Planned school closure for industrial action on: Thursday 24th November.  A message will be sent to families confirming this on Wednesday.  If the planned closure goes ahead the following link can support learning at home: go to Learning section of website.

Children in Need – Our dress down day last week raised £153.  Thank you!

Bookbug and Read Write Count Gifting Ceremony – this Friday in P1-P3 classrooms from 2:15 pm – 3pm.

Queen’s Jubilee Commemorative Book – all pupils were gifted a copy of this special book last week as part of our Book Week Scotland celebrations.

Outdoor Learning – Here’s a sneak peak of our P1-3 Outdoor Learning space: click here.

Cost of Living information for families: We have added a new page to our website with useful links for families: Support For Families

Countdown to Christmas: Here is a snapshot of the key dates leading up to Christmas: Countdown to Christmas

Panto money – please send in the £5 donation to the cost of the panto as soon as possible.  If there are any issues around paying please email Mrs Tweed in confidence: tayportps.headteacher@fife.gov.uk

Toy Drive Drop off point here at school. Thank you for all your donations so far.  We are still accepting donations and self-referrals too but this closes on Friday 25th November.  self-referral form

P5-7 Choir performing at Auld Kirk on 12th December. See poster in in Community News section of website.

Dress down for Children in Need – bring £1 to donate to Children in Need on Thursday 17th November. The theme is “Be Spotacular”. No football strips to be worn.

Remembrance Day – Our P7s demonstrated great respect when they visited Tayport’s War Memorial and laid their wreath on Friday 11th. click here for Twitter link.

Learning Steps Jotters – these were sent home last week and should be returned to school now with your comments.  We will be consulting with you shortly about the effectiveness of the learning steps in sharing your child’s progress.

Panto Visit – our Parent Council is generously supporting the cost of the P1- 7 panto visit in December.  As a result all families are being asked to pay only £5 per child – a separate email has been sent with full details.  Please contact Mrs Tweed either by phone or email if this cost is a barrier to your child attending: tayportps.headteacher@fife.gov.uk.

Attendance – Everyone in Fife is committed to supporting better school attendance. It’s Just One Day!  Random absences, not just those on consecutive days of school, matter. Before you know it – just one or two days a month can add up to nearly 10 percent of the school year.     A letter regarding our school’s focus on improving attendance will be emailed this week – please read this carefully.

Exciting news! As part of our focus on Scottish Book Week and developing a love of reading, P1-3 families are invited to come and join some Bookbug and Read, Write, Count activities in classes on Friday 25th November from 2:15 pm until 3:00 pm.

Week beginning 21 November is our Anti-Bullying Focus Week. The national theme of Anti-bullying week is “Reach Out” which fits in nicely with our whole school building resilience programme and current focus of “Keep Connected”.  We will share the learning with you over the week.

Toy Drive Drop off point here at school. Thank you for all your donations so far.  We are still accepting self-referrals too.

Diversity Survey for school families from Fife Council: Please complete this form

Head Teacher Coffee Morning – this Thursday (10th) you are warmly invited to stop by for a coffee in “The View”, with Mrs Tweed from 9 – 10 am.  This is an informal opportunity to have a chat about what’s going on in school.

Learning Overviews are available for this term: on our website

Halloween Goodie Bag – thank you to the Parent Council who have organised treat bags for the school children to bring home as well as some spooky treats for the nursery boys and girls today.

Poppies – are still available in school .

The Queen’s Jubilee commemorative book – Every child at Tayport PS will receive their own copy of this special book during Book Week Scotland.

Toy Drive Collection Point –  buy an extra gift this Christmas and support the NE Fife  Toy Drive.  Our Community Champion MAD group will be supporting the Toy Drive this month as our school is a drop off point. Gifts should be unwrapped, suitable for boys or girls aged 0- 18 and NEW.

Toy Drive Referrals – As a school we will make referrals for our families to receive gifts from the Toy Drive.  If your family need a little support with Christmas and would like to be considered please complete the following short form: Toy Drive Self-Referral Please complete the referral ASAP and know that any self-referrals will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Welcome back! It was lovely to see everyone yesterday and looking so smart in school uniform too!  As more children begin to wear coats and sweatshirts it is even more important that names and classes are on all items. The learning overviews for each year group should be with you next week, and these will have reminders about gym kit and gym days.  Children need to bring their own water bottle daily.

We are delighted to share that over the holidays Miss Farrell (P2/3 class teacher) became Mrs Murray.

Mrs Avery has decided to take a break from teaching to try something new and her last day will be next Tuesday (1st Nov).  Mrs Avery has been a valued member of the Tayport teaching team since 2013 and we wish her well.   Until a permanent replacement is found for Mrs Avery’s two days, we have a supply teacher called Mrs Hutchinson who will work with a number of classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Poppy Appeal – every year we participate in the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal.  We have a supply of poppies and a collection box in school from today.  Our house captains will visit classes daily to give all pupils the opportunity to take part.

