{"id":2113,"date":"2025-10-09T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:15:42","slug":"school-newsletter-09-10-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/school-newsletter-09-10-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"School Newsletter 09.10.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Events<br \/>\n<\/strong>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. \u00a0This link will take you straight there <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/calendar\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School and Nursery Communication<br \/>\n<\/strong>As you may know, in line with East Renfrewshire Council\u2019s Education Department\u2019s advice, we no longer use <strong>X<\/strong> to share school and nursery events and photographs. However, we thought that this would be a good time to remind you of all of the platforms that we do use to keep you up to date with school and nursery news and your child\u2019s learning.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<em><u>Friday Bundle<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em>Each week we send school and nursery Friday Bundles. These contain all non-urgent communication for families. If you miss any, we also upload and store them each week on our Netherlee website.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Social Media \u2013 Instagram<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em>We are delighted to announce that, in line with East Renfrewshire Council and also many other schools, we are now using <strong>Instagram<\/strong> as our social media platform. We are very excited about this and hope it will offer an engaging and accessible way for parents, children and families to stay connected with life in Netherlee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/netherleeprimaryandnursery\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/netherleeprimaryandnursery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Safer Schools App<\/u><\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The <strong>Safer Schools App<\/strong> provides parents and carers with reliable, up-to-date advice and guidance on online safety. <strong>Key benefits include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expert advice on issues such as harmful content, image sharing, gaming, consent, and mental health<\/li>\n<li>Notifications with the latest safeguarding news and advice<\/li>\n<li>Updates on new apps, games, and online trends young people are engaging with<\/li>\n<li>Practical tips to support family conversations about the digital world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the app here: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/sandnc\/uploads\/sites\/18531\/2025\/10\/09120017\/Safer-Schools-App.pdf\">Safer Schools App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope that by using these various platforms, you are able to stay informed and engaged with both school and nursery life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition Time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pharmacy Poster Competition<br \/>\n<\/strong>Our Local Pharmacy \u201cScots Pharmacy\u201d is hosting a competition to design a poster all about the importance of handwashing in helping to fight winter colds, coughs and flu and they have asked us to get involved!\u00a0 Several winners will be selected, and their posters will be displayed in the pharmacy window to help remind our Netherlee Community about healthy habits. We would love to invite all children from P1 to Primary 7 to work on their posters at home before submitting their entry for consideration before Friday the 31<sup>st<\/sup> of October.\u00a0 Children will be given more information at their next assembly. All entries, on roughly the size of A4 paper please, should be passed to the child\u2019s teacher with their name and class on the back. \u00a0If any child requires a piece of paper from us, please remember that there is always a stock of paper and other stationery items in the little trays just at the front door of the school- they or you, can pop in at any time to help yourself.\u00a0 We cannot wait to see what the children come up with!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrating Children\u2019s Achievements<br \/>\n<\/strong>We always enjoy celebrating our children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0In order to submit the information about your child\u2019s <strong>out of school achievements,<\/strong> please complete the Google Form using the link below.\u00a0 <strong>Please note the link will feature each week in our Friday <\/strong>newsletter and you are welcome to send in achievements at any time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/DMAmxTYHS8CCa2tu9\">Achievements Outside of School Google Form<\/a><u><\/p>\n<p><\/u>No photographs are required. We will display your child\u2019s 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.\u00a0 As always, we would be very grateful for any feedback from parents\/ carers in relation to this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Primary 3- MP Card Competition<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The MP for East Renfrewshire has written to the school to ask for some entries to his annual Winter Card competition. This year the theme is \u201cKindness\u201d and designs can focus on Christmas, Hanukkah or Winter in general with this theme at the centre. Each year we choose a different stage eg P6, P2 to take part in this annual completion and this year we have chosen P3. The children will submit entries on our school\u2019s behalf and will complete their designs <strong>in school<\/strong> before they are collected for consideration at the end of November. We wish all of the children the best of luck with their entries and can\u2019t wait to see their creativity shine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>P6\/7 Rugby<br \/>\n<\/strong>An after school P6\/7 Rugby Club will be starting on a Wednesday from 3.15-4.15pm. The club will run for 3 weeks. Full details are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Activity: P6\/7 Rugby Club<br \/>\nDay and Time: Wednesday 3.15 \u2013 4.15pm.<br \/>\nDates:\u00a029 October, 5 and 12 November<br \/>\nVenue: Pitch (or Gym Hall if weather is bad)<br \/>\nDelivered by: GHA<br \/>\nNo. of pupils: 20<br \/>\nCost: FREE<\/p>\n<p>If you think your child would be interested in attending, please complete the form here: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/m9Czfb1VuJ\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/m9Czfb1VuJ<\/a> <strong>no later than <\/strong><strong>Monday 20 October.<\/strong> <strong>In the event of oversubscription names will be balloted. <u>All successful applicants will be notified and asked to complete a consent form via ParentsPortal.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Events: Library Activities <\/strong><br \/>\nEast Renfrewshire has a fantastic lineup of free, fun-filled activities for children this October at the libraries! There&#8217;s so much happening this month, so come along and join us for a month packed with exciting events and adventures for the little ones to enjoy. Don&#8217;t miss out on the fun\u2014see you there! <a href=\"https:\/\/ercl.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/MSGTRN\/WPAC\/EVENTS?HOMEPRMS=EVSESPARAMS\">Events | East Renfrewshire Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October Break<br \/>\n<\/strong>Just a quick reminder that school and nursery will be closed tomorrow for a staff in-service day, followed by the October holiday week. \u00a0We hope all of our Netherlee families enjoy a restful and enjoyable holiday, and we look forward to welcoming all of our children back to school on Monday 20th October.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 We are also always looking for suggestions and new ideas so please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0This link will take you straight there https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/sandnc\/calendar. 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