Parent Council stockbridgeparentcouncil@gmail.com
What is Parent Council? All parents are members of Parent Forum Parent Council is the committee group which represents the Parent Forum Composed of 1 or 2 reps for each class in the school The role of Parent Council is to: Act as communication link between parents and school, local authority and wider community Discuss matters of interest: school policies etc Organise fundraising and social events
2016/2017 Summary Represented parents on the Rising School Rolls group Provided input into new homework policy Talked about Religious Observance – what this looks like at Stockbridge Introduced Bulletins – one page summary of Parent Council meetings, giving parents faster and briefer information Developed and promoted parent guide to dealing with head lice What we did
2016/2017 Summary Gave input to Head Teacher on ways to use Pupil Equity funding to help close the poverty related attainment gap Encouraged parental involvement in school activities and the Parent Council Undertook a communications health check considering how we communicate with families Attended North Edinburgh Cluster parent group Linked with other Parent Councils to share information about fundraising What we did
Going forward Planned focus: 2017/2018 Encourage parental understanding - Additional Support for Learning Continue to encourage parental involvement Rising rolls: support school in planning for 2 additional classrooms Increased focus on supporting school to achieve improvement targets Take action on results of communication review Create a sub-group: Inverleith Park site Review constitution to take account of events group Guest Speaker Alan Mclean: Motivating Learners 20/11/2017 Going forward
Parent Council meetings Communication Email Talk to your rep Notice board Coffee mornings Facebook page Mailbox Parent Council meetings
Class Representatives Vacancies P2 (1 rep) P 2/3 (1 rep) P 4/5 ( 1 rep) P 5 (1 rep) Primary 7 ( 2 reps) Current Class Reps Nursery AM: Katherine (Marnie) & Phoebe (Zachary) P1: Betty (Richard), Gill (Corran) & Petulia (Anna) P2: Rachael (Theo) P2/3: Eliza (Francis) P3: Maddie & Rick (Carson), Venkat P4: Caroline (Katy), Natasa (Mila) P4/5 Cat (Martha) P5 Dylan (Ida) P6: Keith (Noah)
Financial report Description Amount £ Balance End of previous year balance £ 175.02 £ 175.02 Edinburgh Council payment £ 598.00 £ 773.02 Interest £ 0.10 £ 773.19 Cheque #000008 - AGM childcare -£ 40.00 £ 733.19 Cheque # 00009 - Homework leaflet printing -£ 45.00 £ 688.19 £ 688.29 £ 0.09 £ 688.38
Items to vote on Disband PSA Transfer PSA funds to Parent Council bank account Nominations for Office Bearers: Co Chair – Matt Brett Co Treasurer – Liz Elsby Co Treasurer – Laura Smith Nominations for Co Chair / Secretary?
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