School Calendar – Please remember to check the school calendar for dates for your diary for this term.  We have our first informal Head Teacher and Family coffee morning on Thursday 10th November at 9am in our small hall.  Please come along for a chat and a cuppa.

The school calendar has been updated: click here.  

Thank you for supporting our Macmillan coffee morning – an impressive £377 was raised.

Our dress-down French day was a big success and drew in lots of food donations for the Community Fridge. Mrs Dykes and some of the Community Champion MAD group delivered our school donation today.  Thank you again for your support.

We are delighted to share our learning around our whole school topic theme of Vive La France:

Cafe Inc will be running over the holidays (both weeks) 11:45 – 13:00 offering hot and cold lunches for all the family. Just come along.

Wishing all our families a safe and happy October break.

Our House Captains were announced last Friday.  We were very proud of all the young people who ran.  This was a great activity to promote building resilience and they all excelled.  Here is a link to our Twitter feed: click here

Macmillan Coffee Morning – this coming Thursday 9:30 – 10:30am. Please send in home baking on Wednesday and Thursday morning. Thank you in advance.

At the end of term we will be sharing learning within school about our first unit in building resilience – Be Resilient.  Here’s a reminder of the home activity to get children talking about this important area of health and wellbeing.  Unit 1 Home activity

Three of our Primary 6s are attending peer mediation training this week, along with Miss Narauskaite and representatives from all our cluster primaries.  They plan to use the skills they learn to make our school and playground a friendlier place! Here is more information about peer mediation in Fife: click here

Please send in foodbank donations during this week or on our dress down “French theme day” on Friday.

Thank you to those who responded to the Fife Equity Approach to Digital Devices.  47% of p1-7 pupils were represented in the responses. The survey is now closed so please contact school directly if you did not submit a response and your child does not have adequate access to a device.  The criteria being considered at present is:

• Family unemployment or financial difficulties
• Learner additional support needs.
• Young carer responsibilities.
• Care experience of young people.
• Free school meal entitlement
• Stage of learning.

Macmillan Coffee Morning – Thursday 29th September, 9:30 – 10:30 am.  All donations of cakes and bakes welcomed.

Foodbank collection – Our Community Champion MAD group is looking for donations of non-perishable items for their collection for Tayport’s community fridge.

Vive La France – French Day – Friday 30th September – Nursery and School will celebrate our learning by having a “French Day” together.

• Children and staff are asked to wear something red/white/blue. We request that where possible, children bring a donation for the Foodbank on this day.
• There will be activities in the classroom linked to France/ French.
• Everyone will have a French style snack.
• Our Learn to Learn assembly wlll focus on the learning across school.
• We will share this learning with families with a short video.

Digital Equity –  An email was sent today to collect information regarding pupil access to digital devices for learning at home.  Please respond by return.

Parents’ Evening – Our first parents’ evening is this Thursday. We have had an excellent uptake of appointments. If you have not booked there is still time.  Contact the school office if you are unsure how to do this.

The school calendar has been updated for the year go to on website. There are some new events such as a termly informal coffee morning with Mrs Tweed.  Please note that a small group of P7s are organising a Macmillan coffee morning on Thursday 29th September 9:30 – 10:45 am. They are looking for donations of baking in the hope of raising money for this worthwhile cause!

Today sees the start of our “Making A Difference” or MAD groups where all pupils will belong to a group which will lead an aspect of improvement in the school.  Here’s a wee preview of what’s to come:

Foodbank donations – Our Community Champion MAD (Making A Difference) group is organising a Tayport Community Fridge foodbank collection from20th September, The school donation will be handed in before the October holidays.

Parent Council – As the AGM on 21 September (6:30 pm at school) approaches please note that a  joint chairperson would be considered.

Parent night bookings – We have had an excellent uptake with the online booking system this session. If you have not done so yet please book a slot for an update on children’s progress.

Monday 19th September – It was confirmed yesterday that all Fife schools will be closed for the day of national mourning.

Annual Data Checks – these will be out this week.  Those using the Parent Portal (which is preferred) will receive an email.  Please check all details carefully. Everyone else will receive a paper copy which must be returned within 7 days.

If you have not joined the parent portal yet please find out more on our website: here

Headlice – there are ongoing issues with recurring headlice in some classes. Please be vigilant and check your child’s hair. Advice on this can be found at NHS inform.

Parent Teacher Meetings – you will receive an email this week so that you can choose your preferred day and time.

Fife Toy Drive – North East Fife Social Work Department set up the Toy Drive to help identify children and families in need that may not necessarily come to our attention. Its sole purpose is to ensure that all children receive presents at Christmas. Last Year over 500 children and young people received gifts. The Toy Drive has now secured funding from Fife Council for this, our 10^th year and as such we are once again contacting all schools and businesses to continue those relationships and raise awareness of how to get involved.  They have a dedicated Facebook page for more information.

Click here to find the answer to frequently asked questions

Toy Drive Poster