Weather – Please apply sunscreen  and make sure your child brings a full water bottle daily.  Also pack a rain jacket!

Staffing Updates for August

Miss Gallacher has a secondment for one year.  The post will see her working with specific pupils at Tayport and another Fife school.  Miss Irvine also has a secondment for one year in the role of raising attainment across Madras and Waid cluster.  Congratulations to both teachers.  Their secondments mean that Miss Harrison and Mr Myles will stay with us for a further year.

As shared earlier this month, Miss Trewartha is moving to Largoward Primary School from August.   As a consequence of this we welcome Miss Ramsay who is joining us from another Fife School. Her new class gave her a warm Tayport welcome this morning at their transition visit.

Our class structure, based on expected pupil roll in August, is below.

• P1 – Miss Ford
• P1/2 – Mrs Edwards and Miss Phillips
• P2/3 – Miss Spring
• P3 – Mr Myles
• P4 – Mrs Dykes
• P5 – Mrs Duncan and Miss MacKinnon
• P5/6 – Mrs Deacon
• P6/7 – Miss Ramsay
• P7 – Miss Harrison
• Non-class contact teacher – TBC

Pre-loved uniform – at sports hall doors – Tuesday from 2:45 – 3:10 pm – please come and look and take what can be reused – a small donation is welcomed but not essential.  All remaining items will be taken to Tayport Charity Shop on Wednesday.

End of year celebration – Thursday 3 July at 9:30am at Tayport Parish Church

Celebrating our Special On TRACK Certificate winners from   term 4 awarded at Learn to Learn last week:

Classes for August 2025 – please bear with us we are still awaiting confirmation of our full teaching staff team for August.  With current pupil numbers we are anticipating 4 composite classes and 5 straight year groups.   Almost without exception our classes are organised in order of pupil’s date of birth.  For your information the maximum composite class size is 25, with a minimum of 4 children from a year group. Here is Fife’s information regarding composite classes click here. 

Rest assured that transition processes are well underway within school.   You will receive an email by Friday this week with new class and teacher details.  Please remember that if pupil numbers change (up or down) over the summer break then there is the possibility of children changing classes in August.

Pupil Progress Reports – please remember to return your confirmation of receipt of your child’s pupil progress report.

As we approach the end of term please ensure all school reading books and/ or resources are returned to us.

Milk for August – a reminder that if you want to order milk for next term it needs to be paid via I-pay before Friday 27th June.

In school medication – if we hold medication in school for your child please collect this on the last day of term (3rd July).  Please check expiry dates etc.

Foodbank – a final shout out from our Community Champions for any foodbank donations.  Please hand in by the end of this week.

Pop-up pre-loved uniform shop – Thursday 26th June from 2:45pm.  The Green Team and Mr Myles and Miss Trewartha will run the shop outside at the main entrance or in the View, if it is raining.

Larick Centre summer programme is available online: click here.

The Community Champions MAD Group are collecting grocery items for the Tay Bridgehead Foodbank.  Donations can be sent in to school this week.

The Green Team MAD Group are organising a pop up shop of recycled school uniform.  If you have pre-loved school uniform, including jackets or school bags please send these clean items into school by Friday 20th June.  On Thursday 26th June from 2:45 pm items will be available at the front of the school [or if it is wet -in The View] for a small donation.

Summer Reading Challenge will be launched at our Learn to Learn assembly this week.  Please get involved and use Tayport’s Library over the summer break.  Click here to find out more.

Tayport Then, Now Next Showcase – continues this Monday.  Details were emailed to those affected by the unexpected postponement on Friday.  Here is a short video of all the displays:

As the end of term approaches please check that all school books and resources are returned.

The weather is very changeable please send your child to school with a coat every day.

P5-7 Endurance Race – the children completed the final event from sports day at the Common on Friday 6th June.  Everyone had a go and ran their own race – we were proud of all of them!  Below are each year group’s first, second and third place.  The fastest boy and girl will be announced at our end of year celebration on Thursday 3rd July.

Sharing Our Learning Event – Friday 13th June – everyone who booked a time slot to visit our Tayport then, now and next showcase should have received an email confirmation.  Please phone the school office if you have any issues.

Staffing changes – Miss Trewartha has successfully gained a voluntary transfer to another Fife school.  She will be joining them from August 2025.  We thank Miss Trewartha for all her hard work at Tayport PS – she will be missed!  Please note that our full staffing is still to be confirmed for after summer so we cannot yet allocate teachers to classes.  We are still in the process of structuring our classes – we assume all current P1-6 pupils are returning after summer – if this is not the case please let us know as soon as possible.

Tempest Class Group Photos – keep an eye on your inbox as a link to the class photos, taken last week, will be sent to you by tomorrow.

After the weather changed our plans we still managed to have a very fun sports day in our sports hall this morning! The children encouraged each other and showed great sportsmanship – well done everyone!

Have a lovely long weekend – school reopens to pupils on Wednesday 4th June.

The P7 pupils extend a warm thank you for supporting their bake sale on Friday.  It was a huge success and will cover the cost of the bus and a treat on their big day out!

Sports day – Friday 30th May – General information:

Sharing our learning – Tayport then, now and next – showcase on Friday 13th June – please remember to sign up asap for this school event.  So far the afternoon timeslot is most popular so if you are able to attend in the morning please do! Click here to book.

