Hello everyone
I hope you have had a really lovely Summer and enjoyed spending time with your children, family and friends. We have had a fantastic first week back with all staff working really hard on the two In-service Days, getting ready to welcome all of our children back to school. All children have been settled and seem very happy and enthusiastic to be back and our adorable “new P1 cuties” seem as if they have been coming to school for months instead of days! They are in a fantastic routine already and it is a joy to watch them coming in first thing in the morning, then making their way to the cloakroom and then on to their classrooms to find their friends- chatting and laughing all the way! A huge welcome also to all the other new children and families who have joined us, spread throughout all stages of the school from P2-7. Your children have quickly slotted right into their new class and it will be lovely to get to know them and you in the coming weeks and months.
PE Timetable
As promised, the PE/ Gym Day Timetable can be found here. On these days children should come to school in their PE uniform. Our uniform policy can be found here which details, as a reminder, the Netherlee’s School Uniform List. Our children have returned to school looking extremely smart in their school uniform and I would like to thank you for the commitment and support with this. The gym days are also on our website calendar for ease. Our fantastic Uniform Recycling Rails will return next Friday 26th (smaller items 8.45-9.05am and larger items 2.55-3.10pm) at the Clarkston Road Gate. Please do come along at this time any Friday morning and help yourself to uniform items that you can make use of. A huge thank you for all of your donations in June, we now have a vast selection of school burgundy jackets, hoodies and other items of uniform. These are free of charge so please do help yourself. Please hold off donating any more uniform items for a little while as we have so much right now and I will let you know when we are ready to start collecting again- thank you.
Updated P.E. Code of Practice / Health and Safety Guidance
East Renfrewshire Council has recently update its PE Code of Practice and Health and Safety Guidance. All personal effects e.g. jewellery, body piercings, watches, hair slides and belts constitute a hazard and may cause injury if worn whist participating in Physical Education. Consequently, all such items must be removed prior to a P.E. lesson. If your child wears any jewellery type items for religious reasons, and they are unable to remove them, please contact the school at your earliest convenience to discuss this with us or otherwise your child will require to remove the item prior to the lesson. Teachers will remind pupils to remove any personal effects and provide a safe and secure place for them to be stored. If your child is unable to remove any of these items themselves then we ask that they do not wear them to school on the days that they have P.E. Further to this, the guidance has advised that the taping of earrings and jewellery is not sufficient to reduce the risk of injury as the tape can fall off and there is the risk of a compression injury. This means that any child who has recently had piercings will not be able to participate in PE lessons until they are able to remove them themselves. We also ask that if your child has long hair they come to school with a bobble or some other means of tying their hair back for the duration of their PE lesson. Thank you very much for your support with this health and safety matter.
ParentsPortal
Over the last few years we have been asking all parents to register with ParentsPortal. This is the new online system where we will be issuing annual data checks and all consent forms. Parents can go into the system and edit details at any time. We would ask that it you haven’t already signed up, please use the following LINK to register in the next couple of days. Please note that we will no longer be issuing paper copies of the annual consent form or those required for trips and clubs etc. If you have any issues or difficulties getting registered please do not hesitate to contact the office by emailing schoolmail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk and we will be very happy to help you.
Community Council Litterpick at Netherlee Pavilion this Saturday
Volunteers from Netherlee and Stamperland Community Council are meeting at Netherlee Pavilion at 11am this Saturday 20th August to pick up litter around the Netherlee Pavilion area (assisted by equipment from ERC). They would be delighted to welcome any extra volunteers from the school or nursery community. I hope the weather stays dry for everyone involved and thank you for giving your time.
Industrial Action in Schools
I have been asked to inform you that a number of trade unions of local government employees have indicated that, following a ballot, industrial action will/ may take place with a series of targeted withdrawals of labour for some designated categories of staff. Please see the letter within your email for further information.
Parental Employability Support
Please find some information on a Work East Ren programme. The programme focuses on parents who are employed and unemployed are looking for support with career opportunities, funding for industry specific training or want help to improve your confidence. The programme has support from East Renfrewshire Councils Money, Advice and Rights Team and they can ensure that parents are financially secure and will be aware of their financial situation before undertaking any new roles.
ERC Culture and Leisure Sports Classes
Culture and Leisure are delighted to announce that sports classes are due to restart on Monday 22nd August until Sunday 20th November and there is still plenty of time to join in. They have a range of sports classes available in athletics, badminton, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey, netball and tennis. Use the following link to see the range of classes, register to book on-line or book if you have attended a class before https://www.ercultureandleisure.org/sports-arts/sports/kids-sport-classes. If the class you would like to join is fully booked, please add your name to the waiting list so that they know you would like to join. They are monitoring waiting lists daily and will add more classes to the programme where they can. All sports classes run in blocks which must be booked and paid for in advance.
National Autistic Society East Renfrewshire
The National Autistic Society East Renfrewshire branch was launched in March 2020, and is the first autism specific group in East Renfrewshire. The branch is volunteer led by local autistic individuals and carers to support autistic individuals and their families within the East Renfrewshire community. Meet the author’s session with Jodie Issit – Wednesday 31st August 2022 at 7pm. Register here – and please be aware that invites to the online session will be emailed out a few days before the event. Please check junk folders.
P2 Glow Passwords
Please see letter regarding your child’s Glow password
P3-P7 Healthy Tuck Shop
We are once again able to give our Primary 3-7 pupils the opportunity to purchase from the Catering Team’s Tuck Shop at morning interval. For more information please read here.
As always, we are here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general school matter. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.
Have a lovely weekend.
