Term 1 Learning Showcases

Please take the time to explore your child’s class learning showcase which shares class wider achievement news, some of the planned curriculum coverage, our interdisciplinary learning and gives you a flavour of the life and ethos of our school.  Follow this link to the class pages here and then enter the password (this was emailed in August).

Kindness Certificate Winners

Celebrating last week’s Kindness Certificate winners: click here.

Reminders

School finishes on Friday 9th October at 3pm.  We reopen on Monday 26th October at 9am.  Anyone wishing to order milk for term 2 should do so by this Friday.

Community News

What’s on at the Larick Centre this October? click here.

10 October – Tayport Yarn Bombers event details: click here.

RNLI Yellow Welly Trail Hunt, looking out for the stickers in the windows of participating Shops around Broughty Ferry. The Competition runs from 3rd to the 24th October 2026.  click here for more information.

Active Schools Update:

• Running
• Jumping
• Throwing
• Catching
• Balancing
• Coordination

• Who: P1-P3 pupils
• When: Monday 19^th and Tuesday 20^th October
• Cost: Free
• Venue: Madras College
• Time: 9:30-11:30am

Showbie Community

On Friday an email was sent with information on how to join our school Showbie community.  You do this through the Showbie app using the following community code: ETKRB6. 

Family Feedback

Thank you very much for completing our recent  “how good is our school” survey.  We have gathered the views of just over 50% of our families. Below are the themes identified:

Strengths:

Almost all (between 91-99% of respondents):

• parents agree their child feels safe, happy and included.
• parents report positive relationships with school staff.
• parents feel welcomed and valued as members of the school community.

Most (between 75-90% of respondents):

• parents are satisfied with communication from the school.
• parents have confidence in the school’s support for learning and wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement:

• Increase opportunities for parents to influence school improvement priorities.
• Further enhance communication about learning, progress and achievement.
• Continue to strengthen parental engagement and consultation processes.

Fife Council is seeking parent/carer views around Smart Phones in schools: click here.

Connecting Certificate Winners

from last week can be viewed here: click here.

Reading Café 1 – Monday 5th October – 9:30-10:15 am

The Health Hub and Digital Council MAD groups have invited visitors to join our first reading café of the year.

Re-establishing Parent Council – Meeting 1

Monday 5th October, 6pm, at Tayport Primary School.  Everyone is welcome to come along and get involved in re-establishing the Parent Council.

Be More Charlie Christmas Cards

The Be More Charlie Charity will be running a Christmas Card design competition straight after the October break.  There will be 3 age categories and a winning design from each.  These will go on to be printed and sold from mid-November as a fundraiser for the charity.

Community News

Tayport Yarn Bombers & Tayport Library – Celebrating Winnie the Pooh being 100 years old – 10 October

Undergraduate dental students have availability for the coming academic year, which may be of interest to school pupils and their families. They can carry out a range of dental assessments and treatment on children attending the dental school. They are closely supervised by experienced staff and the clinics are mutually beneficial – creating opportunities to increase experience for the students and widening access to NHS dentistry for children locally. Please find out more: Student Clinic Poster

House Captains Announcement

Following successful campaigns the following P7s have been elected:

• Morton House – James Ferras-Daly and Cameron Wood
• Kinshaldy House – Coen Burnett and Marika Stepo
• Scotscraig House – Cora Foster and Jack Allford

First Class Photo Supplements

The P1 photo is to be published:

• The Courier – Thursday 24^th September
• Evening Telegraph – Thursday 1^st October

Panto Payment Reminder

The school fund is covering the cost of the buses so the cost per child is £11.50.  To make it easier for you to spread the cost of the trip over the next few months, a new fund has been added to iPay, called Sleeping Beauty Pantomime.  You can pay in full or in small installments. If you wish to pay cash or cheque, please enclose the correct amount in an envelope and send in to school, with your child’s name on it.    We would be grateful if all payments were made by Friday, 27^th November.

Anyone with any difficulties around paying should contact Mrs Tweed, in confidence, and as soon as possible

Achieving Certificate Winners

Last week’s certificate winners compiled by the P6 and P7 Digital Leaders:  Click here.

