondays and every Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs Short will teach the class alternate Mondays and every Thursday and Friday. On Monday 16^th, Mrs Dempster and Mrs Short will both teach in class to ensure a smooth transition. We are very much looking forward to welcoming Mrs Dempster back into school and know she is excited about her return and working with the children in P2c.

P5 Festive Treat
On Thursday 19^th December, P5 teachers will be providing a low sugar Hot Chocolate as a Festive Treat. Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child.

Festive Wishes
As we approach the end of term, we extend our warmest wishes to you and your family.  At Netherlee we learn about many religions and traditions and know that some of our families will be celebrating Hanukkah soon too. So Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate these joyous festivals!

Our nursery and school will open the doors again on Monday 6^th January, ready to welcome our wonderful children back. Until then, we hope you have a peaceful holiday surrounded by family and friends.

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.

Winter Fayre – Thank You
A huge thank you to everyone that came along to our Winter Fayre last week. It was a wonderful evening and as well as being a lot of fun, helped us to raise an amazing £3549.76. This money will go to our school and nursery funds and will be used, amongst other things, to help us to improve the playground equipment children can use outdoors. Thank you again for supporting our community fayre and fundraising efforts.

Uploading / Sharing Homework
If you are still experiencing issues uploading / sharing your child’s homework via Google Classroom please do not email this in to schoolmail as they are causing problems to our email system and creating issues for our communications. If you have not managed to upload the homework please either call or email us to let us know, someone will then contact you to help you get the homework uploaded.

Primary 2b and 2c: Class Treat
On Friday 13^th December, the P2 teachers would like to treat the children to some hot chocolate (sugar free) and a movie (U rating). If you do not wish your child to have the hot chocolate, please email the school office on schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk by Thursday 12^th December. Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child.

Primary 2a: Class Update
It is with mixed emotions that we share with you that Miss McLean will be leaving Netherlee on Friday 13^th December. We’re sure you’ll agree that she done a wonderful job teaching your children. On her last day, Miss McLean would like to treat the children to some hot chocolate (sugar free) and a movie (U rating). If you do not wish your child to have the hot chocolate, please email the school office on schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk by Thursday 12^th December. Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child.

Thank you, Miss McLean, for all your hard work and we wish you all the very best for the future!

We are delighted to share with you that Miss Weldon, who has been on maternity leave, will return to Netherlee as P2a’s class teacher from Monday 16^th December, on a full time basis.

To ensure a smooth transition, Miss Weldon will visit the class on Friday 13^th December, in the afternoon, and meet with Miss McLean, to ensure all relevant information is passed on.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Miss Weldon back into school and know she is excited about her return and working with your children.

Primary 6b Baking
The children in Primary 6b would like to make some vegan festive biscuits on Wednesday 11^th December 2024. We will be using a few simple ingredients;
Plain flour
Caster sugar (as little as possible)
Brown sugar (as little as possible)
Dairy-free spread
Oat milk
Cinnamon
Vanilla extract
Baking powder
Bicarbonate of soda

Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child.

Many thanks for your support.

Primary 7: Movie
Primary 7 have been reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in class and would like to watch the film. We feel that this experience would add value to the children’s learning, as we will be able to compare and contrast the two types of media. As The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 12 rating and covers themes related to our World War Two topic, we need to let you know that we would like to watch the movie in class. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school office before the 10^th December.

Primary 7: Visit to Williamwood 17^th December
The Modern Languages Department plan to have a ‘French Café’ for pupils while they are visiting Williamwood on the 17^th December. Ahead of the visit we will share with Williamwood staff, the allergy information that we hold for our children.  If you do not wish us to do so, please contact our school office by Monday 16^th December.

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.

Menu Change: Scotland Day – Thursday 28^th November
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 28th November. The allergy information is included to enable your child to select a suitable option.  However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact your catering team via the school office. If you have completed a lifestyle meal request form a suitable alternative will be provided. 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.

St Andrew’s Day – Friday 29^th November
To mark St Andrew’s Day the children will be participating in a variety of activities. There will be learning opportunities throughout the day to find out about traditions and celebrations linked to St Andrew.  On Friday 29^th November children should come to school in their uniform as normal, if they would like to, they can add something tartan to it – scarf, tie, skirt, kilt etc. 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.

Farewell from Mrs Kerr
As my post at Netherlee comes to an end, I would like to thank everyone for their kind words, support and kindness over the last 12 years.  We are so lucky in Netherlee to have such wonderful children, supportive staff and welcoming families, and it’s this that makes Netherlee truly special and leaving more difficult. I’m really excited about starting my new job on Monday and certainly won’t forget the Netherlee years.

We’re delighted to let you know that Miss Elliott has been successful in securing an Acting Principal Teacher post here at Netherlee. She will start her new role on Monday 11^th November and we’re sure she will do a fantastic job! 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.

Dogs
A reminder please to request that dogs are kept on a lead if bringing them to the gates and surrounding areas at pick up and drop off times.  Please could we ask that all dogs are kept back from the school gates. This is to help keep everyone safe and also to recognise that some children and adults may be a little scared of dogs that are off the lead.  Many thanks for your help and understanding with this. 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.

Farewell Mrs Kerr
Many of our families know Mrs Angela Kerr very well as she would have worked with you if/ when your child started at our Netherlee Nursery.  I am truly delighted to share the wonderful news that Angela has recently secured a Head Teacher position at Cartmill Family Centre.  I am sure you will want to join me in wishing Angela much happiness and continued success throughout her future career.  Angela’s last day at Netherlee will be Friday 8^th November.  We will miss you greatly Angela but I couldn’t be happier for you and know that you will do a fantastic job in your new nursery. 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. 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.

Parent Council Meeting Highlights
Thank you to the Parent Council for producing the latest Meeting Highlights Newsletter.  As always, we had a very productive meeting and the highlights can be found here: 4th September Meeting Highlights Continue reading →