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 Book Day
The 5^th of March was an amazing day for Netherlee this year – “World Book Day” brought out the best in storytelling, shared reading, shared books and wonderful costumes from both pupils and staff. Everybody was talking about books and a real ‘loving literacy’ feeling permeated the school. Thank you to everyone for taking an active part in the day whether it was reading books, talking about books or listening to stories from books it was a great success.

International School Meal Day – Menu Change: Thursday 12^th March
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 26th February. 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. For any pupils requiring a milk free diet the option will be Teriyaki Chicken Panini with dairy free cheese replacing the Mozzarella.

Celebrating Children’s Achievements
We always enjoy celebrating our children’s achievements, both in and out of school however, this session, we are making some changes to this process after speaking to groups of children and getting feedback from them.

Any out of school and any in-school achievements will now be displayed proudly on our lovely new House display boards. Please drop by to have a look any time you are in school, these are located in the link corridor leading off the atrium. These achievements can be big or small as we recognise that even what may appear as a small achievement to one person can be a huge success to another e.g. Learning to ride a bike or gaining a badge at swimming. In order to submit the information about your child’s out of school achievements, please complete the Google Form using the link below.  Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.

Achievements Outside of School Google Form

No photographs are required. We will display your child’s name, details of their achievement and their house colour on the House Boards which we hope to fill with lots of wonderful achievements as we know so many of our children do fabulous things out with school.  As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents/ carers in relation to this.

Primary 3: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.

If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.

East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Primary 3- Recruitment Form

Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026.  Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Primary 3b and 3c: Canada Talk
One of our lovely parents has kindly agreed to come in and speak to your child’s class all about Canada. This will take place on Friday 13 March from 11am until 12.30pm in the Hub. Part of the workshop will allow the children to taste maple syrup with apple slices. We have taken into account the allergy information we hold for your child however, if this information needs updated, please contact the school office at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued support.

Primary 4: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.

If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.

P4 ‘Come & Try Event! East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Saturday Music Centre  – Fill in form

Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Primary 5: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.

If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.

East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service Primary 5- Recruitment Form

Primary 5: Titanic Shoebox
In Primary 5, we are going to have the opportunity to create a model cabin in a small box for our big question on Titanic.  This task will be completed in school.  If possible, we kindly ask that you bring into class a shoe, or similarly sized, box. Furthermore, you might want to collect some items that you can use to decorate the interior of your cabin, such as materials/fabrics, wallpaper, dolls house furniture, pictures, bits of carpet etc. Remember the resources you will need must be appropriate to the class of cabin that you are creating. We ask that you please hand in your shoebox by Friday 27th March.  If you want to bring it in earlier, we can store them in the classroom. Thank you very much for your help with this.

P5b P.E. Day Change
Due to some changes in our timetable next week, our P.E. days will be Thursday and Friday. Please come wearing your P.E. kit on those days.

P5c P.E. Day Change
Due to some changes in our timetable next week, our P.E. days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Please come wearing your P.E. kit on those days.

Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Primary 6: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.

If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.

P6 ‘Come & Try’ Event! East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Saturday Music Centre  – Fill in form

Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

P7 Transition Evening – Tuesday 17^th March
A letter was sent to parents regarding a transition evening for parents at Williamwood on the 17^th March.

Primary 7: Show Tickets
A reminder that tickets for The Lion King will be available via ParentPay from 9^th March at 9am.  Due to Health and Safety capacity regulations, at the initial sale each family will be able to purchase two tickets, priced at £3 each for only one performance.  When purchasing the tickets on Parent Pay, please detail in the notes section which performance you are looking to attend: Monday 27^th April at 10am; Monday 27^th April at 7pm or Tuesday 28^th April at 7pm.

After this initial sale of tickets, we will let you know if there are any remaining tickets. These will then be sold in person from the school office.

Thank you for your continued support in making this a memorable experience for the children. We can’t wait to see you there!

Primary 7: Music Recruitment
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition through percussion lessons, next year when they go into High school. I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link. There is also a video demonstration attached.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LlVPjhRNXM_-_SPvMs6tyW9qDrI5XLVf/view?usp=drive_link
East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Primary 7- Recruitment Form

Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

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 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.

School and Nursery Photographs
We will be welcoming Jane Henderson back into our school and nursery from Monday 16^th March until Friday 27^th March. She will take:

• class, individual and sibling photographs of children in P1 and P7.
• class and individual photographs of children in P2-P6.
• our nursery children will have individual photographs

The photographs will be taken indoors so we don’t have to worry about the weather!

As always, we will do our very best to include all children in the photographs but this may not be possible if a pupil is absent during Jane’s time at school and nursery.

Please could school children wear a shirt and school tie on the day/s their photos are due to be taken as we have timetabled these sessions around PE and outdoor learning days. We always have spare ties in school that the children can wear, if needed. Nursery children can wear their normal nursery clothes.

