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.
World Book Day
The 5th of March was an amazing day for Netherlee this year – “World Book Day” brought out the best in storytelling, shared reading, shared books and wonderful costumes from both pupils and staff. Everybody was talking about books and a real ‘loving literacy’ feeling permeated the school. Thank you to everyone for taking an active part in the day whether it was reading books, talking about books or listening to stories from books it was a great success.
International School Meal Day – Menu Change: Thursday 12th March
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 26th February. The allergy information is included to enable your child to select a suitable option. However, if you require further allergy or dietary information, please contact your catering team via the school office. If you have completed a lifestyle meal request form a suitable alternative will be provided. For any pupils requiring a milk free diet the option will be Teriyaki Chicken Panini with dairy free cheese replacing the Mozzarella.
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.
Primary 3: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.
East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Primary 3- Recruitment Form
Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Primary 3b and 3c: Canada Talk
One of our lovely parents has kindly agreed to come in and speak to your child’s class all about Canada. This will take place on Friday 13 March from 11am until 12.30pm in the Hub. Part of the workshop will allow the children to taste maple syrup with apple slices. We have taken into account the allergy information we hold for your child however, if this information needs updated, please contact the school office at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued support.
Primary 4: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.
Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Primary 5: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.
East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service Primary 5- Recruitment Form
Primary 5: Titanic Shoebox
In Primary 5, we are going to have the opportunity to create a model cabin in a small box for our big question on Titanic. This task will be completed in school. If possible, we kindly ask that you bring into class a shoe, or similarly sized, box. Furthermore, you might want to collect some items that you can use to decorate the interior of your cabin, such as materials/fabrics, wallpaper, dolls house furniture, pictures, bits of carpet etc. Remember the resources you will need must be appropriate to the class of cabin that you are creating. We ask that you please hand in your shoebox by Friday 27th March. If you want to bring it in earlier, we can store them in the classroom. Thank you very much for your help with this.
P5b P.E. Day Change
Due to some changes in our timetable next week, our P.E. days will be Thursday and Friday. Please come wearing your P.E. kit on those days.
P5c P.E. Day Change
Due to some changes in our timetable next week, our P.E. days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Please come wearing your P.E. kit on those days.
Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Primary 6: Music Recruitment
We have been asked to send out the below on behalf of Music Services.
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition, from the selection of instruments available in their school at this time, I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link.
P6 ‘Come & Try’ Event! East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Saturday Music Centre – Fill in form
Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
P7 Transition Evening – Tuesday 17th March
A letter was sent to parents regarding a transition evening for parents at Williamwood on the 17th March.
Primary 7: Show Tickets
A reminder that tickets for The Lion King will be available via ParentPay from 9th March at 9am. Due to Health and Safety capacity regulations, at the initial sale each family will be able to purchase two tickets, priced at £3 each for only one performance. When purchasing the tickets on Parent Pay, please detail in the notes section which performance you are looking to attend: Monday 27th April at 10am; Monday 27th April at 7pm or Tuesday 28th April at 7pm.
After this initial sale of tickets, we will let you know if there are any remaining tickets. These will then be sold in person from the school office.
Thank you for your continued support in making this a memorable experience for the children. We can’t wait to see you there!
Primary 7: Music Recruitment
If your child is not currently receiving instrumental tuition through the Instrumental Music Service, either in school or the Saturday Music Centre, and would like to be considered for instrumental tuition through percussion lessons, next year when they go into High school. I would be grateful if you could complete the form in the attached link. There is also a video demonstration attached.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LlVPjhRNXM_-_SPvMs6tyW9qDrI5XLVf/view?usp=drive_link
East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service-Primary 7- Recruitment Form
Please note completed forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 20 March 2026. Any enquiries please contact instrumentalmusicservice@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
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.
