Hello everyone,
Your little ones have had a fantastic week at nursery! They have been engaging in the world around them, noticing the seasonal changes. It has been lovely to see their wonder, curiosity and appreciation for nature!
Nursery Parent and Carer Appointments
Our nursery parent and carer appointments will take place during week beginning 30th October and 6th November. Sign-up sheets will be made available from next week at our nursery doors for you to choose a suitable date and time. We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery to discuss your child’s progress at nursery.
Celebrating Wider Achievements at Netherlee
Recognising and celebrating children’s achievements is an integral part to Curriculum for Excellence and what we do in Netherlee. We currently share and celebrate our children’s achievements through our Nursery WOW Wall. For example, this may include winning a medal, taking part in a competition or simply have learnt a new life skill.
We also understand that recognising the achievements of the special adults in our children’s lives help to inspire our children to reach their goals and model the importance of resilience. We would also love to display the achievements of parents and carers with our children’s achievements on our WOW Wall for all to see! If you or your child has an achievement they would like to showcase, please send a picture of this with a small description to our email nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk.
We look forward to hearing about you and your child’s achievements and celebrating them at Netherlee.
Home Learning and Google Classroom
Learning at home for nursery aged children should take place through everyday activities including play and general family life, such as food preparation, gardening, setting the table, sorting washing and cooking. It can also happen through curriculum related activities, home learning, reading and sharing books. Activities at home can be specifically designed to help you engage in your child’s learning and build upon playful learning experiences from nursery.
Each month, we will post a home learning experiences grid (previously known as ‘learning links’) on Google Classroom. This will feature some suggestions of fun, play based learning experiences that you may wish to complete with your child at home. These experiences will also give an insight into the children’s interests, learning focus and/or seasonal or cultural festivals. The home learning experiences grid for October has now been posted to your child’s google classroom, which can be accessed via this link: https://sts.platform.rmunify.com/Account/SignIn/glow
PTA “Coming Together for our School and Nursery” – Reminder
Pumpkin Festival: Start planning your pumpkin entries for display at our Pumpkin Festival on Friday, 27 October between 6pm and 8pm. Bring the whole family, and your neighbours.
If you want to chip in and help, please email netherleepta@gmail.com Thank you to everyone who has already done so. You will find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Give us a follow and stay up to date with all we are doing. Thank you!
Community Events/Information Please See Various Below:
Culture & Leisure
East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure have a wide range of activities on offer for children. Please see the attached leaflet with more information.
Community Events – Pro Judo
Pro Judo are delighted to host a free block of extra-curricular activity for the Williamwood Cluster primary schools. The sessions will held at Parklands Country Club, home of Pro Judo, led by the club’s coaches. The club will run on a Monday on the following dates: 30/10; 6/11; 13/11; 20/11.
5:45pm – 6:30pm (4yrs – 7yrs)
6:30pm – 7:15pm (8yrs – 12yrs)
You can sign-up using the following links by selecting book trial option and select the 30th October start date.
Under 8’s – 5:45pm – 6:30pm – https://projudo.classforkids.io/info/1121
Over 8’s – 6:30pm – 7:15pm – https://projudo.classforkids.io/info/1148
East Renfrewshire Equalities Forum: Outside the Box is working with people and organisations in East Renfrewshire to create a community-led Equalities Forum. Please see the attached poster, this is a great opportunity for parents/carers to have a voice in wider Equality issues in East Renfrewshire Council.
Equalities Forum
Let’s Talk About Campaign: Please see the leaflets regarding the support that we have available to help with mortgages, debt and energy bills.
National Sleep Helpline: Please see information regarding a wonderful free resource that can help parents and children to learn more about their sleep and develop better bedtime routines. Sleep is essential to brain function, by helping children to sleep better, we can help them to succeed in school.
Sleep Helpline
Childcare NC Opportunity from West of Scotland: Please see the information regarding a National Certificate in childcare that takes place during school hours – 2 days in a placement and 2 days at college – 1 day online. More information can be found here: https://www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk/courses/childcare/nc-childhood-practice-school-hours-november-start
Have a lovely weekend.
Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class
