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.
Menu Change: Scotland Day – Thursday 28th November
Please find attached our planned menu change for next Thursday 28th November. 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.
St Andrew’s Day Art
To mark St Andrew’s Day every child has created a piece of Scottish themed artwork. This will be available for you to take home from the Winter Fayre on Thursday 6.30-8pm. In return, to raise money for the school fund we will be having a suggested donation of £2. The school fund is used to subsidise school trips, pay for resources in school and much more.
Christmas Lunch
We will be having our Christmas Lunch on Thursday 12th December. The Menu for the lunch is attached. If your child would like to have Christmas Lunch please use the link below to place an order no later than Tuesday 3rd December. For those who do not wish the Christmas lunch option, we will have sandwiches and baguettes on offer too.
Christmas Lunch Order Form
Uploading Homework to Google Classroom
Please find attached a guide to uploading homework to Google Classroom. If you are still experiencing difficulties in doing this please do not email any presentations, instead ensure that your child has logged in to GLOW then either add their presentation to their Google Drive or One Drive. Once they have done this they should open the document/presentation and click share. This will then let them share their homework with their teacher. Their teacher will then be able to access this in school.
Community Events: Girls Football Class
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure run a Girls Football Class on Mondays at Mearns Primary from 6.15pm-7.15pm. Led by a coaching team, the class uses a fun games based approach to enjoy the beautiful game. If your child is interested in joining the class, you can book a free taster session now: https://ercl.classforkids.io/info/45
P1 Nativity Rehearsals
It’s that time of year again! Nativity rehearsals have started and we are getting very excited. All P1 children were given the choice of whether to have a speaking part or not. If your child requested a speaking part, then their lines will be sent home in their school bag. We would be so grateful if you could please help them to practise their words at home too, thank you.
For week beginning 9th December, please send your child to school in their PE uniform every day until after the nativity show is over. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 12th December for our 9.30 am performance.
Primary 4-7: Church Service
Our Church Service will be at Netherlee Church on Friday 13th December 2024. The service will start at 11.15 a.m. and will last approximately one hour. Parents of the children performing in the choir, as a reader or a musician have been invited to come along on the day if they can.
As always, we would encourage parents/carers to allow all children to attend the service in the church. In school we learn about All World Religions. Children do not require to pray or sing if attending but do benefit from attending with friends and this church service offers another opportunity to learn about religious traditions and celebrations.
Any parents/carers who DO NOT wish their children to attend the church service must notify the school office by Friday 6th December 2024 please. We need to finalise the numbers of children not attending by this date to arrange suitable staff ratios between school and church. Therefore, unfortunately if the office staff are not informed by this date (6th December 2024), we will assume that your child will be attending the church service and will plan accordingly for this and we are not able to make any changes to church attendance after this date 6th December).
P6c Baking
The children in Primary 6c would like to make shortbread next week. We will be using a few simple ingredients;
- Unsalted butter
- Plain flour
- Caster sugar
Please advise us if there are any changes to the allergy information we hold for your child.
Primary 7: S1 Transfer Forms
P7 to S1 Transfer Forms have been issued out this week via Royal Mail by our admissions team. Can these please be returned to the Netherlee school office, completed and signed as soon as possible.
For catchment applications, you will receive an acknowledgement email where you will find the link to upload the evidence required. Please ensure to quote the reference number within the email. Evidence required is this current year’s council tax, and a utility bill dated within the last month. Can the utility bill clearly show name, address and the date within the last month.
For out with Williamwood catchment applications, should you wish your child to attend a secondary school within East Renfrewshire Council, you are required to submit a placing request. An application can be submitted online using the following link: https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placing-requests
A placing request for August 2025 should be submitted between 1 December 2024 and 31 January 2025. Applications received after 31 January 2025 will be treated as late applications. Applications received before 15 March 2025 will be notified, in writing, of the decision at the end of April 2025.
It is important that you make contact with your Local Authority if you are out with East Renfrewshire Council to register your child for their High School.
Have a wonderful weekend.
