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Open Classrooms
We are very much looking forward to welcoming parents into school on Friday 14^th October for Open Classrooms. As indicated in the Dates for your Diary previously issued we invite P1-4 parents between 9.30 and 10am and ask that you enter via the Clarkston Road Gate.  Please use the doors to the right of the ramp to both enter and leave the school. P5-7 parents, we look forward to welcoming you between 11.15 and 11.45am and we ask you to enter and exit via the main front door at reception. We request a maximum of two adults per child.

Our children and staff are looking forward to seeing you then if you are able to join us, but please don’t worry if you can’t make it along this time, there are other similar opportunities spread throughout the session.

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

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 any creative and messy play items from our wish list below. Please put any donations into our Recycled Donations Box situated at the main school office entrance any time next week. Thank you very much.

Bubble wrap
Buttons
Bottle tops
Feathers
Cotton wool
Corks
Old catalogues or brochures
Newspapers
Ribbon
Scraps of material
Greeting cards
Unused straws
Wool, yarn, twine or string

Appointments
Could we please ask that wherever possible, if you have any change in pickup/collection arrangements for your child that you can let us know by 12noon or as early in the day as possible via email or by calling 0141 570 7260. This will help us to communicate with class teachers effectively.

P1/2 Planning Through Play
It was so lovely to see you all last week for our Parent Information Evenings and Meet the Teacher. We hope you found the sessions informative and valuable. As promised, please find a link below to the Triangular Planning Model Youtube clip. Triangular Planning Model.

P2 Cooking
On Thursday 6^th October, our P2 children will be cooking. As a stage, we have decided we would like to make pumpkin soup. The following ingredients will be used to make this:
Pumpkin
Carrots
Cumin seeds
Coriander seeds
White onion
Red lentils
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

The children will also be tasting Beetroot Hummus. The ingredients for this are: Beetroot, Chickpeas, Lemons, Garlic and Tahini. Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child or if you wish your child not to try the soup and/or beetroot hummus.

P7 Residential
Please find a letter regarding the residential with payment information and kit list.

P7 Vision Screening Letters
Just a kind reminder that consent forms for P7 vision screening require to be returned by Friday, 7^th October please.

P7c Thank You
Can we please say a great big thank you to Mrs Mann for starting P7c on their P7 journey this year.  Mrs Callaghan will be taking over on the 4^th October and we are sure that the relationship between class and teacher will continue to be great for everybody!

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone

Home Learning Letter
Please see letter regarding the Home Learning Policy.

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.

Jubilee Books
All ERC schools ordered the Queen’s Jubilee books some time ago.  These are a free gift to all children and have now arrived, coming home with your child today.

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.

Children in Primaries 5 – 7 will use NHS dummies for the CPR training. Younger children manage better when using smaller models, and for this reason we would like to request that on the day of the event, Primaries 1 – 4 bring one soft toy into school (if possible). There are no restrictions on the type of toy but, ideally, the toy should be approximately 30 – 40 cm in length.

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.

P2 Maths Week
As part of Maths Week Scotland, Primary 2 are going to explore sound and music and how different sounds can be made by adding different volumes of water. If possible, can your child please bring a small pot or pan to school on Wednesday 28^th September, along with a wooden or plastic spoon? These will be returned home of course.

P5 Food Tasting
The children in Primary 5 have been learning about Rosh Hashannah. As a class, we have decided we would like to taste apples drizzled with honey, which is a popular dish served during this time.

P5b and P5d will try this on Tuesday 27^th September.
P5c will try this on Friday 30^th September.
P5a will try this on Monday 3^rd October.

Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child or if you wish your child not to try this. Many thanks for your support.

P7 Vision Screening Letters
Children will be bringing home consent letters for P7 vision screening today. Please check their schoolbags. These require to be returned by Friday, 7^th October please.

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

Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

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Netherlee PTA Card Design Project
The school and PTA have organised an exciting Card Design Project for this term! Your child will bring home an A4 sheet of paper on which to create a card design along with an order form to order a range of products, which your child’s design can be added to. In Netherlee we embrace and celebrate our diverse population and encourage the designs to reflect this. The card design can be for any occasion you wish including thank you cards, Christmas cards, Eid, Ramadan, Hanukkah or simply family cards for keeping in touch. It will be lovely to see the variety of designs.