STEM Challenge – models and plans due in today – please put child’s name on model. STEM Challenge

Reminder:

• Monday 2 June – Holiday – School closed to staff and pupils.
• Tuesday 3 June – Inservice day 5 – School closed to pupils.
• Please note that due to school reopening on Wednesday 4 June there will be no weekly update next week.

Parent Council Meeting – this evening, Monday 19th May at 6 pm at Tayport Primary School – all welcome.  Please notify the Parent Council chair, in advance, if you wish to raise any issues: details here.

Sports Day Volunteers needed – the Parent Council are coordinating volunteers to support classes in walking to and from the Tayport FC sports ground on Friday 30 May.  Please communicate directly with them if you can help.

P7 Bake Sale – Primary 7 pupils will be holding a Bake Sale in school for classes on Friday 23rd May as an enterprise project to help raise funds for their “Big Day Out”.  Children plan to sell baked goods for 50p to £1.  There will also be a raffle prize to guess the weigh of one of Mrs Heggie’s cakes! Please send your child with small change on Friday if you wish them to take part.

P7 Leavers photo will be in the Dundee Evening Telegraph on Thursday 22 May.

Larick Centre – Take a look at what is going on at the Larick Centre in June: click here.

Our P6 and P7 football team won the  NE Fife Primaries’ Russell Cup at Madras College on Friday.  Mr Fox accompanied the team and complimented them on their comradery, sportsmanship and great attitude.  Well done! #On TRACK to a bright future!

Reminder – Friday 16th May – Dress-down in sportswear for our house games [which are run by the house captains] and donate 50p if you can.  Funds raised will go towards fruit snacks for sports day.

Parent Volunteers still needed – we have purchased a new P1-P2 reading scheme and are in need of some parent/carer volunteers to help put protective covers on all the books.  If you can spare an hour or two please phone the office.

Birthday cakes – please do not send in birthday cakes for teachers to hand out to children.  Due to possible allergies and some parental preferences we are unable to do this safely.

Parent Council Meeting – Monday 19th May at 6 pm at Tayport Primary School.  Please notify the Parent Council chair, in advance, if you wish to raise any issues: details here.

Headlice – again this term we have had cases of headlice reported.  Regular checking of children’s heads is important, but it is a parental responsibility.    Please note:

• Anyone with hair can catch head lice, meaning that the problem, whilst often more prevalent in children, is not unique to them.
• Insecticide treatment should never be used as a preventative measure as the use of insecticidal products on a regular basis may result in insecticidal resistance. Insecticide lotions should only be used when a living louse has been found on the head.  NHS advice.

Pounds for Primaries Win – thank you again to all our families who supported us in winning £1000 again this year!

Parent Volunteers Needed – we have purchased a new P1-P2 reading scheme and are in need of some parent/carer volunteers to help put protective covers on all the books.  If you can spare an hour or two please phone the office.

Parent Council Meeting – Monday 19th May at 6 pm at Tayport Primary School.  Please notify the Parent Council chair, in advance, if you wish to raise any issues: details here.

Classes for August 2025 – We are in the very early stages of planning our classes for the next Academic Year – 2025-2026.   At this stage we assume all our children will be returning to us in August 2025.  However, if this is not the case for your child can you please let us know as soon as possible.

Family STEM Challenge – A reminder that our STEM Challenge is now live –   See all the details here:  STEM Challenge

Reminder:  ELC Consultation –  Every few years Fife Council wish to find out about the availability of Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) for families in our area.  Please share your views.  The ELC consultation is available online until Friday 6th June 2025.  Click here to participate in ELC Consultation

Pounds for Primaries – This morning we had an impromptu and surprise assembly for our P3-7 MAD Groups.  The children and staff thought the Courier and Evening Telegraph were coming along to find out what we had spent our winnings from last year on… however… there was a big surprise.  We won another cash prize this year! The amount will be revealed in this Friday’s Courier and Evening Telegraph.  Thanks to the Tayport community for supporting us again!

Term 4 Learning Overviews – please follow the link to find out about the planned learning for this term for all classes – click here..  As part of planned health and wellbeing learning relationships, sexual health and parenthood is planned in a progressive manner from P1-7.  A link to the RSHP parent/carer information is included within the learning overviews.

Tempest Group Photo – date change – Group photos will now take place on Tuesday 27 May.

Family STEM Challenge – This week, at Wednesday’s Learn to Learn assembly children will be finding out more about this term’s STEM challenge which has been created by the STEM Challengers and Green Team MAD groups and Mrs Duncan.  The sustainability theme of the challenge links to our whole school topic of “Tayport then, now and next”.  We hope that lots of families will get involved! See all the details here:  STEM Challenge

P7 Residential – 30 April – 2 May – Please note Mrs Tweed will be accompanying staff and children to the residential this week so Mr Fox will be your first point of contact from Wednesday [30th].

Congratulations to our Rotary Quiz team who performed well at St Andrews, against school teams from Dundee and Fife,  on Friday evening.  They came fifth in a very close competition, and showed great team spirit and positivity.

Vaping and Smoking Guidance – Fife Council has recently updated its guidance around this.  Please ensure our playground is a vape and cigarette free area.  You can read the guidance for schools here: Smoking & Vaping Guidance March 25

What’s on in the community?  A free family activity day at St Andrews Wardlaw Museum on Monday 5th May, 12 – 4 pm.  Find out more: