Weekly News Page 

Friday 25th September 2026

Headteacher's Welcome

I have had the pleasure of visiting all classrooms this week and spending time talking to the children about their learning. They are all settling in so well to school life and it is lovely to see the confidence growing all the time as they are making new friendships and settling into their new routines. 

The Caterpillar children are doing brilliantly in Preschool, developing independence all the time. They have been busy painting - take a look at their fabulous artwork!

Our Preschool is a happy, calm and exciting place to be. We offer children from age 3 opportunities to be creative, have fun and play in an inspiring learning environment. Our provision is led by a qualified teacher so you can be confident they are having the best start to the school journey.

If you would like more information or to arrange a visit then please contact the school office. 

Our first PTA meeting of the 2026/27 school year was held on Tuesday evening. A big thank you to everyone who came along – both “old” and “new” – for your much-appreciated ideas and contributions! We’re really excited to bring back some old favourite events this year, as well as adding a few new ones.

Planning Ahead
We’ve taken on board feedback that it would be helpful to have a list of PTA events for the whole year, so we’ve now scheduled these. We’ve also heard that it would be useful to have all school events – whether NGIS or NGIS PTA – in one place. The PTA events will be added to the School Calendar shortly, so everything should be much easier to find in one place. In the meantime, here are a few upcoming dates for your diary:

• Superhero Dogs Day – Friday 16th October
  We’ll be kicking off the PTA events with a Superhero Dogs dress-up day raising money for both Support Dogs and for the school. More information will follow shortly in a letter from the School Office Team.
• Tea Towels
  Children will produce a self-portrait in class which will be printed onto tea towels that you can order. These make lovely personalised Christmas gifts! More information including order details and deadline to follow.
• Autumn Cake Sale – Wednesday 21st October
  We’d really appreciate donations of homemade or shop-bought NUT-FREE cakes! If your child would like to choose and buy a cake in school after lunch, please pop 50p in their book bag. Any remaining cakes will be sold outside after school.
• Christmas Cards
  Children will have the opportunity to make their own Christmas picture at home. This can then be printed onto Christmas cards, keyrings, mugs and other items for you to order online. Another lovely personalised Christmas gift idea! The templates and order form will be coming home in book bags shortly, so please look out for them!
• Christmas Fair – Friday 27th November
  Plans are already underway! We’ll need quite a few volunteers to help with the Elfridges store, cake sales, book sales and, hopefully, some festive refreshments too. If you can volunteer, please let us know as early as possible via the PTA WhatsApp group or nethergreeninfantschoolpta@gmail.com.

Preloved School Uniform Update
A huge thank you to Kezia, who has taken on the not-insignificant task of stocktaking all the gratefully received preloved uniform donations – whilst also looking after her newborn third child! The stocklist is available here. If there are items you’d like to order, please email nethergreeninfantschoolpta@gmail.com. Items will be packed up and left with the School Office for collection and payment.

 Thanks as always for your support!

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Notes from the Teachers 

Foundation Stage (Reception)  Information

In addition to the half term Parent Overview, there is also a Weekly Newsletter for parents of children in Reception which gives details of specific learning each week in school and how this can be supported at home. 

This can be found each week on the Foundation Stage page of the website. Click Here.

Contact with Teachers 

If you need to contact your child's class teacher you may email them using the class email which is the name of the class as follows e.g. bears@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk, koalas@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk etc

Please do not expect an immediate response as teachers are teaching all day and are not expected to reply to emails during evenings and weekends. For a quick chat you can wait at the end of the day. For urgent messages please contact the school office. 

Dates for the Diary

Please see the attached parent calendar which contains lots of important dates that you might want to put in you diaries including Nativity (Y1), Spring Concert (Reception) and Y2 Leaver's Performance. 

Please also note that on Friday 18th December we have Christmas singing outside for parents at 1:45pm. After school club finishes at 4:00pm on this day. 

Coming up soon:-

Wed 30th Sep - 6:00pm Y1 & Y2 Parent Curriculum Information Talks 

Thurs 6th Oct - Y2 Trip to Ecclesall Woods

Wed 7th Oct - 9:00am Reception Maths Workshop for Parents

Thurs 15th Oct - Individual Photographs

Thurs 15th Oct - 5:30 - 7:00pm Open Evening for Prospective parents

Fri 16th Oct - PTA Superhero Dogs Day

Tues 20th Oct - 3:30 - 6:30pm Parents Evening (all year groups)

Tues 20th Oct - No Extra Curricular Clubs

Wed 21st Oct - PTA Cake Sale

Thurs 22nd Oct - 3:30 - 6:30pm Parents Evening (all year groups)

Thurs 22nd Oct - No Extra Curricular Clubs

Fri 23rd Oct - INSET Day - School closed for children 

Allergies in School

We have a number of children in school who have severe allergies. Please do not send any products to school containing nuts. This includes cereal bars, biscuits, peanut butter sandwiches etc

We have noticed some children bringing snacks to school this week containing nuts e.g. Nutella sandwiches, almond croissants. All children are given a piece of fruit for snack in the morning - they may bring an alternative fruit / veg snack but we request that you do not send any other food for snack time. 

Eggs - we also have some children with egg allergies - we know that cooked egg is in many products and can be difficult to avoid, however, we do ask that you avoid sending foods with a high egg content e.g. egg sandwiches, scotch eggs etc

Encouraging your child to wash their hands regularly, including before school can also reduce the risk of a reaction. 

Community News & Events

Sheffield SEND Information Event - Oct 26

Ponds Forge Aquatics Open Day - Oct 26

Broomhill Library Friday Fun Autumn 1 2026

Free Music Taster Day

On Saturday 10 October, 10:00am to 4:00pm, Sheffield Music Hub will be hosting Learn to Play 2026, a FREE music taster day at Red Tape Central, Sheffield. 

The day includes:

• Free 20-minute one-to-one instrumental taster lessons with expert music teachers
• Free "Give it a Go" instrument stalls featuring brass, woodwind, strings, guitar, keyboard and percussion instruments
• Free group music taster sessions, including:
• Mini Music Makers (ages 4 - 7)
• Mini Voices Choir (Years 1 - 2)
• Samba Music (Years 3 - 13)
• Beginner Recorder Club (Years 2 - 4)

Families can book free lessons and taster sessions here: Eepos: Sheffield Music Hub