The order form included allows for you to have the design professionally printed and purchased on a range of products including Cards, Tags, Wrapping Paper and Gift Mugs. A portion of the cost will benefit the PTA fundraising efforts. You don’t have to make an order of course – you can just enjoy creating a wonderful design.  Please return the form and design by the 30th September to school.

Recycled Donations
As a proud Eco School, we would be very grateful to be able to make use of any pre-loved household items by recycling them. Each week in our Friday Bundle email we will let you know of any items that we would particularly appreciate.  Of course, we are only requesting pre loved items that you are finished with and would therefore be getting rid of anyway. This not only helps us in school but also helps the environment too.  Thank you, please do not hand anything in this week, more information to follow on Friday 30^th September and going forwards too.

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.

P1/2 Childsmile Tooth Brushing Programme
Please see the letter regarding the tooth brushing programme for our primary one and two children.

P4/P5 Karate Club
Please see attached a link regarding an upcoming karate club.

P6 Rugby Club Reminder
Just a reminder, of the upcoming Rugby club. Please see attached link with dates and how to show your child’s interest in the club.

P7 Football Club Reminder
Just a reminder, of the upcoming Football club. Please see attached link with dates and how to show your child’s interest in the club.

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

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Religious and Cultural Events
One of our 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 school or nursery to talk to children, classes or year groups please contact Mr Bryce via the usual email, who would be delighted to discuss this further with you. With that in mind, Rosh Hashanah is in a few weeks, if you can help share your knowledge in any way at all, please do get in touch. Thank you.

Extra-curricular Clubs
Do you have a skill or passion that you would like to share with our pupils at an after school club? If you do, please contact Mr Bryce, who would be delighted to discuss this further.

Plea for Parent Helpers
We are looking to update our parent volunteers list. If you are able to help at school events and trips and this is something that you are interested in, please complete this form
https://forms.office.com/r/PWUznD75Cd. Our office staff will then be in touch to discuss your availability etc.

PTA Meeting, Uniform Sale & Badges
Just a short reminder to advise that if you need new badged uniform items they are on-sale from Netherlee PTA until the 12th September.  Please use the following link to make an order. To continue to support families with the cost of the school day, easy to use, iron on uniform badges are now also available from the school office for the cost of just £1.

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

P1 Info Sessions
Please see a letter regarding the P1 Information Session on 20^th September.

P2 Info Sessions
Please see a letter regarding the P2 Information Session on 21^st September.

Meet the Teacher P3-P7 Tuesday 13^th September 6.30pm – 7.30pm
We hope you have been hearing lots about your child’s new classroom and teacher. We are delighted to welcome you back into our school for our first in person ‘Meet the Teacher’ since 2019. As this is an informal event, with no presentations, we would ask that you do not request an update on your individual child’s progress at this time.  Our staff are very much looking forward to this opportunity for you to drop in to say hello and put a face to a name. Please feel free to bring your child(ren) with you so that they can show you around their classroom.

On the evening, please come to the main school entrance at any point between 6:30pm and 7:30pm where there will be staff to direct you to your child(ren)’s classroom if needed.

There will be a formal Parents’ Evening in November where you will receive detailed information about your child(ren) and you can of course continue to get in touch with us at any time if you have any concerns or particular questions.

We will also be holding a drop in opportunity for any parents who have not been able to join us for the virtual new Home Learning Policy question sessions. We will be in the Hub from 7pm until 7:30pm. Please join us there if you have any queries.

P4 Lunchtime Running Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming lunchtime club.

P4d Cooking
P4d have been busy in the garden digging potatoes. On Thursday 15^th September, the children will be cooking. As a class, we have decided we would like to make potato wedges. The following ingredients will be used to make this:

• Potatoes
• Oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Tomato Sauce

Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child or if you wish your child not to try a potato wedge. Many thanks for your support.

P5 Karate Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming karate club.

P6 Rugby Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming rugby club.

P7 Football Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming football club.

P7 Residential – Information Letter
Please find a letter regarding our P7 residential information evening.