Please see attached timetables (w/c 16th and w/c 23rd), which details the days and times your child’s photograph is due to be taken. Please note there are a few exceptions to the siblings photographs due to nursery patterns and/or outdoor learning. If this applies to your family, Mrs Linn will contact you to let you know your children’s photograph date. We hope the photographs will be a lovely memento of your child’s year in school and nursery.

Celebrating Children’s Achievements
We always enjoy celebrating our children’s achievements, both in and out of school however, this session, we are making some changes to this process after speaking to groups of children and getting feedback from them.

Any out of school and any in-school achievements will now be displayed proudly on our lovely new House display boards. Please drop by to have a look any time you are in school, these are located in the link corridor leading off the atrium. These achievements can be big or small as we recognise that even what may appear as a small achievement to one person can be a huge success to another e.g. Learning to ride a bike or gaining a badge at swimming. In order to submit the information about your child’s out of school achievements, please complete the Google Form using the link below.  Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.

Achievements Outside of School Google Form

No photographs are required. We will display your child’s name, details of their achievement and their house colour on the House Boards which we hope to fill with lots of wonderful achievements as we know so many of our children do fabulous things out with school.  As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents/ carers in relation to this.

British Science Week – 9-13^th March
We are delighted to announce that our school will be diving into British Science Week! To spark curiosity and develop our young scientists’ inquiry skills, every class will be participating in hands-on experiments and STEM challenges. From exploring chemical reactions to engineering solutions for the future, we can’t wait to see our pupils’ “lightbulb moments” as they explore the wonders of the world around them.

P4 Open Classrooms
We are very much looking forward to opening our doors and welcoming parents/carers into school on Friday 6^th March for Open Classrooms. All P4 classes will be in the Hub and Atrium so we invite P4 parents between 9.30am and 10.00am to make their way there once they are in the school. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Primary 6b: Shoebox Project
As part of our World Book Day celebrations P6b would love to use our creativity to transform an old shoebox into a scene from a well-known story! If possible, any donations of empty shoeboxes would be gratefully received to help with this project by Friday the 6th of March. Thank you, as always, for your support.

Primary 7 Show Tickets
It’s almost showtime! As you know, our wonderful Primary 7 students have been rehearsing tirelessly for our upcoming production of The Lion King. We are incredibly proud of their progress and are delighted to invite you to purchase tickets.

Performance Times:
Monday 27th April: 10:00am
Monday 27th April: 7:00pm
Tuesday 28th April: 7:00pm

The performance runtime is approximately one hour.

Tickets will be available via Parent Pay from 9^th March. Due to Health and Safety capacity regulations, at the initial sale each family will be able to purchase two tickets, priced at £3 each for only one performance.  When purchasing the tickets on Parent Pay, please detail in the notes section which performance you are looking to attend: Monday 27^th April at 10am; Monday 27^th April at 7pm or Tuesday 28^th April at 7pm.

After this initial sale of tickets, we will let you know if there are any remaining tickets. These will then be sold in person from the school office.

Every P7 student has played a vital role in this production. From mastering choreography and songs to ‘Backstage Crew’ or ‘Tech Team’. This has been a truly collaborative project that has allowed the children to develop fantastic new skills.

To celebrate their hard work, each child will receive a commemorative programme as a memento. Additional programmes will be available for purchase at each performance.

Thank you for your continued support in making this a memorable experience for the children. We can’t wait to see you there!

Enjoy East Ren Summer Camps
Enjoy East Ren’s popular All Star Sports Camps at Barrhead High & Williamwood High are now on sale for the Spring Holidays!
Week 1 – Tues 7th to Fri 10th April (£105 per week)
Week 2 – Mon 13th to Fri 17th April (£130 per week)

A healthy lunch is included each day & Camps run from 9am-3pm daily.

From athletics and gymnastics to badminton and basketball, and so much more! Our All Stars Sports Camp lets children explore a wide range of sports and join in our 2026 Celebration Games on the last day. Find out more here: www.enjoyeastren.org/spring-holiday-camps/

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 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.

Reporting your Child’s Absence- Before 9am please
This is a gentle reminder that if your child is going to be absent from school or nursery, please contact the office by phone on 0141 570 7260 or by email before 9am please, including a brief reason for your child’s absence eg sick overnight, temperature, sore throat etc. This information helps us monitor patterns of illness within the school and nursery and allows us to be alert to any potential infectious conditions such as chickenpox. Your support helps us keep our school and nursery community healthy and ensures we can account for all children safely and quickly each day.

Feedback Friday
Just a reminder that on Friday, it is Feedback Friday. All home learning jotters/project work should be brought into school with your child on or before that day.