Active Schools Update

Showbie – sharing your child’s learning – trial

We are excited to begin using Showbie to share one piece of your child’s learning every week.  This learning will link to the planned targets for the term which can be found on the class page on the school website: Click here

You should expect a piece of learning to be shared via Showbie by the end of this week.  Further information to follow.

Responsibility Certificate Winners

Please take a look at last week’s certificate winners.  Well done to the Digital Leaders for preparing the online book: Click here.

Calendar Changes

Please note Reading Café 1, which is hosted by the P3-7 Health Hub and Digital Council MAD groups, will run on Monday 5 October (not Tuesday 6 October) from 9:30 – 10:15am.  Children involved will bring home invitations following today’s MAD group meeting.  Digital invitations will also be emailed.

Parent Council

Many thanks to those who have already expressed interest in joining the parent council.  This Friday 9 – 9:45 am we have the HT coffee morning which is another informal opportunity to let us know you would like to get involved.  Following this an email will be sent to all interested parties and a first meeting arranged before the October break. The form to gather interest will close this weekend.  Click here if you still wish to register interest.

Dundee Schoolwear Shop Closure

We have been informed by the store that with immediate effect, the store is closing and they will be dispatching all orders placed for shop collection, via Royal Mail for delivery to home.    They will still offer several ways in which parents can buy school uniform:

Either via their Online website which is open 24/7, with an average delivery time of 10 days  or their new Order Hub which will give parents 30% off RRP by placing orders on the hub.  At the end of each month, they will download a bulk order from the hub which will make producing the items more cost effective.

https://orderhub.beuniforms.co.uk/_/theme/order-hub-flyer.pdf

https://orderhub.beuniforms.co.uk/_/theme/ways-to-shop-schoolwear.pdf

Community News & Upcoming Events:

Cambo Cup – reminder of this upcoming event.  Full details were shared: Weekly Update – 24 August 2026 | Tayport Primary School

Achievement News:

Last session we introduced a digital book to celebrate our certificate winners each week.  Our P6 and P7 Digital leaders take full responsibility for taking photos and capturing the success. Here are last week’s Thinking Certificate winners: Thinking Book

Remember to send class teachers any out of school achievement news and photos so it can be included in the class showcase at the end of term.

Annual Data Check Forms

Please check and update any details and return these ASAP.

Panto

A letter with full details about our whole school panto visit to the Byre theatre in December will be sent this week.

Learning Overviews:

At the beginning of each term class teachers share the planned learning targets on a “Learning Overview”.  These have been uploaded to the class page on the website.  Following parental feedback you will continue to use a password to access this.  The passwords were emailed earlier today.

Click here and then select your child’s class and enter the password.

Annual Data Checks

Envelopes will be sent home this week with your annual data check information.  Please review and update any contact details and return.

Showbie

Following the information we shared last week about Showbie (click here to view), we would now ask that you complete the form below to grant permission for us to start using Showbie to share your child’s learning.   If you have not done so already please  complete this short form: Showbie at Tayport Primary School – Fill out form.

Re-instating our Parent Council

1. Meet the Teacher Event – Wednesday 2 September, 3:15pm to 4:15pm – Please drop into the Digi Hub, located beside the main office. Mrs Tweed and/or Mr Fox will be available for an informal chat about parental engagement and the possibility of establishing a Parent Council.
2. Head Teacher‘s Coffee Morning – Friday 18 September, 9:00am to 9:45am – Another relaxed opportunity to discuss how we can work together to strengthen parental engagement within our school community.
3. Register Your Interest Online – If you are unable to attend either of the above events, please complete the following form to register your interest: Interest Form

School Improvement Plans for 2026-27 and The 2025-26 Standards and Quality Report can be accessed on our website:  Click here

Madras Cluster Attendance Strategy

Click here to access the cluster approach to encouraging good attendance at school.

Community News:

Larick Centre: Click here to see what is on at the Larick Centre.

