{"id":4343,"date":"2026-06-29T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:10:47","slug":"weekly-update-29-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/2026\/06\/29\/weekly-update-29-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update &#8211; 29 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Football Festival &#8211; Thank you!<\/h5>\n<p>Everyone had great fun on Friday morning playing our World Cup finals and we are sure this is something Charlie would have approved of.\u00a0 \u00a0View a snapshot of the event: <a href=\"https:\/\/read.bookcreator.com\/FcwVYXVKHnRbyqYZu1OnlPG4H4g1\/MnxyYpw6Tl6jbo6WHKT9_w\">by clicking here.<\/a> \u00a0Thank you for supporting the \u201cBe More Charlie\u201d charity, established by the Melville family to support families in Scotland affected by childhood cancer &#8211; \u00a3700 was raised!<\/p>\n<h5>P7 Leavers<\/h5>\n<p>There is a busy week ahead for our P7 leavers.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> On Friday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> July we have the end of term celebration starting at 9:30 am at Tayport Parish Church.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 All P7 children have two tickets for parent\/carers who wish to attend.\u00a0 This ticket allows access to the church between 9-9:15am.\u00a0\u00a0 Other visitors should arrive around 9:15am.\u00a0 Due to the Church&#8217;s risk assessment numbers of visitors will be capped and there is no standing behind pews allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Only P7s can have school shirts signed and this can happen after morning break.<\/p>\n<p>At 3pm \u2013when the final bell goes the P7s will exit via the Sports Hall door.\u00a0 All the other classes will create a pathway that P7 will walk through around to the main entrance.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Silly string should only be used by P7 children and at the front of the school.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>TRACK Certificate Winners<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Our final &#8220;On TRACK to a bright future!&#8221; certificate winners can be viewed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/read.bookcreator.com\/FcwVYXVKHnRbyqYZu1OnlPG4H4g1\/u6YhheFPSFSxD6wKClvYyQ\">by clicking here.<\/a> Thank you to the digital leaders for compiling the digital book.<\/p>\n<h5>Retirements<\/h5>\n<p>Mrs MacMaster retires on Wednesday and Mrs Heggie on Friday.\u00a0 We thank them again for all their hard work and commitment to the children of Tayport over the years.<\/p>\n<h5>Other Staffing updates<\/h5>\n<p>Our staffing was confirmed at lunchtime on Friday, allowing us to share planned classes for August.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Miss Gallacher has moved into a full-time Learning Support role and will be with us three days per week from August. Miss Harrison is also now able to remain with us on a permanent basis. Miss Irvine has returned from secondment and will take on the P3 class next session.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of going down to 8 classes from 9, sadly Mr Myles, Miss Phillips and Mrs Fearn will be moving onto new opportunities.\u00a0 Mrs Gillespie, Pupil Support Assistant, is also moving onto another school in Fife.\u00a0 We thank them all for their valued contribution to our school and wish them every success in their next steps.<\/p>\n<p>We are very much looking forward to the new session, with a strong and committed team in place, ready to work together to provide the best possible experiences and outcomes for all of our children.<\/p>\n<h5>Ferryport Nursery<\/h5>\n<p>Throughout the school holiday Ferryport nursery is being renovated.\u00a0 Therefore the staff and children who attend will be based at Tayport Primary School from 6 July to 14 August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Community news:<\/h5>\n<p>What&#8217;s on at the Larick Centre in July:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tayportct.org.uk\/communityhub\/whats-on\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.thetinshedcupar.com\/kids-camp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetinshedcupar.com\/kids-camp\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.thetinshedcupar.com\/kids-camp<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4346\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/26081252\/The-Tin-Shed-Kids-Camp-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/26081252\/The-Tin-Shed-Kids-Camp-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/26081252\/The-Tin-Shed-Kids-Camp-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/26081252\/The-Tin-Shed-Kids-Camp-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/26081252\/The-Tin-Shed-Kids-Camp.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4344\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/24202506\/Mainly-Music_A5_Flyer-213x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/24202506\/Mainly-Music_A5_Flyer-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/24202506\/Mainly-Music_A5_Flyer-727x1024.jpeg 727w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/24202506\/Mainly-Music_A5_Flyer-768x1081.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/06\/24202506\/Mainly-Music_A5_Flyer.jpeg 895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football Festival &#8211; Thank you! Everyone had great fun on Friday morning playing our World Cup finals and we are sure this is something Charlie would have approved of.\u00a0 \u00a0View a snapshot of the event: by clicking here. \u00a0Thank you for supporting the \u201cBe More Charlie\u201d charity, established by the Melville family to support families &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/2026\/06\/29\/weekly-update-29-june-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Update &#8211; 29 June 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4362,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions\/4362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}