{"id":3290,"date":"2025-09-26T14:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/?page_id=3290"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:44:34","slug":"digital-at-tayport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Learning within Fife Schools 2025-2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>*Tayport PS Deployment of 1:1 Devices &#8211; Thursday 11th December*<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h2>Transforming Learning Fife<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Transforming Learning Fife will provide staff and P6 to S6 learners across the entire region with 1:1 devices to transform the ways we engage with teaching, learning and assessment. In time, this will provide enhanced experiences, improve outcomes, develop vital skills and nurture individual creativity.<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>\u202f\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">As children approach P6 parents\/carers can opt in or out of this digital device offer<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/transforminglearning\/about\/vision\/\">Vision \u2013 Transforming Learning in Fife<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n<p>There is a very useful &#8216;Frequently Asked Questions&#8217; section that we suggest having a look at as well:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/transforminglearning\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Frequently Asked Questions \u2013 Transforming Learning in Fife.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Transforming Learning Parental Engagement Slides<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3290 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide1-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121351\/Slide1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide2-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121353\/Slide2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide3-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121355\/Slide3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide4-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121357\/Slide4-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide9-37\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121407\/Slide9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide10-37\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121410\/Slide10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/slide13-27\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/11\/24121416\/Slide13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Screen Time<\/h3>\n<p>We understand concerns around the amount of time children spend on screens and believe that a &#8220;balanced digital diet&#8221; is important.\u00a0 The following document:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03140046\/Understanding-screen-time.pdf\">Understanding screen time<\/a>: helps to break down &#8220;screentime&#8221; into active and passive categories.\u00a0 When the transforming learning i-pads are engaged it will be for active learning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3316\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03123612\/Screentime-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03123612\/Screentime-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03123612\/Screentime-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03123612\/Screentime-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03123612\/Screentime.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>At Tayport Primary School<\/h2>\n<p>Promoting high-quality learning and teaching through the effective use of digital technologies is a strategic priority within our 2025\/2026 School Improvement Plan and will continue over the next 3 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please be reassured that children will continue to be taught handwriting, use pencils and jotters across the curriculum and will continue to develop all the meta-skills required for future success.\u00a0 All our teachers use Fife\u2019s progression pathways to plan progressive learning in all curricular areas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is year one of &#8220;transforming learning&#8221; at Tayport PS, and we would like to share some of the actions we are taking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a dedicated &#8220;<strong>Digital Hub<\/strong>&#8221; within the school for groups and whole class use, thus improving access to our current stock of digital devices. In addition, all classrooms will have the latest interactive SmartScreens installed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teacher professional learning<\/strong> is very high on the agenda and we recognise that the coming year will be about digital skill acquisition trailing new ways to further engage our learners.\u00a0 &#8220;Showbie&#8221; will be introduced to classrooms following teacher professional learning.\u00a0 This is a powerful digital tool that has the potential to help us deliver even more inclusive, consistent, and research-informed teaching across all classes.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/transforminglearning\/showbie\/\">Click here to find out more.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Explicit teaching of essential <strong>digital skills<\/strong> to all P5-P7 children in term 1, always focusing on expected online safety and behaviour.\u00a0 This has reflected in our refreshed <strong>Digital Charter<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/10\/03141953\/Charter.pdf\">Charter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>P5-7 <strong>homework<\/strong> will be accessed from a class Glow Team with some online educational games for numeracy practice [please note these fit into the &#8220;learn and create&#8221; digital diet].<\/li>\n<li>Appoint a group of P5-7 children to be our new <strong>Digital Leaders<\/strong> they will support peers and adults.<\/li>\n<li>Assign a group of teachers to an &#8216;Impact Team&#8217; tasked to drive forward this priority across the school.\u00a0 This will include updating our current teaching and learning policy with agreed use of digital technologies and multi-media across the school.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Digital Guidance for Families pack<\/strong> is currently under development.<\/li>\n<li>Begin the steps towards gaining the Digital Schools Award for Primary.\u00a0 This is informing our <strong>digital strategy<\/strong> which in turn will evolve into our Digital Policy, by 2028.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Term 2 &#8211; 2025:<\/h1>\n<p>Current P6 and P7 families have opted in\/out to the 1:1 device offer.<\/p>\n<p>P6&amp;P7 Parent\/Carer information session on Teams on: <strong>Wednesday 12th November on Teams &#8211; 5 &#8211; 5:30 pm.\u00a0<\/strong> A link will be emailed nearer the time.<\/p>\n<p>During both Pupil Progress Evenings (20th and 25th November) the Digi-Hub will offer drop in sessions for all parents\/carers.<\/p>\n<p>11 December &#8211; P6&amp;P7 i-pads to be deployed and introduced in classrooms.\u00a0 <strong>To stay in line with all other schools in the Madras Cluster, children will receive their iPad, charger and case home with them on Thursday 11<sup>th<\/sup> December.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learners are actively engaged as leaders of learning, contributing meaningfully to the digital transformation of our school community.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo of our current team of Digital Leaders, who are at the forefront of driving forward our digital improvement work and supporting the development of digital literacy across the school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3292 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/09\/26141841\/Digital-Leaders-Picture-300x152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/09\/26141841\/Digital-Leaders-Picture-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/09\/26141841\/Digital-Leaders-Picture-1024x520.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/09\/26141841\/Digital-Leaders-Picture-768x390.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2025\/09\/26141841\/Digital-Leaders-Picture.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Tayport PS Deployment of 1:1 Devices &#8211; Thursday 11th December* Transforming Learning Fife Transforming Learning Fife will provide staff and P6 to S6 learners across the entire region with 1:1 devices to transform the ways we engage with teaching, learning and assessment. In time, this will provide enhanced experiences, improve outcomes, develop vital skills and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/digital-at-tayport\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Transforming Learning within Fife Schools 2025-2028<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17858,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3589,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3290\/revisions\/3589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}