Links Fest 2026: Join us for our first-ever LinksFest, a free fun-filled community day open to everyone. Enjoy golf activations, mini-putting, live music, family activities, delicious food and drinks, arts and crafts, bouncy castles, and much more. Whether you’re a golfer or simply looking for a great family day out, there’s something for all ages to enjoy. Everything will take place on the Balgove Course and Golf Academy, KY16 9SF.

The majority of activities are open and you do not need a ticket or reservation in advance to attend. However, we have a selection of sessions which you will need to reserve in advance. Everything is free to attend. There are bookable slots for group golf lessons, individual lessons in the Paragolfer and a West Sand Rangers Guided Woodland Walk.

For more information, and to reserve activities, please visit: LinksFest – St Andrews Links : The Home of Golf

P2-7 Parental Engagement Tool – Showbie

Please click on the link to watch a short video from Mr Fox explaining our new parental engagement tool – Showbie. Click HERE.

You can also visit the new Showbie page on our website for more information: Showbie | Tayport Primary School

We will be sending a form out in the coming days asking for your permission to use Showbie to share learning.

PE Days

Active Schools Information – Cambo Cup

As we prepare for the children’s return to school on Wednesday 19^th August here are the lining up arrangements:

P2-P7 – 9am start – please can parents/carers encourage children to stand independently in their class line and avoid blocking the side entrance pathway as classes are entering the building.

P1 – on Wednesday 19th August arrangements:

• For those children whose surname begins with with A – F please arrive in the main playground at 9:10 am.
• For those children whose surname starts with G – W please arrive in the main playground at 9:20 am.

The teacher will collect the line and bring children into school.

All classes will exit the building via the same door at 3pm.

Please remember that we are a nut free school. No snack or lunch items should contain any nuts – this includes nut based chocolate spread.  Thank you for your support in keeping everyone safe.

Mobile phones reminders:  Please read and discuss with your child – Mobile phones at Tayport PS

All children should bring a full water bottle daily.

Please put your child’s name on all school clothing and show them where to look for their name.  We appreciate that parents/carers support us by sending children to school looking so smart in their school uniform.  Also on gym days uniform is plain dark shorts or tracksuit bottoms, and a plain t-shirt with a school jumper.  No fake nails, makeup or dangling earrings.  

With the inevitable changeable weather children need a jacket every day.

The school calendar can be accessed on our website here.

Football Festival – Thank you!

Everyone had great fun on Friday morning playing our World Cup finals and we are sure this is something Charlie would have approved of.   View a snapshot of the event: by clicking here.  Thank you for supporting the “Be More Charlie” charity, established by the Melville family to support families in Scotland affected by childhood cancer – £700 was raised!

P7 Leavers

There is a busy week ahead for our P7 leavers.  On Friday 3^rd July we have the end of term celebration starting at 9:30 am at Tayport Parish Church.   All P7 children have two tickets for parent/carers who wish to attend.  This ticket allows access to the church between 9-9:15am.   Other visitors should arrive around 9:15am.  Due to the Church’s risk assessment numbers of visitors will be capped and there is no standing behind pews allowed.

Only P7s can have school shirts signed and this can happen after morning break.

At 3pm –when the final bell goes the P7s will exit via the Sports Hall door.  All the other classes will create a pathway that P7 will walk through around to the main entrance.  Silly string should only be used by P7 children and at the front of the school.

TRACK Certificate Winners

Our final “On TRACK to a bright future!” certificate winners can be viewed here: by clicking here. Thank you to the digital leaders for compiling the digital book.

Retirements

Mrs MacMaster retires on Wednesday and Mrs Heggie on Friday.  We thank them again for all their hard work and commitment to the children of Tayport over the years.

Other Staffing updates

Our staffing was confirmed at lunchtime on Friday, allowing us to share planned classes for August.

Community news:

What’s on at the Larick Centre in July: click here.

www.thetinshedcupar.com/kids-camp

World Cup Mini-Topic starts today:

Below is a brief overview of the planned learning.  On the morning of Friday 26 June we will be holding a fun football event.  Children can wear any national football tops or t-shirts.  It will be possible on the day to purchase “Be more Charlie” wrist bands for £3.

Kindness Certificate Winners

Our Digital Leaders have prepared last week’s certificate winners: click here to view.

Community News: