Silver Rights Respecting School grand unveiling by the house captains this week:

Annual data checks – we are still waiting for almost 80 annual data checks to be returned.  Please send into school ASAP.

Summer Fete – this Friday (20th) 6 – 7:30 pm.  We still need more raffle prizes – please hand into the school office and Parent Council are looking for more volunteers.  Here are all the details again and please ensure that all children are accompanied and supervised by an adult at the Fete:

Anti-bullying fortnight commences – #operation kindness. Please ask your child about this.

Celebrating diversity – if you are bi-lingual and would be happy to visit classes around the week of 23 September please complete this short form: click here.

Annual Contact Information Update – a paper copy was sent home last week – please check this carefully, update and return to school quickly.

P1-3 Shared Start Dates – thank you for letting us know your preferred date.  You will receive an email this week to let you know which day to attend.

School emails – some families are having difficulties receiving school emails.  Groupcall has advised that you add the following email address to your safe senders list and address book:  21EC133@groupcallalert.com

 School Summer Fete – The parent council are actively raising funds for our Christmas panto trip to the Byre in St Andrews.  An email was sent on Friday with full details.

Asda Cashpots For Schools – if you happen to shop in Asda and use the Asda app our Parent Council has signed our school up for their Cashpot for Schools fundraising.  Please link us in if you can: Asda Cashpot for Schools information

Water bottles – please send in a full water bottle daily.  The bottle should have children’s name on it.

Lost property – we have a small pile of unnamed lost property gathering – please let your child’s teacher know if you are missing anything specific.

Learning Overviews for term 1 – just a reminder that you can access these on our class pages on the school website here.  Teacher contact emails are on the learning overviews too.

Our school website is in the process of being updated.  We have created class pages on this you will be able to find the termly Learning Overviews – click here. and select the class you are interested in.

Homework starts this week, please remember we have “Meet the Teacher” this Wednesday 4th September – 3:15 – 4:15 pm. Last week we shared dates for the coming term  click here to review again.

Please email your child’s class teacher [email addresses on the learning overview] to share if your child participated in the library summer reading challenge.  We would love to share their success!

Please remember that all Fife buildings including playgrounds are non-smoking, this includes the use of vapes.

We have had an increasing number of children bringing in small firecrackers into school. I believe they are on sale at a local shop.  Please can parents/carers ensure that these are not brought into school.

P1-3 Shared Starts – an email was sent out on Friday to invite parents/carers to our planned shared starts.  Please respond by 7th September.

Unfortunately after school rugby for P4-5 is cancelled until further notice due to the coach being injured.

Roadshows for family support around neurodivergence

 NHS Fife is organising three events across Fife for parents / carers and professionals to provide information around the supports and services available for families of neurodivergent children and young people.  It is hoped that you can support these events through sharing this information with your staff and school community.   All are welcome to attend.  click here for more information.

The details for these (drop-in) events are as follows:

• Thursday 26th September, 2-5pm – Corn Exchange, Cupar
• Thursday 31st October, 2-5pm – Templehall Community Centre, Kirkcaldy
• Wednesday 20th November, 2-5pm – Main Hall, Lynebank Hospital

In line with our Unicef Silver Rights Respecting School Award this term we a focusing on Article 42  over the next 3 weeks.  You can find out more about article 42 by clicking here.

School Calendar – the full 2024-25 school calendar is on our website: click here. 

Upcoming dates for this term:

Monday 2nd September – this term’s class learning overviews shared.  #operation_kindness launched

Wednesday 4th September – 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm – Meet the Teacher.  Visit your child’s classroom to meet the teacher and some learning resources.

Thursday 5th September – 6 – 7 pm – Parent Council meeting at Tayport Primary School.  Everyone welcome.  Contact Laura McDonald, Parent Council Chair prior to the meeting, if you have anything you would like raised via the Tayport Primary School Parent Council Facebook page.

Monday 9th – 20th September – Anti-bullying fortnight #operation_kindness

Monday 16th September – First MAD group meeting.  We will move our focus to UNCRC article 19.

Friday 20th September – 6 – 7:30 pm [end time tbc] – Parent Council Summer Fair  at Tayport Primary School.  This is to fundraise to support the cost of transporting P1-7 to the Christmas Panto in St Andrews.

Monday 23rd, Wednesday 25th or Friday 26th September – P1-3 shared starts.  P1-3 families will have the opportunity to join their child from 9 – 9:30 am in their class.  You will receive information this week on how to reserve your preferred date.  Please note it is one of the dates and only one visitor per child.

Wednesday 25th September – World Languages Day celebration – please let us know if you can come in over this week and share your language skills!

Friday 27th September – P1-7 Flu vaccines in school.  Permission letters must be returned no later 30th August.

Tuesday 1st October – 9:30 – 10:15 – Reading Café 1 – in small hall hosted by our new Learning Leaders and Reading Council MAD groups.

Friday 4th October – 3pm end of term 1.  Returning Monday 21st October.

Cost of living support for families in Fife here.

We are all looking forward to welcoming everyone back tomorrow at 9am!  Our new P1s should arrive just after this at 9:05 am.

