Hello everyone
Indoor/Outdoor PE- Little reminder from Mrs Linn
Just a gentle reminder to all our children/ parents, to keep everyone safe while participating in indoor and outdoor P.E., all long hair should be tied back. This can be done in the morning before arriving at school or you are welcome to bring a hair bobble and tie your hair up before going to P.E. Many thanks for your support with this everyone.
Diversity and Equality Parent & Carers Group
Our Primary 7 Diversity Councillors had our first, successful meeting on Wednesday and we are looking for adults with an interest or passion for celebrating Diversity and Equality here in Netherlee to join us. We are hoping to build on the success of our previous Diversity events, celebrating the wide range of religion, culture, gender and neurodiversity we have in our school community. We will meet the last Wednesday of each month, from 2.40pm- 3.10pm and you are welcome to come along to all or just some of the meetings. If you would like to be part of this group of if you have any further questions, please contact Mrs Kelly Linn at school mail SchoolMail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.
New Arrival Coming Soon
As you may be aware Mrs Vari Malone will be leaving us next Thursday to begin her maternity leave. Mrs Malone has really enjoyed her time with P5d this year and is sad to leave, but excited to know that the children will be in great hands with Mrs Sharin Nicolson who will be taking the class forward full time from Tuesday 26th September. I’m sure you will join me in wishing Mrs Malone all the best on the next step of her journey.
Theme Day on 27th September
Please find attached ERC’s planned menu change for Wednesday 27th September. The allergy information is included to enable all children to select a suitable, safe option. However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact our catering team via the school office.
World Travellers Day PS
A Note from PTA – Coming Together for our School and Nursery
Uniforms
Firstly thanks to those who flagged some challenges in ordering uniforms via our link and apologies for any inconvenience caused. We have been able to resolve the issue and are open for uniform orders until 26th September, using the following link: https://www.pta-events.co.uk/netherleepta/
Save the Dates – Fundraising Activities
Some of you may be aware that the PTA, volunteers and everyone who participates in any of the events help raise funds that support some of the extra items beyond the core school budget. Last school year this included items like sumdog subscriptions, new playground markings, sports equipment and the colour dash. Without the support of everyone, whether you volunteer, donate or participate in the events none of this would be possible so a huge THANK YOU for all your support! We hope everyone can get involved in some way again this school year and look forward to enjoying the fun across the school community.
As we mentioned in last week’s bundle the PTA are getting ready for 2023/24 with some fundraising activities planned for autumn and winter and have provided some dates to save below. We will shortly be sending out lists of all the activities and events where you or other family members can get involved in supporting our school, however in the interim if anyone would like to note their interest please email netherleepta@gamil.com
- Design a card project – Please see the attached flyer and hopefully you will find a form in your child’s school bag.
- The Autumn Pumpkin Event is planned for Friday 27th October 6pm – 8pm – Please see the attached flyer for a flavour of what to expect. More details of how you can get involved to follow in the next couple of weeks.
- The collections of bottles or chocolates for the Winter Event will take place on Friday 1st December with the actual event taking place on the evening of 7th December.
If you have any questions or wish to get involved in any aspect of the PTA please reach out to us at netherleepta@gmail.com.
PTA and Primary 1 Information and Meet the Teacher Evening
We look forward to welcoming our Primary One parents and carers at our Primary 1 Information and Meet the Teacher evening on Thursday 28th September 6.30-7.30pm.
Our wonderful PTA will be available from 6pm offering refreshments in our school Atrium. This will be a great way to find out more about PTA events and have a chat with other Primary 1 parents. We will also have a slideshow playing at this time which has lots of lovely photographs of our P1 children enjoying life in P1 so far!
There will also be an opportunity to place badged uniform orders with our PTA at this time too. Rails with sample sizes will be made available. Our pre-loved uniform rails will also be there for you to browse and help yourself to as well. We look forward to seeing you then.
Primary 1: People Who Help Us
Children’s ideas and interests are a key consideration when planning for our classroom and Open Area. The children were discussing the adults who help them in school, at home and the wider community. As we have stated in our previous Friday Bundle, ‘People Who Help Us’ is our current context for learning within Social Studies.
We are on the hunt for pre-loved role play and small world items (please note “small world” means very small items) related to this topic to support imaginative play. These are items that you would otherwise be throwing away that we can use to refresh our resources in the Open Area. For example, this may include police hats, stethoscopes, fire service helmets to name but a few! In addition, we are also looking for any donations of emergency service small world toys, such as small police cars, fire engineers, life boats etc. 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 or in a carrier bag and given to the class teachers. Many, many thanks.
In addition, it is always interesting for the children to find out about professions in a real life context. We are welcoming parent and carers who would be willing to volunteer to come to the school to share information about their job and how they help the community. If you have a profession you think you could share with the children please do let us know. For example, this may include a visit from the fire service to discuss their role in keeping our community safe. If you think this is something you could help with, please drop us an email on schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk or give Jennifer McCann (Principal Teacher) a call on 0141 570 7260 to discuss in more detail.
Primary 6 Library Club
An after school P6 School Library Activity Reading & Book Club at Netherlee will be starting on a Monday 30th October 2023 from 3.15-4.15pm. The club will be Miss Irving and will run for 4 weeks. Full details are below: If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/e/M7BkxEmxQN no later than 21/09/2023. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.
Activity: P6 School Library Activity Reading & Book Club
Day and Time: Monday 3.15 – 4.15pm.
Dates: 30/10, 06/11, 13/11 and 20/11
Venue: Netherlee Primary
No. of pupils: 20
Cost: no cost
Primary 6/7 Dance Club
An after school P6/7 Dance Club at Williamwood High School will be starting on a Tuesday 31st October 2023 from 3.30-4.30pm. The club will run for 4 weeks. Full details are below. If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/e/Me1zcS4TAP no later than 21/09/2023. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.
Activity: P6/7 Dance Club
Day and Time: Tuesday 3.30 – 4.30pm.
Dates: 31/10, 07/11, 14/11 and 21/11
Venue: Williamwood High School (require to make your own way to and from the club)
Delivered by: Miss A. Glen
No. of pupils: 10
Cost: no cost
Primary 7 Netball Club
An after school P7 Netball Club at Netherlee Primary will be starting on a Monday 30th October 2023 from 3.15-4.15pm. The club will be Miss Williams and will run for 5 weeks. Full details are below. If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/e/uib8tvLEbJ no later than 21/09/2023. In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.
Activity: P7 Netball Club
Day and Time: Monday 3.15 – 4.15pm.
Dates: 30/10, 06/11, 13/11, 20/11 & 27/11
Venue: Netherlee Primary
No. of pupils: 20
Cost: no cost
Have a lovely weekend.
Yvonne Donaldson
Head Teacher
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class