Open Classrooms
We are very much looking forward to opening our doors and welcoming parents/carers into school on Friday 7^th March for Open Classrooms. We invite P1-4 parents between 9.30am and 10.00am and ask that you enter via the Clarkston Road Gate. P5-7 parents, we look forward to welcoming you between 11.15am and 11.45am and we ask you to enter and exit via the main front door at reception. We look forward to seeing you then if you are able to join us.

Jotters Home
We hope that you enjoy looking at your child’s literacy jotter and discussing their progress with them. Please remember to pop it back in their schoolbag as they will need it on Monday in school.  Thank you.

World Book Day – Thursday 5^th March
We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5^th March across the school and nursery. The aim of the day is to have fun whilst reading and so on the day we are inviting children to dress up as a character from a book (no masks please). As a proud Eco Green Flag school and nursery, we kindly ask our families to have fun and be creating by create their costumes or props using items already at home, recycling materials or by adapting everyday clothing. For example, costumes can be a simple dress using clothes from home or made from recycled or reused materials (cardboard, paper, fabric). Some children may prefer to simply wear their school uniform or normal nursery clothes and just bring in an interesting prop from a favourite book instead.  We can’t wait to see what the children come up with.  Thank you for supporting this and for helping us make World Book Day both fun and environmentally friendly too. On the day each child will also receive a £1 World Book Day book token which can be used at participating bookshops and supermarkets. We are looking forward to having lots of fun whilst celebrating reading for pleasure on this day.

Welly Donations to help us Improve our outdoor Learning Experiences
As the weather begins to (hopefully) improve and we look ahead to the months beyond winter, you may find that your child has outgrown their “wellies” over the past year. If this is the case, or if you have any spare wellies at home (any sizes) that are no longer needed, we would be very grateful to receive them as donations. We are aiming to maintain a supply of wellies in school to support pupils when learning outdoors.  Donated wellies will be stored in our outdoors secure containers and will be available for children to wear when learning outside if needed.  This helps to ensure that all children are able to participate fully in outdoor learning activities and remain comfortable and dry in all weathers. Any donations, in clean and usable condition, would be greatly appreciated. Please hand them in at the school office from Monday next week.  Thank you so much.

Menu Change: Thursday 26^th February
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 26th February. 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.

Celebrating Children’s Achievements
We always enjoy celebrating our children’s achievements, both in and out of school however, this session, we are making some changes to this process after speaking to groups of children and getting feedback from them.

Any out of school and any in-school achievements will now be displayed proudly on our lovely new House display boards. Please drop by to have a look any time you are in school, these are located in the link corridor leading off the atrium. These achievements can be big or small as we recognise that even what may appear as a small achievement to one person can be a huge success to another e.g. Learning to ride a bike or gaining a badge at swimming. In order to submit the information about your child’s out of school achievements, please complete the Google Form using the link below.  Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.

Achievements Outside of School Google Form

No photographs are required. We will display your child’s name, details of their achievement and their house colour on the House Boards which we hope to fill with lots of wonderful achievements as we know so many of our children do fabulous things out with school.  As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents/ carers in relation to this.

Community Event: National Gaelic Week Celebrations
We are pleased to share details of a Gaelic Café taking place this Saturday, 28th, at Thornliebank Primary, home of our Gaelic Medium Provision in East Renfrewshire. Families are warmly invited to drop in, enjoy a cuppa and some home baking, and learn a few Gaelic words and phrases in a relaxed and friendly setting. There will also be activities available for children throughout the morning, making it a lovely opportunity for everyone to get involved.

Community Event: Parental Hub
The Parental Employment Support team will be at Cart Mill Family Centre on 25th February from 9am-1pm. The team will be on hand to support with all aspects of finding work, upskilling, accessing training and finding roles that work with the school day.

The team will also be there to support with applications for School Age Payment Grant. This is a grant worth £319.80 for each child to help with the cost of preparing for school.  The payment helps carers and families facing additional costs at a key stage in a child’s development. The money can be spent on anything a child needs for school, including clothes, school trips, and stationery.

Part of the Best Start Grant package, which is unique to Scotland, School Age Payment is available for children born between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2021. Parents and carers can receive the payment for multiple children born during this time and there is no requirement to take up a place at school.  The closing date for this application is 28^th February 2026 – please drop into the Hub and the Parental Employment Support team can help you with the applications and also ensure you are receiving the benefits you are entitled too.

The team can also give you information on supports for Lone parents, along with access to upcoming training.  Please drop into Cart Mill on 25^th February if you wish to have a chat with the team.

Due to previous busy Hubs, if you wish to speak to an adviser- we ask that you allow enough time and would consider arriving no later than 12.30.

