{"id":1438,"date":"2023-10-29T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2023-10-29T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T18:27:14","slug":"nnc-newsletter-27-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/nnc-newsletter-27-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NNC Newsletter 27.10.2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

We want to say a huge<\/strong> congratulations to two of our Netherlee staff team, who are graduating from the University of Strathclyde next week. Well done to Miss Dorran for earning her BA in Childhood Practice and Mr Strang-Roy for achieving his Master\u2019s in Education. Your dedication and hard work has certainly paid off- we are very proud of you both!
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\nParent Meetings
\n<\/strong>We look forward to discussing your children\u2019s progress at our parents and carers appointments next week. If you still require an appointment, please speak to a member of staff at pick up or drop off or call the school office.<\/p>\n

Volunteers – We Need You<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>We are always looking for new ways to involve our parents, carers and families in our school and nursery events. To support us with gathering a list of regular volunteers we would like to share this new volunteers Microsoft Form<\/a> with you. Some of our regular opportunities involve local walks, serving teas and coffees, parental speakers to visit classes, helping to keep our outdoor spaces and gardens tidy and helping in our new school library. If you would be happy to volunteer at one of our upcoming or regular events then please complete the form below and we will be in touch with you. There will always be a member of staff present with you and the children.\u00a0There will also be QR codes located at the school office and near to our school gates where you can access the form too. Alternatively, our volunteers form can be found on our school and nursery website. Thank you so much for your continued support. We really appreciate it!<\/p>\n

Pre-school Vision Screening<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The orthopists (NHS) will be visiting the nursery to conduct vision screening on this year\u2019s pre-school children on Tuesday 14th<\/sup> November<\/strong>. This will take place in the Saplings building. For those who are absent or do not normally attend nursery on a Tuesday, information with regards to catch up clinics will be sent directly to you from the NHS Screening Department.
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\nBook Bug
\n<\/strong>Sharing stories, rhymes and songs from an early age helps to promote early language and Literacy skills which allows children to achieve their full potential in later life. Bookbug encourages parents and carers to share books with their children inspires a love of reading in young children.<\/p>\n

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting Bookbug sessions again at Netherlee Nursery. Each session will take place over two dates (please see below) and we would love you to join us if you are free.\u00a0 The sessions last approximately thirty minutes.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 14th<\/sup> November<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>9.15am: Orange and Purple (in Saplings)
\n2.15pm: Yellow and Green (in Acorns)
\nThursday 16th<\/sup> November<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>2.15pm: White, Pink and Red (in Saplings)<\/p>\n

We politely ask that a maximum of two adults attend the sessions. Younger siblings are also more than welcome to attend. Should the above days\/times be unsuitable for you, please don\u2019t worry as we will run more sessions later in the year. Book bug sessions also run in East Renfrewshire libraries. Please click here<\/a> to view days and times of the ERC sessions.<\/p>\n

Book Week Scotland <\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Please find an information letter attached about Book Week Scotland.
\nBook Sale Letter<\/a><\/p>\n

Remembrance Day<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>From 30th<\/sup> October until 10th<\/sup> November, during Remembrance month, poppies will be available in school throughout the normal tuck time to allow any children who would like to make a donation for a poppy to do so at this time.<\/p>\n

For our nursery children, poppy\u2019s will be available at each nursery building door and parents can again make a donation at drop off or pick up times. All money raised will go to Poppy Scotland and is very much appreciated.
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\nParent Teacher Association (PTA) – Coming Together for Our School
\nAutumn Event – Pumpkin Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n

We hope to see many of you at our Autumn Fundraising Event tonight, between 6pm – 8pm!<\/p>\n

You can come to just admire our creations, but it would be wonderful if you bring your carved pumpkin \ud83c\udf83 and enter it for free into the trail and receive a free LED candle to light up your creation! The P7\u2019s will be selecting their favourites for various categories across the year groups, with some small prizes for our \u2018P7 picks\u2019. All our pumpkin creations will feature on our social media pages.<\/p>\n

You can take your pumpkin home after the event along with the candle!<\/p>\n

All our events are free and there are lots of free activities for the children – young and old.<\/p>\n