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.

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 for the options for school will be:
Tomato soup
Chicken tikka and pitta bread with salad or
Vegetarian sausage rolls, mashed potato and beans
Baked potato, sandwiches and baguettes will also be available.

Recycled Uniform
Just a wee reminder that our recycled uniform rails are available each Friday, between 8.50am – 9am (P1-3 smaller items) and 3pm – 3.10pm (P4-P7 middle and larger sizes) at the Clarkston Road School Gate.  These items are free of charge so please do pop along and make use of this facility.

We understand that some parents may find it tricky to come along to the uniform rails due to work commitments so we are very happy to look out items for your child, please just send us an email detailing what you are looking for and we will see if we can help- we usually can.  We can either send items home with your child or leave them in the office and you can collect them at your convenience, please just let us know what you would prefer.

Recycled Donations
Thank you so much to everyone who kindly donated recycled items last week. This week we would gratefully receive any role play items from our wish list below. Role play is acting in various roles and often involves using props to help get into character. If you have, and are finished with, any of these types of items below, please place any donations into a bag and leave this in our Recycled Donations Box situated at the main school office entrance from the 31^st October. Many, many thanks.    *Hats, Old Jewellery, Small pieces of fabrics, Toy prams and Dolls

PTA Autumn Fun Night, Friday 28^th and Discos
The PTA have an Autumn event this evening, Friday 28th October from 6pm to 8pm to help raise funds. If you can come along and support we are sure you will have fun! We 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 on 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 alongside some games which will have a small charge, of 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.

The following week we have discos for the primary classes on 1st and 3rd November. Please see the autumn fun night poster, discos 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.  All volunteers and new members are welcome to come along and join the PTA, so if interested please email netherleepta@gmail.com.

Gaelic Education Information Session
Please see the link for information regarding an ERC Information Session for parents interested in Gaelic Medium Education

P4-P7 Support with Change and Loss
Change and loss are issues that affect all of us at some stage of our lives. At Netherlee we recognise that when changes occur in families through death, separation divorce or related circumstances, young people may benefit from learning how to manage these changes effectivity and sensitively.  We are therefore offering the opportunity to our pupils who have been affected by loss or bereavement of any kind to access some small group based support using an extensive range of appropriate resources and to practise new skills needed to be able to cope effectively.  The programme will focus on topics such as self – esteem, managing feelings, problem solving, decision making, and effective communication and support networks.  This programme will involve weekly sessions lasting approximately 30minutes and will be over the course of 5- 6 weeks. Our intention would be to start this group on week beginning the 14^th of November.

If you feel this may be something you would like your child to access, please use the link attached and complete the short form. https://forms.gle/A6jk9rskMvdR4TXJA  If you have any questions regarding this programme please feel free to contact Mrs Roberts or Mrs Donaldson either by email or call us at school. (570 7260)  Thank you.

P4 Nutrition and Cooking at School
Over the course of this term all P4 pupils will be making banana smoothies as part of their Hub learning. The children have been learning all about hygiene and being safe, and would like to consolidate this learning with this fun activity. The following ingredients will be used to make this:
Bananas
Milk
Honey

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 taste the smoothie. Many thanks for your support. P4 teachers.

P5 Football Club
Just a reminder of the upcoming P5 football club, starting on Wednesday 23^rd November from 3.15-4.15pm. The club will run for four weeks in the gym hall and delivered by a Giffnock Soccer instructor.  There would be a cost of £4 for the club

If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/EnR6e3yQnv no later than Monday 31st. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.

P5d Food Nutrition and Cooking in School
On Wednesday the 2nd of November the children will be baking. The children have been learning all about Brazil and would like to consolidate this learning with a fun, learning activity. As a class, we have decided we would like to make a slightly healthier version of Brazilian Truffles (Brigadeiro). The following ingredients will be used to make this:

Porridge oats
Butter
Golden syrup
Honey
Cocoa powder
Coconut
Sprinkles

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 eat a truffle.  Many thanks for your support.

P6 Karate Club
Just a reminder of the upcoming P6 karate club, starting on Tuesday 22^ndNovember from 3.15-4.15pm. The club will run for four weeks in the gym hall and delivered by a Japan Karate instructor.  There would be a cost of £4 for the club

If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/FFb5yWt2fq no later than Monday 31st. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.

P6a Update
We would like to update you to let you know that Mrs McGeachy will be finishing on Friday 4^th of November to start her maternity leave. Miss Taylor MacInnes will be joining us to take over P6a. Miss MacInnes and Mrs McGeachy will have a detailed hand over to ensure continuity for the children.  Mrs McGeachy is looking forward to seeing you all on the 1^st and 2^nd of November for parent meetings.

