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:
We are looking forward to a great morning of participation and everyone having a good time!
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:
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:
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: 
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
The Larick Centre has asked us to share what’s on in May. Click here to find out more.
Dates for your Diary – Term 4: Please refer to our school calendar on our website: click here to see the calendar.
We had a very successful crazy hair and wear something red day for Comic Relief and raised an impressive £154.75!
Term 3 Learning Showcases – If you haven’t already please take a look at the samples of wonderful learning happening in classes during this term. Visit the class page and select the relevant classes: click here.
Parent Council – Information on how to contact our Parent Council is on our website click here to visit. We shared last week that on Thursday 3rd April the Parent Council will run a family “Bunny Drive”. details here.
House Captain Surgeries – all classes fed back on how things are going and what they would like us to focus on next.
St Leonard’s Golf Championship – well done to Finlay McNab and Fraser Keith who proudly represented Tayport Primary School at this event last week. A mixed team of P6 and P7 pupils will head back to St Leonard’s, St Andrews, this week to participate in a local schools football tournament too – good luck to them!
Easter break – school closes at 3pm this Friday (4th) and reopens on Monday 21st April.
Fife’s Children’s Services has asked us to share their Parent/Carer and Professionals advice Line number for immediate and timely advice. Their data is showing that these universal supports are effective in providing much needed speech, language and communication advice, at the right time for our children and young people across Fife. 2025 new Phone line poster
P5-7 Shaper Caper Drama Workshops and Performance reminder – tickets were sent home on Friday for the short performance on Friday 14th March at 2:30pm. For the performance all P5-7 pupils should wear dark bottoms and ideally:
Pupil Progress Meetings – teachers will try their best to keep to the ten minute meeting times to support this a bell will ring to indicate the start/end of meetings.
Tempest individual/sibling photographs – Tuesday 11th – all children to wear school uniform even if it is a gym day. P7 year group photo for the Courier to be taken by teachers today too.
P1 Parents (Seesaw) – You will recall that you were asked to complete a new General Permissions Form and return to school. Seesaw is an approved Fife Council App and is covered by the permission sought for photographs on the form. A copy of the wording of the question is below as a reminder.
Photographs / recordings of pupils are often taken to support learning as well as to celebrate successes in school or as part of school life. These photographs and the names of those pupils pictured may be displayed in school. They may also be published in local press and used on Fife Council Social Media sites, including Fife Council approved apps. Do you give permission for your child’s name and photograph to be published in the local press and used on Fife Council Social Media platforms?
If you answered NO to this question or did not return the form then your child’s photo will not appear on Seesaw.
P6 and P7 St Leonards U12 Football Tournament – more information about this event will be shared this week.
Pounds for Primaries – This is the final week to collect the special tokens from The Courier/Evening Telegraph. Please send any tokens into school by Monday 10th March.
World Book Day – Thursday 6th March – World Book Day 2025 arrangements – Please note the Book Fair is open after school on Monday and Wednesday.
Pupil Progress Meetings – 13 and 18 March – a reminder email will be sent today on how to book you pupil progress meeting. So far 72% of families have signed up for a teacher meeting. If you have any issues just phone the school office.
Tempest Individual/Sibling Photo reminder – Tuesday 11th March – all children should wear full school uniform regardless of it being a gym day or not. All P7s will also have their photo taken as a year group by teachers for submission to The Courier so please ensure they are wearing their Leavers’ Hoodies.
Celebrating our Special On TRACK Certificate winners from for term 4 awarded at Learn to Learn last Wednesday :
Online Behaviour – in school we use our school values to support children in making positive decisions around learning and behaviour. We have heard of a few incidents recently of undesirable online behaviour out with school, particularly sharing photos [in some cases screenshots of children have been taken from their parents’ social media accounts]. If your child uses social media please monitor closely, ensure all settings are private and insist on responsible and kind online behaviour. Digital parenting advice can be found on our website: click here.
P1 Applications for August 2025 close on Monday 17th March information here.
Playground update – You might be aware that we have made some changes with regards to our playground based on the feedback from children at House Captain Surgeries.
