Hello everyone,
It has been a very busy week in Netherlee!
This week, we celebrated Book Week and World Nursery Rhyme Week. Thank you so much to Mrs Greig and Mrs Morton, who led fantastic Bookbug sessions. The children (and grownups too!) just loved singing along with the actions to some much loved songs and nursery rhymes. We also had some author and writer visits too, including Mrs Cross and Mrs Strang-Roy. Thank you so much for coming to visit us!
Children in Need
A huge thank you for all your generous donations for Children in Need. So far the school and nursery have raised £669.76 for Children in Need. If you would still like to make a donation, Parent Pay will be available over the weekend until Monday morning and we will confirm the total amount raised in next Friday’s newsletter. We are very grateful for all of the donations we receive for this great cause.
We also took part in lots of fun experiences for Children in Need, organised by our Primary 7 House Captains. This included decorating our doors, wearing something spotty and doing some spotty artwork!
St Andrew’s Day – Thurs 30th November
To mark St Andrew’s Day the children will be participating in a variety of activities. On Thurs 30th November, if children would like to, they can wear something tartan – scarf, tie, skirt, kilt etc.
Nursery Christmas Celebration
We are very excited to invite you to our Nursery Christmas Celebration. The children will be performing some festive songs to get us in the Christmas spirit. All celebrations will take place in the Saplings building. There will be two performances for each building. We are kindly asking parents and carers to attend over two performances and that a maximum of two guests per child attend the celebrations. The celebration will last approximately 40 minutes. Please see dates and times below:
Acorns: Thursday 14th December –
9.45am: Yellow and Red Group
2pm: Green Group
Staff will take children to the Saplings and back to the Acorns after the Christmas Celebration.
Saplings: Friday 15th December
9.30am: Purple and White Group
2pm: Orange and Pink Group
If your child does not normally attend on the days of the celebrations, please just let us know. Should they still wish to take part- they are of course more than welcome!
Christmas Party: Wednesday 20th December
Our Nursery Christmas party will take place in both buildings on Wednesday 20th December. The children should come to nursery in their party clothes for day. The Christmas Party will take place between 9:30am-11:30am. If your child does not normally attend on this day, please just let us know as they are more than welcome to join the party!
Early Finish on Friday 22nd December
Nursery will close slightly earlier than usual on this day at 2.30pm.
Chatter Café
Due to unavoidable circumstances the Chatter Café on 22nd Nov has had to be cancelled but we will look forward to the next one on 31st January.
Menu Change
Please find below an altered temporary nursery catering menu which will come into effect from Monday 20th. The temporary menu will be in place on a Wednesday only with the previously published menu being in effect on all other days. This adapted menu will be in place until further notice.
Week 1: Vegetable noodle soup, Pizza with diced potato and sweetcorn
Week 2: Vegetable noodle soup, Quorn hotdog with crudities
Week 3: Vegetable noodle soup, Quorn dipper wrap with mayonnaise and crunchy salad
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) – Coming Together for Our School
We are getting ready for our Winter Fayre that will take place on Thursday, 7 December 2023. Please note the Change of Date for the Tombola collection and ‘Dress As You Like Day’. It is now on Monday, 4 December. Donations can be handed to volunteers in the morning at drop off. We would also appreciate non-alcoholic donations. We appreciate your support in making our Winter Fayre a fantastic event.
Community Event: Leugh is Seinn le Linda
Please see the attached opportunity, taking place this Saturday 18th November from Comann nam Pàrant for a fun session of Gaelic songs and stories for pre-school children.
Have a wonderful weekend.
