Hello everyone
Family Focused
The Family Focused Accreditation Team were out today visiting our school and nursery.
Thank you to everyone for filling out the questionnaires – we had an amazing response. Also, a big thank you to our parents and carers who attended the focus group today. The Accreditation Team will formulate a report and let us know the results of their visit in due course. We will keep you posted! Thank you again for all your support with this.
Homework Feedback Thursday
Just a reminder that on Thursday, it is Feedback Thursday. Children should bring in their home learning jotters/project work please.
Parents’ Evening
We are looking forward to welcoming you for our last round of Parents’ Evening on Tues 23rd and Wed 24th May. To help appointments run to time, a bell will ring every 10 minutes to mark the start/end of each meeting.
Artwork
All children have created a piece of artwork to mark the King’s Coronation. Each child’s artwork has been framed and will be available outside their classroom for you to collect on Parents’ Evening. To raise money for the school fund, in return for the artwork, we would be delighted and very appreciative if you could make a donation of £3 in cash. All money raised will go towards the school fund, to help us pay for such things as ingredients for cooking, outdoor seeds etc. Thank you.
Home Learning
It has been almost a full school year since we launched our Revised Home Learning (Homework) Policy. Through ‘in person’ and virtual drop-in sessions, phone calls, emails and a feedback form, we have gathered parental views from across the school and we thank you for taking the time to share these with us. We have taken on board several suggestions and as a result of these, we have made some changes to the home learning grids throughout the year. As previously stated, the policy remained in draft this session and we will now be finalising this before we stop in June. If you have any further comments regarding the policy, please get in touch via schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk by Thursday 25th May- thank you. (Mrs Sweeney and Mrs Roberts).
Supporting Diversity at Netherlee
At Netherlee, we understand that communication is key to making sure that the information we provide to parents and the community is accessible for all. We have therefore made a small, but important, change to our school and nursery website. Now, when you visit the website, you will see in the top right hand corner the new “select a language” feature which translates the content and information into many different languages. We hope this is a useful development for our families.
Sports Week Arrangements
Sports Week is fast approaching and Mrs Lynn wants to share with families the final arrangements for the week.
House Family Mornings
Wednesday 31 May – 9.15am – 11.15am – Blue and Red House Family Morning
At 9.15am, the BLUE house children will leave the school by the Clarkston Road door. Parents can meet their children in the P2-5 playground before making their way to the Fitness Area (P2-5 Playground for A-M surnames) or Cheerleading (P6-7 Playground for N-Z surnames).
At 9.15am, the RED house children will leave the school by the Cage door. Parents can meet their children in the P6-7 playground before making their way to the pitch. (A-M surnames at the far end, furthest from the school) and (N-Z surnames closest to the school).
*Please use your child’s surname if parents/ carers have different surnames.
Parents and children will move round the 4 activity stations throughout the morning before finishing off with a picnic on the pitch at 11am. The children will then return inside school at 11.15am.
Thursday 1 June – 9.15am – 11.15am – Green and Yellow Houses Family Morning
At 9.15am, the GREEN house children will leave the school by the Clarkston Road door. Parents can meet their children in the P2-5 playground before making their way to the Fitness Area (P2-5 Playground for A-M surnames) or Cheerleading (P6-7 Playground for N-Z surnames).
At 9.15am, the YELLOW house children will leave the school by the Cage door. Parents can meet their children in the P6-7 playground before making their way to the pitch. (A-M surnames at the far end, furthest from the school) and (N-Z surnames closest to the school).
*Please use your child’s surname if parents/ carers have a different surname.
Parents and children will move round the 4 activity stations throughout the morning before finishing off with a picnic on the pitch at 11am with the children returning inside school at 11.15am.
Race Day – Friday 2 June
Children do not need to bring a bag to school on this day, just their water bottle and snack.
9.15am – 10.35am P1-4 Races
11am – 12.15pm P5-7 Races
Parents are invited to watch their child compete in three races this year before taking part, if you wish, in the most competitive race of all, the parents and carers race! Bring your trainers!
To finish off what will hopefully be a wonderful week, the children will be taking part in a Colour Dash Race on Friday afternoon. This has been generously funded by our PTA. For this, we will be using Holi Colour Powder Safety and Ingredients, which are EU certified. Your child is welcome to wear sunglasses for this event or, if you’d prefer your child did not participate, please email Mrs Linn at SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk. You can also contact Mrs Linn if you have any further questions about Sports Week.
Children can wear their school P.E. uniform for the whole week and can wear their house colours on both Wednesday and Thursday for the House activities.
Bikeability
We are currently working to ensure that our current P6 children receive this training at the earliest opportunity in the next school year when they start P7. If any of our parents/carers are already Bikeability trained and could help us with this, please get in touch.
In addition, Bikeability Scotland are running training sessions in June to help parents/carers get involved and help deliver the Bikeability sessions. Please see below and attached for more information.
Bikeability Scotland Instructor Course (BSI): This is the standard training course for staff and parents to allow you to deliver Level 1 Playground Training and Level 2 On Road Training – for those who have never been trained previously.
Dates/Venues: Monday 12th June and Tuesday 13th June at Carolside Primary, Clarkston, 9am-12.30pm both days (Participants must attend both days). Further dates – TO BE CONFIRMED – Likely to be in Newton Mearns. Candidates attending should be comfortable doing some basic cycling in the playground and on road. A bike and helmet is required to take part, there may be a few bikes and helmets to borrow on the days, please let us know if this will be required.
We would be very grateful of any help received and if any parents/carers could participate with the training to help with future sessions.
Bikeability
Pro Judo
Pro Judo are inviting your child to a taster block that has been specially organised for Williamwood Primary students. The taster block is a great opportunity for your child to experience the martial art of Judo, which can help them develop essential skills like balance, coordination, and discipline.
The taster blocks run on a Monday. The first class will be for students in P1-P3 and will run from 5:45pm to 6:30pm. The second class will be for students in P4-P7 and will run from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. Both classes will take place at the Pro Judo dojo in Parklands Country Club and will be led by experienced Pro Judo instructors. To secure your child’s place in the taster block, please book their spot using the following links:
P1-P3 class: https://www.bit.ly/3Vz4vTA
P4-P7 class: https://www.bit.ly/3LAHjjh
Please note that spaces are limited, so we encourage you to book your child’s place as soon as possible. We believe that Judo is a fantastic way for children to learn important life skills while having fun and keeping active. If you have any questions about the taster block or Pro Judo, please do not hesitate to contact us at admin@projudo.co.uk.Thank you for your attention, and we hope to see your child on the mat soon!
Have a lovely weekend.
Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class