P2c Junk Modelling Materials
As part of our upcoming learning activities, we will be creating cavemen habitats in class on Monday, 23rd February. To support this, we would be very grateful for any junk modelling materials you may have at home. We are particularly looking for cardboard and plastic items of any kind—boxes, tubes, trays, clean containers, or anything similar that could help the children build their models. Thank you in advance for your support and contributions.

P7 Fundraising Fun Run Reminder
To help raise funds for our upcoming production of The Lion King, Primary 7 pupils will be taking part in a sponsored fun run on Friday 27th February.

The children will run for 20 minutes around the pitch and playground, challenging themselves to complete as many laps of the course as possible. Sponsorship forms have already been given out and should be in your child’s bag. We would greatly appreciate your support in helping them raise money to contribute towards props, costumes and other production costs.

Please return all completed sponsorship forms by Monday 2nd March. Cash donations can be sent in an envelope to the class teacher, clearly labelled with your child’s name and the total amount enclosed. Alternatively, donations can be made via for those who wish to donate digitally.

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 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.

​Diversity Evening
We are looking forward to welcoming our families in on Wednesday 11 February for our annual Diversity evening from 6.30pm- 8pm. There are so many exciting performances, workshops, food stalls and information areas. The evening is free to attend and there will only be payments required at two stalls: the ice cream and neurodiversity stalls. Of course, if you would like to make a donation, this can be done at the food tasting area. All proceeds from the evening will be made payable to a charity, which the P7 Diversity Department will decide and communicate with you. We really hope you can make it!

Chinese New Year Celebrations
Xīnnián kuàilè (Happy New Year)
A group of our wonderful children, from P1- P7 who celebrate Chinese New Year at home, have been helping to plan events and activities for our school and nursery to help us celebrate Chinese New Year.  This year we will celebrate this on Thursday 12 February. On this day, children who celebrate this festival and tradition are invited to wear their traditional Chinese clothing, if this is something that is readily available to them or, if they do not have traditional clothing, they are welcome to wear an item of clothing (top, skirt or trousers) in one of the Chinese lucky colours, which this year are black, red and yellow. Please note this is optional.

If you do not celebrate this festival, children should wear their usual school uniform or nursery clothes on this day please.

Keeping Children Safe Online Webinar
The internet can be a wonderful place for children and young people, from helping with school research reports, to communicating with teachers and friends, and playing interactive games. But the online world also comes with risks, like inappropriate content, cyberbullying and scams. In partnership with Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team, Parenting Across Scotland is hosting a virtual event for parents and carers on the 25^th February 2026. They will be joined by representatives from Education Scotland who will discuss concerns about the use of technology in schools and digital awareness in the curriculum. The event will explore how you can help keep yourself and your loved ones safe whilst online – there will be a short presentations by Police Scotland and Education Scotland followed by the opportunity to ask questions.
Register here for the Keeping Children Safe Online Webinar

Celebrating Children’s Achievements
We always enjoy celebrating our children’s achievements, both in and out of school however, this session, we are making some changes to this process after speaking to groups of children and getting feedback from them.

Any out of school and any in-school achievements will now be displayed proudly on our lovely new House display boards. Please drop by to have a look any time you are in school, these are located in the link corridor leading off the atrium. These achievements can be big or small as we recognise that even what may appear as a small achievement to one person can be a huge success to another e.g. Learning to ride a bike or gaining a badge at swimming. In order to submit the information about your child’s out of school achievements, please complete the Google Form using the link below.  Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.

Achievements Outside of School Google Form

No photographs are required. We will display your child’s name, details of their achievement and their house colour on the House Boards which we hope to fill with lots of wonderful achievements as we know so many of our children do fabulous things out with school.  As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents/ carers in relation to this.

Community Events: Library Activities
The library service has some exciting activities planned for children in February. Some of these events will take place during the mid-term break, so come along and enjoy the library with your little ones! Children and Young People | East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure

February Break
The school and nursery will close on Thursday for the February holiday. We look forward to welcoming all of our Netherlee children back again on Wednesday 18^th February.

Primary 7: Fundraising Fun Run
To help raise funds for our upcoming production of The Lion King, Primary 7 pupils will be taking part in a sponsored fun run on Friday 27th February.

The children will run for 20 minutes around the pitch and playground, challenging themselves to complete as many laps of the course as possible. Sponsorship forms have already been given out and should be in your child’s bag. We would greatly appreciate your support in helping them raise money to contribute towards props, costumes and other production costs.

Please return all completed sponsorship forms by Monday 2nd March. Cash donations can be sent in an envelope to the class teacher, clearly labelled with your child’s name and the total amount enclosed. Alternatively, a payment link will be available on ParentPay from Monday 23rd February for those who wish to donate digitally.

Thank you very much for your continued support of our upcoming production.

Kind regards,
The P7 Teachers

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 wonderful weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson (HT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class
East Renfrewshire
0141 570 7260

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