As always please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns.  We are here to help and support in any way we can and no matter or question is ever to small, please do just get in touch.

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

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher

Dear parent/carer

Dates for your Diary
It is with great pleasure that I share the calendar of events in school and nursery for the 2022/23 session. For your ease please see attached PDF, however please note that going forward all calendar updates will be made via the electronic website calendar which will be available from Monday afternoon. We are so delighted that we can welcome you into school and nursery at regular points throughout the session.  I hope you find that having these dates at the start of the session helpful.  Thank you for your understanding if any dates require to be changed due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances.  If this needs to happen we will of course give you as much notice as possible.

Homework Policy
Please see attached letter detailing our new Homework Policy, starting on Monday 29^th August.

Emails to School
Thank you for using our efficient email system to communicate with us.  Please ensure you include your child’s name and class in the subject bar so that your email can be passed on to the appropriate person very quickly- thank you.

Recycled Uniform Items
We are delighted that many families have made good use of our recycled uniform stock and we have managed to pass on many items throughout this week to families who have been in touch.  I am delighted to say that this means we can now resume collecting any donations of uniform items you may have at home that your child has outgrown in particular, larger sized items for P5-7.  You can pop up anytime to the main school door where you will find our “Big Red Box” and your uniform donation items can be placed in there.  This box is available at all times- many thanks

Flu Vaccination Programme
Children will be bringing home consent letters for the Flu Immunisation programme today. Please check their schoolbags. These require to be returned by Friday, 2^nd September please.

Annual Consents
All annual consents will be available for completion via ParentsPortal.  If you haven’t already registered, please click the LINK to do so.

Linguascope- Thank You Netherlee PTA
We would like to say a huge thank you to our PTA who have very generously funded our yearly subscription to Linguascope for all nursery and primary classes. Your ongoing support for PTA events allows the PTA to fund this excellent online programme that supports and enhances Modern Languages (French) learning and for our children. Merci beaucoup à notre PTA! J

Message from our Parent Council (PC) Chairperson
PC Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday 31st August at 7pm in The Hub
We are pleased to hold our first Netherlee Primary School and Nursery Class Parent Council meeting of the new school year at 7pm on Wednesday 31st August. The meeting will be held in the Hub in school. You can find the agenda here.

PTA P1-P3 Mixer
The PTA are hosting a P1- P3 mixer in the school on Thursday 1^st Sept from 6:30pm until 8pm, please see poster. All activities and refreshments will be free of charge with the exception of our raffle.  Any parents and carers who would like to get involved in helping with the event would be very welcome and can volunteer at the following link: Netherlee PTA (pta-events.co.uk).  Further events will be announced in September and again anyone who would like to get involved as a member of the PTA or as a volunteer for future fundraising events please feel free to contact the PTA on: netherleepta@gmail.com

P3 Outdoor Visit
To support class work in the context for learning of ‘Buildings in Our Local Community’, an outdoor Educational Visit has been organised for our Primary 3 classes. The date for this visit for will be Thursday 8^th September. Pupils will leave Netherlee at 9.15am and will return by 10:40am.

The parental consent forms for local visits, should be completed via ParentsPortal and this will cover this visit. If you haven’t already registered, please click the LINK to register. If you are available to help accompany the class, please telephone or email the school office as soon as possible. Your help with this would be very much appreciated.  If you have any issues or difficulties getting registered with ParentsPortal please do not hesitate to contact the office

East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) P4-7 Choral Groups
To register your P4-7 child for participation in East Renfrewshire’s Choral Groups, please complete and return this form as soon as possible and by no later than Tuesday 30^th August. https://forms.office.com/r/j3i6BHuZXs

P6/7 Bikeability
We will be running Bikeability training for P7 and P6 this session. If you have been trained as a Bikeability instructor in the past and would be happy to help deliver the training again please contact Mr Bryce. If you have not been trained, but are interested in helping out, there will be training for this in Feb/Mar 2023, look out for more information nearer the time.

P6/7 Choir
Please click to read the letter regarding the arrangements for the P6 and P7 choir.

P7 Residential
Please find a letter regarding our P7 residential information evening.

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School and Nursery Class