{"id":4556,"date":"2026-09-28T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:36:43","slug":"weekly-update-28-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/2026\/09\/28\/weekly-update-28-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update &#8211; 28 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Showbie Community<\/h5>\n<p>On Friday an email was sent with information on how to join our school Showbie community.\u00a0 You do this through the Showbie app using the following community code: <strong>ETKRB6.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Family Feedback<\/h5>\n<p>Thank you very much for completing our recent\u00a0 &#8220;how good is our school&#8221; survey.\u00a0 We have gathered the views of just over 50% of our families. Below are the themes identified:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Strengths:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Almost all<\/strong> (between 91-99% of respondents):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>parents agree their child feels safe, happy and included.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>parents report positive relationships with school staff.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>parents feel welcomed and valued as members of the school community.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most<\/strong> (between 75-90% of respondents):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>parents are satisfied with communication from the school.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>parents have confidence in the school&#8217;s support for learning and wellbeing.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Areas for Improvement:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Increase opportunities for parents to influence school improvement priorities.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Further enhance communication about learning, progress and achievement.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Continue to strengthen parental engagement and consultation processes.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Fife Council is seeking parent\/carer views around Smart Phones in schools:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/haveyoursay.fife.gov.uk\/education\/towards-a-smart-phone-device-free-school-parent\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUm_1VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMG9DUGtVUkV5cmNvSkhURXFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYY2uOZctcQq3zNIfcDZcWwMqCqs1NuJMfUOhUOByftiQ_RDMLgU8RF7kmHY_aem_7U4qH17XMzJePhz5Xm4ylg\">click here.<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>Connecting Certificate Winners<\/h5>\n<p>from last week can be viewed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/read.bookcreator.com\/FcwVYXVKHnRbyqYZu1OnlPG4H4g1\/tQtv9zWRQUagdwVi1-sAhQ\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Reading Caf\u00e9 1 &#8211; Monday 5th October &#8211; 9:30-10:15 am<\/h5>\n<p>The Health Hub and Digital Council MAD groups have invited visitors to join our first reading caf\u00e9 of the year.<\/p>\n<h5>Re-establishing Parent Council &#8211; Meeting 1<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Monday 5th October, 6pm, at Tayport Primary School<\/span>.\u00a0 Everyone is welcome to come along and get involved in re-establishing the Parent Council.<\/p>\n<h5>Be More Charlie Christmas Cards<\/h5>\n<p>The Be More Charlie Charity will be running a Christmas Card design competition straight after the October break.\u00a0 There will be 3 age categories and a winning design from each.\u00a0 These will go on to be printed and sold from mid-November as a fundraiser for the charity.<\/p>\n<h5>Community News<\/h5>\n<p>Tayport Yarn Bombers &amp; Tayport Library &#8211; Celebrating Winnie the Pooh being 100 years old &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">10 October<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/09\/23193449\/IMG_1025-139x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/09\/23193449\/IMG_1025-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/09\/23193449\/IMG_1025-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/09\/23193449\/IMG_1025.png 582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Undergraduate dental students<\/strong> have availability for the coming academic year, which may be of interest to school pupils and their families. They can carry out a range of dental assessments and treatment on children attending the dental school. They are closely supervised by experienced staff and the clinics are mutually beneficial \u2013 creating opportunities to increase experience for the students and widening access to NHS dentistry for children locally. Please find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/tayportps\/uploads\/sites\/12794\/2026\/09\/23191536\/Student-Clinic-Poster.docx\">Student Clinic Poster<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showbie Community On Friday an email was sent with information on how to join our school Showbie community.\u00a0 You do this through the Showbie app using the following community code: ETKRB6.\u00a0 Family Feedback Thank you very much for completing our recent\u00a0 &#8220;how good is our school&#8221; survey.\u00a0 We have gathered the views of just over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/2026\/09\/28\/weekly-update-28-september-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Update &#8211; 28 September 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-4556","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\/4556","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=4556"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4570,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/tayportps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}