Hello everyone,
Upcoming Events
Please have a look at the parent calendar, available on our Netherlee Website, to see all the dates and times of the various events coming up. This link will take you straight there https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/sandnc/calendar.
Diversity Evening
We are looking forward to welcoming our families in on Wednesday 11 February for our annual Diversity evening from 6.30pm- 8pm. There are so many exciting performances, workshops, food stalls and information areas. The evening is free to attend and there will only be payments required at two stalls: the ice cream and neurodiversity stalls. Of course, if you would like to make a donation, this can be done at the food tasting area. All proceeds from the evening will be made payable to a charity, which the P7 Diversity Department will decide and communicate with you. We really hope you can make it!
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Xīnnián kuàilè (Happy New Year)
A group of our wonderful children, from P1- P7 who celebrate Chinese New Year at home, have been helping to plan events and activities for our school and nursery to help us celebrate Chinese New Year. This year we will celebrate this on Thursday 12 February. On this day, children who celebrate this festival and tradition are invited to wear their traditional Chinese clothing, if this is something that is readily available to them or, if they do not have traditional clothing, they are welcome to wear an item of clothing (top, skirt or trousers) in one of the Chinese lucky colours, which this year are black, red and yellow. Please note this is optional.
If you do not celebrate this festival, children should wear their usual school uniform or nursery clothes on this day please.
Keeping Children Safe Online Webinar
The internet can be a wonderful place for children and young people, from helping with school research reports, to communicating with teachers and friends, and playing interactive games. But the online world also comes with risks, like inappropriate content, cyberbullying and scams. In partnership with Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team, Parenting Across Scotland is hosting a virtual event for parents and carers on the 25th February 2026. They will be joined by representatives from Education Scotland who will discuss concerns about the use of technology in schools and digital awareness in the curriculum. The event will explore how you can help keep yourself and your loved ones safe whilst online – there will be a short presentations by Police Scotland and Education Scotland followed by the opportunity to ask questions.
Register here for the Keeping Children Safe Online Webinar
Celebrating Children’s Achievements
We always enjoy celebrating our children’s achievements, both in and out of school however, this session, we are making some changes to this process after speaking to groups of children and getting feedback from them.
Any out of school and any in-school achievements will now be displayed proudly on our lovely new House display boards. Please drop by to have a look any time you are in school, these are located in the link corridor leading off the atrium. These achievements can be big or small as we recognise that even what may appear as a small achievement to one person can be a huge success to another e.g. Learning to ride a bike or gaining a badge at swimming. In order to submit the information about your child’s out of school achievements, please complete the Google Form using the link below. Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.
Achievements Outside of School Google Form
No photographs are required. We will display your child’s name, details of their achievement and their house colour on the House Boards which we hope to fill with lots of wonderful achievements as we know so many of our children do fabulous things out with school. As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents/ carers in relation to this.
Community Events: Library Activities
The library service has some exciting activities planned for children in February. Some of these events will take place during the mid-term break, so come along and enjoy the library with your little ones! Children and Young People | East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure
February Break
The school and nursery will close on Thursday for the February holiday. We look forward to welcoming all of our Netherlee children back again on Wednesday 18th February.
Primary 7: Fundraising Fun Run
To help raise funds for our upcoming production of The Lion King, Primary 7 pupils will be taking part in a sponsored fun run on Friday 27th February.
The children will run for 20 minutes around the pitch and playground, challenging themselves to complete as many laps of the course as possible. Sponsorship forms have already been given out and should be in your child’s bag. We would greatly appreciate your support in helping them raise money to contribute towards props, costumes and other production costs.
Please return all completed sponsorship forms by Monday 2nd March. Cash donations can be sent in an envelope to the class teacher, clearly labelled with your child’s name and the total amount enclosed. Alternatively, a payment link will be available on ParentPay from Monday 23rd February for those who wish to donate digitally.
Thank you very much for your continued support of our upcoming production.
Kind regards,
The P7 Teachers
As always, we are always here to help in any way we can, whether that be about your own child or a more general matter in relation to the school or nursery. We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don’t hesitate to get in touch at any time.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Yvonne Donaldson (HT)
Netherlee Primary School & Nursery Class
East Renfrewshire
0141 570 7260
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