To improve communication between school and home we have prioritised updating our school website. Going forward this is where all school updates and general school information will be found. I hope to launch phase one of the website on our return to school week beginning 25 October.
School Calendar – please refer to the school calendar on this website which will be kept up to date.
Pokemon cards – we politely request that Pokeman cards are no longer brought into school as they are causing upset and distraction to many.
School Uniform – it is lovely to see the children looking so smart in red and black. It would be much appreciated if children wore school colours in unbranded items most days. On PE days children should not wear jeans or Football strips/tops.
Water Bottles – Please send a full water bottle daily. We have many children asking for cups of water from the office which is interrupting learning. Bottles should contain only water, not juice (unless for medical reasons which we are aware of).
Taybridge Head Food Bank donations – Many thanks to those who donated to this worthwhile cause. The donation was gratefully received during Fife’s focus on poverty week.
Medication – parents must hand in any medicines to the office and not send in with the child for safety reasons. We also require permission forms to be completed before children can be given medicine by staff in school.
Staffing – Mrs Eilidh Green and Miss Cara Fearon join us after the break as Pupil Support Assistants.
Covid Safety – Fife schools continue to operate under Covid-19 mitigations. Please can you support this by:
– Only parents of P1 and P2 children should be in the playground
– Wearing a facemask at all times when you are in our playground
– Ideally only one adult should collect a child from in the playground.
– Not gathering at the side entrance in the morning or end of day.
Road Safety – A few members of our local community have raised concerns around pupils being unsafe on roads around Tayport, particularly when on bicycles. Please remind your child about safety expectations.
Lost Property – all lost property from term 1 will be bagged and available for any parents to check early in term 2. Going forward primary 7s are going to try to improve the processes around matching lost property back with owners on a weekly basis. Please put your child’s full name on all items.
Pupil Photographs – alternative options are currently being explored.
Playground improvements – Over the October break a fence and gated area is to be erected beside the sports hall extension. This is phase one of developing a safe outdoor learning space for P1-3.
Pupil Designed 2022 Calendar – Children will be working on their designs soon and the published calendar will be available for purchase early December. This is a school fundraiser.
Parent Council News:
Our Parent Council is 100% focused on enhancing all Tayport’s children’s school experience. For Halloween they are organising goodie bags for every pupil and these will be issued on Friday 29th October. To support a Covid safe Halloween, all classes will make a spooky art/craft which could be stuck onto windows at home creating a spooky community display for families to spot if they are out and about over the Halloween weekend. As stated in the school calendar there will be no dressing up in school.
Parent Council Christmas Raffle – A Christmas Raffle will run throughout December, with the draw happening the weekend before the Christmas holidays. Funds raised from this will help towards the Christmas parties and the panto. We will be looking for donations nearer the time for both an Adult Raffle and a Children’s Raffle. Ticket information will follow nearer the time.
If you wish to get involved in fundraising throughout the session, with the parent council you may be interested in participating in their “Bonus Ball”. Many people from the wider community and school are already involved. The funds raised go directly towards covering the costs of the Halloween goodie bags etc. If you would like more information about the Bonus Ball you should contact the Parent Council via their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TayportPrimarySchoolParentCouncil/
I am sure you will join me in thanking everyone involved for their generosity and efforts in making events special for the children. There will be a Parent Council meeting early into term 2.
