Headteacher update 01/05/26

The week we welcomed Abbie our Active Schools assistant back to school. She runs various groups on a Monday and before and after school clubs. This term she has focus groups covering physical literacy skills, training and developing our playground leaders, and targeted ‘Together We Can’ groups to work on communication, team work and resilience skills through sports and physical activity. We also started a new after school club on a Tuesday where children can come along and try all different types of sports. See Mrs Cunningham if you would like added to the waiting lists for clubs. 

The football team were once again in action this week playing at the St Margaret’s Cup at Pitreavie in Dunfermline. It’s a tough group with lots of schools from the surrounding areas competing. Huge thanks to Cohan one of our high school ambassadors who volunteers to come along and coach the team. His advice and encouragement makes a huge difference to the children.

Staff have been involved in various training sessions this week – dyscalculia awareness, assessment and moderation, and preparation for the Dounan’s residential.

Mrs Taylor ran another successful Maths Cafe. Thank you to all those who came along. This week the focus was fractions. They learned about how to sneak fractions practice into everyday life. Our final session of this year will be in May you are very welcome to join us. We are hoping to run similar sessions in the new year and if you have any maths questions please send them in to us.

The weather has been beautiful this week and as a result the playground can be very warm at lunchtime. As we move into the summer months please make sure that sun cream is applied to your children in the morning and they have a water bottle with them for the day.

Can I also please remind you of the procedures for when a child is sick or has diarrhoea. The child must be kept off school until 48 hours after the last episode of sickness or diarrhoea. This to prevent the spread of infection as far as possible.

It is an exciting week ahead for our P7 children who will be away on their residential trip. It is also a short week with the Monday holiday and Thursday in-service day.

Have a lovely long weekend. ☀️

Vanessa

Headteacher update 24/04/26

Headteacher Update 27/03/26

Welcome to our first Headteacher update. This week we have been celebrating our outstanding P6/7 Basketball team who won the NBA Basketball League last Friday.  They demonstrated excellent teamwork and resilience to return to school as champions! We have the P5/6 team competing in their final this week, so we wish them lots of luck! 

We have had a visit from Hazel from Childsmile who is working with the children and staff to introduce tooth brushing during the school day in P3/4.

One of our P7 pupils represented St Joseph’s at the Fife Schools Swimming Competition. We were delighted to hear he secured a personal best in one of his events. This is the first time we have had a swimmer from St Joseph’s. Well done Lochlan!

Parents evening was a great success with 94% of our families attending appointments. It was a wonderful opportunity for the staff the share the achievements of the children and speak with the families. We were also lucky to have the High School staff available to speak with parents about transition to St Columba’s High School.

Thank you for your continued understanding and support in not using the school car park during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times.

This measure is in place to ensure the safety of all our children, families and staff, and your cooperation is greatly appreciated. By keeping the area clear, you are helping us maintain a safe and calm environment at these busy times of day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Vanessa Anderson