For parents who are attending their parents night on the 1^st November, please be aware that there is a P1 disco going on in the Atrium and we would therefore ask you to wait in the school reception area when you arrive at school and someone will take you up to the P6a classroom at your allocated time to see Mrs McGeachy.

P7 Lochgoilhead Deposit Reminder
We would like to remind you that the deposit of £50 for Lochgoilhead is Sunday 30^th October.  The deposit will secure your child’s place on the residential this year we would require a deposit of £50 per child. Should you wish to discuss payment options or anything else to do with this trip, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

P7 Remembrance Service
With the falling of the leaves and the darkening of mornings we are all aware that Winter is just around the corner, and this also brings us to our Remembrance service in November. P7 pupils and staff work very hard on making this a very appropriate event and this year we would love for you to join us. Our service will be held in the school on Friday 11^th November. We would ask that you arrive at school for 9:15am for a 9:30am start and will last around an hour. Due to numbers we ask that a maximum of 2 adults per child attend the service. Please feel free to wear uniform if you are or have been a member of any of the Forces. The children will be delighted to see you all.

P7 Vision Screening
Just a kind reminder that if you have not yet returned your child’s consent form, to please have this returned to the school office. The School Nurses team will be in school on Tuesday 1^st November for the vision screening programme.

Have a lovely weekend.

Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone

School Uniform Update and Reminders
Our adapted uniform policy, which introduced children wearing our PE uniform to school on PE Days, is going really well.  Overwhelmingly, both children and teachers feel that it makes getting ready for PE much more efficient with no time being wasted on getting changed etc.   Combining this with outdoor learning time on PE days is also working out very well too, helping children to be appropriately dressed for being outdoors.

As we are at the end of the first term, I feel that this is an appropriate time to highlight a couple of important points:

• On PE Days, only PE uniform should be worn and children shouldn’t wear a combination of PE and non PE uniforms e.g. wearing a skirt over their shorts or joggers.  This makes the uniform policy less consistent, makes it more difficult for teachers to manage and also dilutes the policy’s effectiveness.   I would like to stress that this has been noticed in only a very small number of children however I do feel it is important to highlight this to you in order to continue to seek your support.
• On set PE days (2 days per week) children can come to school in PE trainers. On the three other, shirt and tie days, children should wear all black shoes or boots.  If your child has trainer type shoes as school shoes, this is absolutely fine of course as many school shoes in shops are now more of a trainer type shoe and these can be harder wearing however, on non PE Days shirt and tie days these should be all black including the sole as per the policy sent out and can be found again here.

Again, I would like to stress that the above points only relate to very small numbers of children and overwhelmingly our pupils come to school every day fully supporting the uniform policy in its entirety.  I do therefore hope you can see the reasoning behind these two points however, like always, I am happy to discuss this with anyone who would like further discussion- please just give me a call on 0141 570 7260. Thank you again for supporting myself, the teachers and the school with, what seems like a very positive, progressive step.

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

Congratulations to Miss Bell
All staff in Netherlee would like to wish Miss Jilly Bell a wonderful day tomorrow for her wedding.  We all hope you have a very special day Jilly, you will be a simply beautiful bride and we can’t wait to see the photos.  We look forward to you returning as Mrs Jilly Ford on 24^th after the holiday week.

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.

Expressive Arts
Do you, or someone you know, have a skill in art, drama, music or dance, that you would be prepared to come in and share with our children? If you do, please get in touch with Mr Bryce who would be delighted to discuss this with you.

Recycled Donations
Thank you so much to everyone who kindly donated recycled items last week. This week we would gratefully receive any natural loose parts from our wish list below. Loose parts are any materials which can be combined, redesigned, lined up, taken apart and put back together in different ways. If you have, and are finished with, any of these types of items, please place any donations into a bag and leave this in our Recycled Donations Box situated at the main school office entrance from the 25^th October. Many, many thanks.

Acorns, Conkers, Feathers, Pine cones, Pebbles, Shells, Sticks, Small bits of wood, Small stones, Twigs….

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 autumn fun night poster, discos 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.

P4-7 Cricket Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming Cricket Club, and how to register your child for the club.

P5 Football Club
Just a reminder of the upcoming P5 football club, please see attached link regarding how to register your child for the club.

P6 Karate Club
Just a reminder of the upcoming P6 karate club, please see the attached link regarding how to register your child for the club.

P6/7 Netball Club
Please see attached link regarding an upcoming Netball Club, and how to register your child for the club.

P7 Vision Screening Letters
Just a kind reminder that if you have not yet returned your child’s consent form, to please have this returned to the school office. The School Nurses team will be in school on Tuesday 1^st November.

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
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class

Hello everyone

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