Parent Council | Woodlands Primary School

Woodlands Parent Council Constitution Parent_Council_Member_Expectations

Minutes of meetings:

Session 25/26

September Minutes 2025 November Minutes 2025 Parent Council RoundUp_2025/26

Session 24/25

May Minutes 2025

Session 22/23

September Minutes 2022 January Minutes 2023

Session 2021/22
November Minutes 2021 May Minutes 2022

Office bearers 2025/26 Ordinary Members

Bea Finlayson – Chairperson
Ciara Gray – Vice Chair Carlene Brown
Louise Kelly – Treasurer Loretta Maxfield vacant – Secretary Sophie Thompson

Suzanne Smith – Head Teacher
Judith Connor – Depute HT
Laura Ferguson – Principal Teacher

Our photo gallery is designed to give you a flavour of events we run throughout the year.

: We hold disco’s throughout the year.

: We pay for P5, P6 and P7 to be taught first aid

: Annual family prize bingo

: Thank you for all your support, all the money we raise is then spent on your children.

: We discuss and review school policies.

: We discussed the best uniform supplier and decided upon the outdoor gym kit.

: We run an annual Christmas raffle to support our families

: We paid for Totstars to visit nursery at Christmas

: We subsidised the school panto trip

: We purchased chromebooks

: We gift each P7 a leavers hoodie

: We fundraised for this amazing addtion to the reading area

Q. What is the Parent Council?
A. The Parent Council is a group of parents in our school representing parent views. It works in partnership with pupils, the head teacher and the local authority to achieve the best for their child’s school. Woodlands Parent Council is very parent-friendly – it’s a great opportunity to become more involved we meet approximately once a term in the staffroom over a cup of tea and a biscuit.

Q. How can I get involved?
A. When your child starts school or pre-school, you automatically become a member of the parent forum and you can stand for election to the Parent council. Every year, the parent forum elects a Parent Council to represent the views of parents at the school. Generally, members of the Parent Council must be parents of children who attend the school or pre-school and the chairperson must have a child in the school or pre-school. However, the Parent Council can decide to co-opt other members from teachers and the community who will have knowledge and skills to help them. If a parent has missed the AGM, they should feel free to contact the parent council. They can be co-opted onto the council until the next AGM if they are keen to join.