{"id":1145,"date":"2023-03-20T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:39:22","slug":"nnc-parents-news-17-03-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/nnc-parents-news-17-03-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NNC Parents News 17.03.2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>Our Book Bug sessions were a great success this week! The children just loved listening to the rhymes and stories and joining in with the actions. Thank-you so much to our fantastic Book Bug leaders in the nursery, Joanne Greig and Lynne Morton. They did a wonderful job leading the sessions and making them fun and engaging for all the family. You can also check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ercultureandleisure.org\/libraries\/children-and-young-people\/bookbug-and-early-learning-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local Book Bug sessions<\/a> in East Renfrewshire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ercultureandleisure.org\/libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">libraries.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Working in Partnership with Families at Netherlee<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">At Netherlee, we value working in partnership with our parents and carers and welcome your feedback. Our recently updated Nursery <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/17i4vYUmUCwyqWdzMFfCz8dmtwjJpsq82\/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=114160682656135493669&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Parental Involvement Policy<\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">,<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> along with some others, can now be viewed on our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/nursery\/policies-and-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nursery website<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. We would love to hear your feedback with regards to this policy in order to evaluate our practice. Please click <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKewaxOdzNAhNpkmWYdiBHulUMFNUVk1BVUlCSUUzWEZGQkpMN0pJUjBWQS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> to submit your views. We kindly ask that responses are submitted by Friday 24<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> March 3pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay and Play<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please be reminded of our Stay and Play sessions next week. Sign-up sheets are still available so if you still require a slot, please let a member of staff know at the door when dropping off or collecting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent and Carer Volunteers<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Do you have a particular skill or interest? The children and staff would really love to learn from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are welcoming parent and carers who would be willing to volunteer to come to the nursery to carry out an activity with our children based on particular skills or interests you might have, such as sewing, playing a musical instrument, dancing, gardening or woodwork.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it is always interesting for the children to find out about professions such as any emergency or health care services so if you have a profession you think you could share with the children please do let us know. For example, this may include a visit from a dentist to talk to children about looking after their teeth.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested, please complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKewaxOdzNAhNpkmWYdiBHulUM0U4MVlUS0YwTDdaMDdNNjE5V0QyQjNUMi4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">form<\/a>. In future, we will include this form on the last Friday of every month and add to our nursery website. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Also, we are still looking for volunteers to enhance the children\u2019s learning in traditional cultures, languages, traditions and religions <strong>from all over the world<\/strong> as part of <strong>Diversity Month.<\/strong> We would love to welcome volunteers into the nursery If you were born in another country, have lived, worked, volunteered or have family members who live in another country, we would love to hear from you! If you think this is something you could help with, please drop us an email on <a href=\"mailto:nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nurserymail@netherlee.e-renfrew.sch.uk<\/a> or give Jennifer McCann (Principal Teacher) a call on 0141 570 7260 to discuss in more detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Books<br \/>\n<\/strong>We\u2019re really looking forward to sending home your child\u2019s Special Book next week, week beginning Monday 20<sup>th<\/sup> March.\u00a0 Our Special Books are a fantastic way of sharing your child\u2019s learning journey during their time at nursery. We hope you thoroughly enjoy looking at the book together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Care Plans<br \/>\n<\/strong>Each child has a \u2018Personal Care Plan\u2019 which focuses on the wellbeing indicators (Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included) from <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/sandnc\/uploads\/sites\/18531\/2022\/02\/04110102\/GIRFEC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting it Right for Every Child<\/a>. Our Personal Care Plans allow parents to share information to identify next steps to support children\u2019s learning and wellbeing within nursery or at home. These are sent home every six months. If you have recently received your child\u2019s personal care plan to complete, please ensure these are returned to nursery as soon as possible- thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Links<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease click here to view this week\u2019s learning links for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xXhuhvbllR3uCi1QpKUj417FgVmPTRVI\/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=114160682656135493669&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acorns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KpwrPEUKdKO0bWgjVRrIx_eiVSQSYqmQ\/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=114160682656135493669&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saplings.<\/a> This week\u2019s song of the week is \u2018Rain, Rain, Go Away\u2019 which can be listened to and enjoyed by logging into your child\u2019s Google Classroom: <a href=\"https:\/\/sts.platform.rmunify.com\/Account\/SignIn\/glow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sts.platform.rmunify.com\/Account\/SignIn\/glow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recycled Donations<br \/>\n<\/strong>Thank you so much to everyone who has kindly donated items to our nursery so far. This week we would gratefully receive any\u00a0<strong>items<\/strong> to support both <strong>our Cosy Corner areas<\/strong> and <strong>Literacy experiences<\/strong> from our wish list below. If you have, and are finished with, any of these types of items below, please hand in to either of the nursery buildings. Many, many thanks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empty cereal boxes<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s non-fiction, fact books<\/li>\n<li>Cosy cushions<\/li>\n<li>Rugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Living Streets Active Travel Parent survey<br \/>\n<\/strong>On Monday 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Friday 19<sup>th<\/sup> May, we will be taking part in the \u2018Walk to School Week\u2019 led by Living Streets. We will share more information about planned activities nearer to the time. In the meantime, we would like to gather more information about how our children travel to and from school and nursery to support us with compiling our School and Nursery Travel Plan. We would greatly appreciate it if you could complete the parent survey below. This information will help us to encourage more of our children and families to walk to school and nursery and support our families to be active each day.\u00a0 Thank you for your support.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/buxVJWa1H7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/buxVJWa1H7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a lovely weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Jennifer McCann (PT)<br \/>\nNetherlee Primary School &amp; Nursery Class<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, Our Book Bug sessions were a great success this week! The children just loved listening to the rhymes and stories and joining in with the actions. Thank-you so much to our fantastic Book Bug leaders in the nursery, Joanne Greig and Lynne Morton. 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