Please put your child’s name on any items of clothing they are likely to remove such as cardigans, jumpers and coats.  The forecast is for rain showers so please pack a jacket in school bags as we will always try to go outside at breaks and lunchtime.

Everyone should bring a water bottle, healthy snack and either a packed lunch or order a school dinner.  Remember P2-7 can pre-order school lunches.  There should be no nuts in snacks or lunch boxes.

For the next few days there will be markers out to support the new lining up arrangements:

A warm welcome to our new Principal Teacher, Mr Fox:

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Thank you for your support throughout this school year.   I hope we can continue to build on the many successes this year to an even brighter future for all our young people.   A huge thank you to all our teachers, admin and support staff and beyond who make Tayport Primary and Ferryport Nursery the nurturing and caring places they are.  Wishing everyone a safe, happy and restful summer break.  Please remember you can contact me on: tayportps.headteacher@fife.gov.uk.

Staffing Update:

Mrs Simpson has been offered a post at Guardbridge Primary School from August and so Friday 28^th June will be her final day at Tayport.  Mrs Simpson has been with us for almost 11 years and has fulfilled many roles and she will be greatly missed.  That said we are delighted for Mrs Simpson to have this opportunity and we support her fully in this move.

We are also very pleased to confirm that we have secured Miss Harrison, our current P4/5 teacher, to take the P6/7 class from August.

Classes for August:  While all children have been allocated to classes for August please remember that there could be some movement following the summer break.  We will notify families of any changes as early as possible.

Dates for the start of term 1:

19 & 20th August – Inservice days 1 & 2 – school closed to pupils

Wednesday 21 August – Pupils return.

Wednesday 4 September – 3:15 – 4:15 pm – Meet the Teacher

School Uniform reminder for August:  Thank you to everyone who continues to support us by ensuring children wear our school uniform.   For referencce details of our uniform can be found on the website: see details. 

On gym days please wear dark bottoms [no logos] and plain t-shirts.  No football tops or jeans. If there are any difficulties around uniform please get in touch – we are happy to help.  We will contact families directly next session if there are any ongoing uniform issues.

School Meal Price Increase August 2024 – Effective from Week Commencing 19th August 2024 –

• 2 course meal will increase to £2.50 for Primary 6 and 7, Secondary Pupils.  Nursery, Primary 1 to 5 are still entitled to a free school meal.

Health and Wellbeing survey results – with your pupils for P5 to S6 across Fife: HWB results

We had a wonderful P7 Leavers’ Ceremony yesterday evening in school.  The P7 cohort proudly presented to their families and sang their leavers’ song.  We were very proud of them and wish them all every success as they move onto to high school after summer.

Final reminders:

Tuesday – 11:15 – 12:00 – Transition visits to new classrooms and teachers

Friday – 10 am – End of term gathering at Church – all welcome.

School closes at 3pm on Friday 28th June for summer break.  We reopen to pupils on Wednesday 21st August.  If you need to contact Mrs Tweed with any family updates or changes over summer please email: tayportps.headteacher@fife.gov.uk

Here’s a chance to view our learning for the past year:

Term 4 learning

Term 3 learning

Term 2 learning

Please take a look at our sharing our learning Sway which captures many of the wonderful experiences and achievements this term: click here

We have appointed our Principal Teacher for August.  Mr Steven Fox will join us from Leuchars Primary School and we look forward to welcoming him then.

We celebrated our silver rights respecting school award AND silver reading school awards with a whole school treat of ice poles last Wednesday!

Emails will be sent directly to families today with details of new classes and teachers for next session.  Due to pupil roll we will have 5 composite classes next year resulting in quite a bit of movement by children between classes. Fife Council’s Composite Class Information.

This Friday P1-7 will visit the Planetarium in Tayport Primary School’s Sports Hall!

Pupil Progress Reports will be sent home on Friday too.

Message from the Larick Centre:

The Larick Centre would like to know if parents would be interested in attending an Internet and Phone Safety advice session with a focus on social media. This will be run by Fife Council and will take place in the evening. If we have enough people interested, then we will go head.

Please contact Susan Davie @ The Larick – (01382) 549727

Message from Newport Scouts:

Each term we gather samples of the great learning going on across the school to share with you.  The term 4 sway is almost finished but we are sharing now as there is so much in it already! click here to view.  Next week we will update  the wider achievement news.

Dates for next couple of weeks:

10 – 11 June – Design a moon lander STEM challenge entries to be dropped off – full name and class must be on model – winners announced on 12 June.

11-13 June – P7 transition visits at Madras

12 June – Final MAD groups

12 June – 6pm – new P1 family information evening

13 June – New P1s transition visit (11-12 pm); 12-12:30 – New P1s school lunch;        P4/5, P5/6 and P6 – community litter pick

14 June – 1:45 – 2 pm – DEAR (“Drop Everything And Read”) time – whole school –

21 June – Planetarium arrives at Tayport PS – all classes to visit.  Reports and new classes issues.

25 June – AM – Transition visit to new class and teacher

28 June – 10am  End of term celebration at Church

Message from Active Schools: